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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

John Harding guest post: Mystery lurks in dark corners…

Today, in celebration of Halloween coming up this Friday, we have John Harding, author of Florence and Giles and The Girl Who Couldn’t Read, on the blog talking about gothic horror and what inspired him to write two very sinister stories… My introduction to Gothic fiction… Read More

Production on THE INTRUDERS TV series

Soon THE INTRUDERS will be hitting our screens, with an incredible cast including John Simm and Mira Sorvino, with  writer and executive producer Glen Morgan (The X-Files) at the helm. All this month, we’ve been looking at Michael Marshall’s terrifying book, which we’ll be discussing next week in… Read More

Michael Marshall talks about setting

This month, we’re talking about Michael Marshall’s THE INTRUDERS in our brand new Goodreads book club. Here’s Michael to talk a little bit about the setting, and why he knew he wanted to set it in Seattle… Once I had the idea for THE INTRUDERS, I… Read More

How the number 9 inspired Michael Marshall’s THE INTRUDERS

We’ve just launched a brand new book club over on Goodreads, and in October we’ll be discussing Michael Marshall’s chilling thriller THE INTRUDERS, which will be airing on the BBC this Autumn. We’ll be discussing the book in the group between the 27th and… Read More

THE CITY, by Dean Koontz

We’re thrilled to welcome No.1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz to the Killer Reads blog today, to talk about his new novel, The City… Gerda, my wife and first reader of my manuscripts, is an honest critic of my work, and a good one. Read More

Two Madnesses: Why I Write About Broken Minds

We’re very excited to welcome Jack Kerley, author of the addictive Carson Ryder series, to the blog today, who has written us a fascinating piece about broken minds… In 1969 a madman named Charles Manson shocked the U.S. with a savage event: On Manson’s instructions, several of his followers—runaway kids,… Read More

My fellow Americans…

Dear Voter, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind assistance with my No Harm Can Come To A Good Man electoral campaign; and to urge you, above all else, to stick with me. As you know, this country was not founded on… Read More

My fellow Americans…

Dear Voter, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind assistance with my No Harm Can Come To A Good Man electoral campaign; and to urge you, above all else, to stick with me. As you know, this country was not founded on… Read More