This July I am proud to announce my five interviews. On the 3rd I will be starting with Mark Edwards, the writer of The House Guest where I will be talking to him about writing in partnership and the up and down roller coaster nature of his career, and I'm sure The Bunker will be … Continue reading Julys Interview Line Up →

  Black River the third in the Tuva Moodyson series by Will Dean is also based in the town  of Gavrik.  This may sound like a strange thing to say but if you have not read the series yet I suggest you treat the books like stand alones and start with Black River and go … Continue reading Down the River with Dean →

With two festivals releasing their stuff online, it means that I'm able to select which list I read from whenever I want. This will be the first time that I've done this, as I usually leave Bloody Scotland until after Theakstons is over. The first of the Bloody Scotland list that I've chosen is Lin … Continue reading Time for Bloody Scotland →

Keeper by Jessica Moor is the latest in Val McDermid's New Blood panel, which was released last week. Having just read Trevor Wood's The Man on the Street, this is the second in the New Blood panel that I've finished, but if you'd told me that I'd have finished it yesterday morning when I had … Continue reading New Blood Returns →

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Peter James's Find Them Dead is the latest interview I have to prepare for on the 29th June.  This book is the 16th book in the series which is due to be released on the 9th of July, 11 days after the interview. This is the first time I have ever done an interview before … Continue reading Find Them in the Jury Room →

Although, sadly, this years Theakstons will not be going ahead in its traditional format, it's still nice to see that one of the major draws, the New Blood panel is going to be a feature of my summer, along with many other people. Having already read Trevor Wood's The man on the Street (review here) … Continue reading New Blood 2020 →

Power Play by Tony Kent is from the second of the three authors on my August Bank Holiday weekend legal panel on UK Crime Book Club. This book is the third in Tony Kent's series involving Joe Dempsey and Michael Devlin. Tony is a practicing QC and you can tell that in his legal references … Continue reading Powerful legal Thriller →

With Craig Sisterson's Southern Cross Crime, this week has been somewhat unusual, as this book allowed me to do something that I'd never done before and that was to read two books at once. This has been a challenge with both books being on audio, but Sisterson's compendium of Antipodean Noir has over three hundred … Continue reading My week Down Under →