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Team Summer Recommendations!

A few weeks ago the team got together to share some of their favourite crime thriller books! The following are some killer recommendations you should be reading this summer:   ‘THE KIND WORTH KILLING, a brilliantly crafted and addictive thriller with the most shocking twist’ –Finn… Read More

Gritty authors Jaime Raven and Julie Shaw reveal how their own backgrounds contribute to their writing

Authors Julie Shaw and Jaime Raven tell Killer Reads how their own edgy backgrounds have contributed to their gritty and gripping writing today. With close links to the cultures of crime and gang communities, you cannot doubt the authenticity of their books – The Madam and Bad Blood. In The… Read More

5 ways to create a creepy sense of location by Tracy Buchanan

  Location has played an integral role in all my novels, whether it be the ravished shores of Thailand during the 2004 tsunami in The Atlas of Us or the eerie underwater world of submerged forests in My Sister’s Secret.   And it’s no different with my latest novel… 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

Exclusive extract from HER TURN TO CRY by Chris Curran

Get a sneak peek of  Her Turn to Cry, the chilling new psychological thriller from Chris Curran, out Friday July 8th in eBook.  Chapter One The Pier Theatre, Hastings, Sussex – August 1953 Joycie usually loves it when Dad takes her to work with him. But… Read More

In a reading slump? Here are two books guaranteed to make you fall back in love with reading.

Looking for some inspiration to reinvigorate your 2016 reading challenge? Lucy selects two books that she think will help you get your book mojo back on track. Solomon Creed by Simon Toyne If you’re suffering from reader’s block, look no further than Solomon Creed, the start… 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

WHY REVENGE IS SWEET

The new thriller from Avon/Harper Collins – The Madam – is arousing a great deal of interest, partly because of its topical subject matter. It tells the story of a woman who is jailed for a crime she didn’t commit. Lizzie Wells was an escort who was accused… Read More

The Invisible Guardian is becoming a film! First production still released.

Fans of the acclaimed trilogy by Dolores Redondo — with the first of the English translation in the series currently out in the UK — will be pleased to hear that filming has begun for The Invisible Guardian.  Filming locations include Elizondo, which is the actual village where the… Read More

Exclusive extract of THE WOLF ROAD by Beth Lewis

Read the first chapter here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/killer-reads/the-wolf-road-excerpt/1070263376373854 Get a sneak peak of The Wolf Road, the debut novel from Beth Lewis, out June 30th in hardback and eBook. This extract carries on from chapter 1, which you can read on Facebook. Click 'read more' or scroll down to continue to the second chapter.   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