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The Detective Club July Picks

The Detective club is BACK! The exhilarating series of crime fiction with all the whodunit feels of ‘the Golden Age’ of 1920s and 1930s classic crime. The Detective Club present a series of storylines set against glamorous backdrops with their original vintage covers. With a mixed set of tragedies and… Read More

Q&A with John A Lenahan, author of Ice Lake

–     Lying and telling the truth are significant themes in this novel. What made you focus on these and what inspired you to create your central protagonist, Harry Cull, the professional lie-detector? I read an interesting article on how to beat lie detector machines by a man who thinks… Read More

Guest post by Elizabeth Day, author of The Party

Elizabeth Day’s latest novel, The Party, is a gripping story of obsession and betrayal, privilege and hypocrisy, set in the unassailable heart of the British establishment. In this guest post we learn what Elizabeth’s inspirations were for this novel, as well her fascinating research, and the most important parts of… Read More

Stalker extract

Take a peak at a chilling extract from Lars Kepler’s brand new thriller, Stalker The camera glides slowly through the last of the dark garden and stops right outside the window, swaying slightly as if it were floating on water. ‘She’d see… Read More

The Boy Who Saw extract

Direct from Simon Toyne’s upcoming thiller, The Boy Who Saw, we have this incredible sneak peek extract to share with you:   ‘Three may keep a secret, If two of them are dead.’ Benjamin Franklin… Read More

Q&A with Kate Medina

1. Summarise Scared to Death in once sentence: Everyone is afraid, but some fears can kill you.   2. How long did it take you to write? Scared to Death took me a year to write.  I begin by spending a lot of time just thinking: developing the… Read More

Ovidia Yu Q&A

Why did you start writing crime books? Because I love reading crime books. I love finding out more about the places my favourite books are set in (Louise Penny’s Canada, Donna Leon’s Venice, M.C. Beaton’s Cotswolds and Lochdubh) but at the same time I wanted to write crime books… Read More

Marnie Riches and Julie Shaw in discussion

Whether writing about fictional villains or recounting the tales of real-life criminals, inspiration for Crime books has to come from somewhere. Crime novelist Marnie Riches and True Crime writer Julie Shaw discuss how real crime stories have influenced their writing…   On Born Bad – Marnie Riches… Read More

Jane Casey in 10…

1) Baddie or Goodie? I personally am a goodie but I have a major weakness for baddies. They’re always so much more interesting.   2) The first story you remember writing? I wrote a very earnest, Hans Christian Andersen-inspired account of the life of a 50p piece when I… Read More

Extract from Camilla Way’s Watching Edie

We are really excited about the upcoming paperback of Camilla Way’s creepy psychological thriller, Watching Edie, a tense story of a friendship gone wrong! Here’s a sneak peek for you:   PART ONE After     Outside my kitchen window the long afternoon… Read More

Who killed Helen Fields?

Author of Perfect Remains, Helen Fields, has gone missing. Each haunting episode was revealed day by day during the Perfect Remains blog tour on the Avon Channel. Over ten days her video diary documented the moment before she went missing. Watch for clues. Can you tell who’s behind this?… Read More

Extract from Michael Wood’s A Room Full of Killers

In just over a week, Michael Wood’s A Room Full of Killers, the third gripping crime novel in the DCI Matilda Darke series, publishes in ebook. But we have an exclusive sneak peek just for you!   Prologue Manchester. Tuesday, 7 January 2014… Read More