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Redemption of the Dead

Out today: A chilling short story taking us back to DI Sean Corrigan’s days as a newly minted detective from Luke Delaney, ex-Met Detective and author of Cold Killing. 1993. The Parkside Rapist has been terrorizing the women of South London, and Detective Chief Superintendent Charlie… Read More

The Strain is coming to a screen near you!

Earlier this year we were really thrilled to find out that The Strain, the vampire horror trilogy written by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, is being made into a TV series, which we cannot wait to start watching. Del Toro and Hogan are writing the screenplay… Read More

Guest post from Anya Lipska: Notes from a Harrogate panel novice

Earlier this week we shared Kate’s trip to Harrogate last weekend, but what is the festival like from an author perspective? Anya Lipska shares her experience… Theakstons Crime Festival in Harrogate is Europe’s biggest crime fiction event and an annual highlight for writers and hardcore fans of the genre, so… Read More

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2013

Kate taking tea at Betty’s From Thursday 18th July to Sunday 21st July the delightful spa town of Harrogate was swarmed by crime authors, fans, and publishing people. As if in celebration of the festival’s 10th anniversary, the sun was shining, and naturally everyone was bemoaning the heat and the… Read More

Andrew Taylor answers your questions!

Happy publication date to Andrew Taylor, award-winning author of The Scent of Death, which is out today in paperback. Earlier this year, we asked you to send in your questions for Andrew to answer and we’re pleased to feature your questions (and his answers!)… Read More

Mark Sennen: Location, Location, Location

We’re very excited to welcome Mark Sennen to the blog today talking about setting the scene for Bad Blood…   There was, apparently, a writer called Doyle who set a story on Dartmoor. The story featured a large dog and a detective called Holmes. Other… Read More

Killer Reads summer reading

The weather in London has been pretty incredible lately, and there’s nothing nicer to do on a sunny day than find a nice park and settle down to read. We asked some of the Killer Reads team what they were looking forward to reading this summer and this is what… Read More

Thrillerfest 2013

ThrillerFest kicks off today, and the programme this year looks absolutely brilliant. The event boasts a star-studded line-up, and we are proud to tell you that FOUR of our supremely talented authors are taking part! Without further ado, we present… Simon Toyne: Author of the bestselling SANCTUS series and keeper… Read More

Acquisition announcement: Homeland: Carrie’s Run

How it all began… we are hugely excited to announce that this summer we will publish an original prequel novel of the hottest show around – HOMELAND. Winner of the Emmy and Golden Globe awards for best drama. Filled with the suspense and plot twists that have made Homeland… Read More

Harrogate is coming!

From 18 – 21 July, the crime fiction community will descend on the delightful spa town of Harrogate, talking blood and body counts; drinking tea at Betty’s; drinking the bar dry at the Old Swan; and dancing up a storm at the classiest of all establishments, the Viper Room… memories,… Read More
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