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Q&A with June Taylor, author of psychological page-turner Losing Juliet

‘A gripping tale, beautifully told, and with a shocking twist. A pitch perfect evocation of time and place. Unputdownable’ Frances Brody, author of the Kate Shackleton Mysteries     What sort of psychological thriller do you like? I love a… Read More

Killer Reads Q&A – Marnie Riches

  What drew you to the world of crime fiction? Even as a child, I loved a good thriller – sneaking a peek at my mother’s Harold Robbins books and her dog-eared copy of Peter Benchley’s Jaws, long before they would be deemed appropriate for a young reader, by… Read More

Top 5 Characters to Lock in a basement from Sunday Times bestseller Katerina Diamond

In The Secret by Sunday Times bestseller Katerina Diamond, a policewoman is kidnapped, left in a basement, and has her memory mysteriously wiped every night by her kind, gentle captor. So, naturally, we asked Katerina Diamond which fictional characters she’d want to lock up in a basement if she had… Read More

Cops Behaving Badly  

  It’s that time of year again, when we frolic on the dark side, flirt with bad spirits and inexplicably spurn perfectly-functioning reverse digits to ‘bob’ for apples. As I turn off the houselights, hide my confectionary and sit in the dark until it’s all over, it seems… Read More

The ‘Eureka!’ moment by Alex Lake

  Killing Kate came about when two otherwise unconnected ideas I had came together in an unexpected way. For a while I’d been considering writing a novel about a serial killer, but I wanted it to be a serial killer with a difference – a twist on the psychopath… Read More

A brave new world – by Jackie Baldwin, author of DEAD MAN’S PRAYER

The irony of being published as an ebook has not been lost on me. All my life, I have been easily frustrated by technology and prefer to use pen and paper and speak to a ‘real person.’ I used to run a busy court department with one large hard backed… Read More

Top 5 Fictional Neighbours, by author Cass Green

They say everybody needs good neighbours… My character Hester in THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR thinks she is the perfect example of neighbourly friendship. After all, who wouldn’t want to live next door to someone like her, a woman prepared to give up everything in your darkest hour? And… Read More

It’s set in the past, but is it history? Researching the 1950s and 60s for HER TURN TO CRY

I love reading historical fiction and I am a bit of a history geek, fuming over inaccuracies in TV dramas like The Tudors and shouting at factual programmes that leave out what I think are important details.  As a crime writer and devoted reader of crime novels I, of course,… Read More

Pick a character, any character – by Michael Wood

I had the story for Outside Looking In long before my first novel, For Reasons Unknown, was published. However, I didn’t want to write a follow-up in case my protagonist, DCI Matilda Darke, never saw the light of day. Thankfully, she did. As soon as I signed… Read More

Second Time Around, by Mary-Jane Riley

‘So,’ says my daughter, ‘how did you decide what to write for your second book?’ ‘Well,’ I say. ‘Er…um…’ ‘And why,’ she says, ‘did you write a sequel?’ ‘A sort of sequel,’ I say. She rolls her eyes. But it was a good question. And an easy one to… Read More

5 things I’ve learned since writing crime fiction | Marnie Riches

  1. I’ve learned to think in multiple plot strands since I started writing crime fiction. In the period that I think of as my apprentice years, I had my sights set on becoming a successful children’s writer. I penned several middle grade manuscripts and a YA historical… Read More

How Many of These Social Media Stereotypes Do You Know?

by Angela Clarke, the author of Follow Me All hail our internet overlords: social media: slayer of boredom, font of friendships, route of Repetitive Strain Injury. Can you get through the day without tweeting, checking Facebook, or Instagraming a sunset? No? Then you’re my kind of person. Join me in… Read More