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Happy Publication Day to Jack Higgins and Catherine Hunt!

It’s publication Thursday here at Killer Reads HQ. We’re celebrating the publication of two very different but equally fabulous books out today. The legendary Jack Higgins is at it again with his latest installment of his bestselling Sean Dillon series. Whether you are a longtime… Read More

S is for Strawberry – S. Williams on pseudonyms

Author S. Williams of Tuesday Falling talks writing under a pseudonym. And a quirky one at that. ‘The problem with being with a writer is that you either never see them, or they want to get involved in entirely inappropriate ways,’ said my partner. ‘What’s wrong with wanting to call… Read More

A Killer Q&A with author Catherine Hunt

Tell us about yourself. I’m a journalist who for many years was with BBC TV news producing and then editing the main TV news shows. Started out on local papers in the dim, distant past. Currently run a media consultancy business. Avid reader of crime fiction. Tell… Read More

Obsession is like a runaway train…

Catherine Hunt, author of Someone Out There, outlines some of the inspiration behind her debut thriller novel. As a journalist, I’d come across a lot of real life stories about people with an obsession which had made them do appalling things, and it always seemed like… Read More

Happy Publication Day to Paul Finch & Sheena Lambert!

Heck needs to watch his back. Because someone’s watching him… Across the south of England, a series of bizarre but fatal accidents are taking place. So when a local businessman survives a near-drowning but is found burnt alive in his car just weeks later, DS Mark… Read More

Q&A with author C.L. Taylor

1. What inspired you to write THE LIE? I wrote THE LIE because I’ve always been fascinated by the nature of female friendships, in particular the dynamics of close knit groups of friends. Most of the time female friendships are healthy and supportive – you literally trust them… Read More

A Day in the Life: C. L. Taylor, author of THE LIE

My day begins at 5.30am when my partner gets up for work. I stir briefly then fall back asleep, only to be woken again at 6.40am when my 3 year old son appears in the doorway of our bedroom and announces, “Sunshine is up, Mummy.” After years of 5am… Read More

This Week’s International Bestselling Crime

Looking for a read that will take you a step further out of your country or cultural comfort zone? Let’s talk international crime. Topping the Amazon charts at the moment is The Hangman’s Daughter from German television screenwriter Oliver Pötzsch, Younger by Suzanne Munshower–a self-proclaimed returned expat, and Venice-residing American Donna Leon’s Falling in Love: A… Read More
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