As a crime writer, I've always been a big fan of The Traitors, right from series one and now that both the UK and NZ versions have had published authors, with Harriet Tyce and Vanda Symon, you can see how an authors mind works purely not on the page, but in the pressured reality situation … Continue reading The companion Traitor →

Over Christmas whilst waiting for several things to come to fruition I was randomly watching 4oD and saw an advert for a TV show called The Revenge Club, but I couldn't get Paramount, so googled to see if it was based on a book and discovered that it was from The Othello Club by JD … Continue reading Two titles, one book →

At the end of the year, I've still got a massive TBR pile, but have just finished my third podcast season and needed a break from crime, so this is why it has been approximately two weeks since my last review. Because instead of reading crime all day, I've read Harry Potter in the daytime … Continue reading December Evening Reading →

Today, the final episode of series 3, of my podcast AJ Hawley's World of Crime was recorded with Antti Tuomainen. This has been the first proper series of it since I instigated it during my hospital treatment for Colitis. Small but manageable numbers will allow me to fit it around my writing and the writing … Continue reading Preparing for the final podcast of the Year →

After several years away from Wyndham and Banerjee they are back in The Burning Grounds. Abir Mukherjee deservedly won the Theakstons Crime Book of the year with Hunted and the nature of the standalone seems to have bled into his series, given what he has told us about his upcoming book, also involving some kind … Continue reading Award winner returns to his Origins →

In preparation for my interview with Alis Hawkins I'm reading her latest series, The Oxford Mysteries. Although I've been aware of her work for a long time due to our collaboration with Crime Cymru, the wait for the series to appear on audio has been well worth it. This allowed me to add the Welsh … Continue reading Hawkins’ History →

As a crime fiction writer and reviewer, sometimes it's the speculative genre that makes you realise how wide crime can be. After reading many books by Doug Johnstone from teenage break-ins to funeral home PI's, I know that a book from Doug can literally be about anything, but the last thing I expected was an … Continue reading Speculative TBR →

After a year away, it is finally great to read another Val book, of all the characters she could have chosen, it had to be Karen Pirie. Post this years Harrogate the second Karen Pirie book was adapted for TV, now the series in on it's 8th book it will be really interesting to see … Continue reading Pirie’s Back →

On this busy Thursday with some of my favourite authors being published, it's nice to also read one of the most original writers on the scene today in Callum McSorley. I prepared to discuss this on my Podcast, and this may be one of the hardest interviews I've done in a while, because as a … Continue reading McSorley’s World of Crime →

When Antony was in Nottingham Waterstones I played the on tour event and solved that one with the help of the people on my table, but unlike anybody else reading this book, I also needed assistance to solve that, too. Generally, I read audiobooks, but saw the opportunity to purchase the book for a friend … Continue reading We did solve the Murder →