Since we went into lockdown I’ve been busy tidying my study, reorganising my bookshelves, rediscovering books I haven’t read in a while...

My love affair with Harry Hamlin began in 1981 with ‘Clash of the Titans’. Maggie Smith was in it. So was Laurence Olivier. There were...

I’m a gay man who grew up at a time when gay rights didn’t exist. There was no equal age of consent when I came out, no employment...

I was friends with Deborah Orr for over 25 years. We first met in the late ’80s, when we both wrote for the London listings magazine City...

I know I’m late to this but I enjoyed it so much I had to post a review. In the first of a series of crime procedurals, Olivia Kiernan...

‪The truth at the heart of my fiction - and possibly the only time by friend Alison Menzies has been compared to Oscar Wilde. ‬ ‪Me in...

It’s just over two weeks since The Closer I Get was released on ebook and my feet have barely touched the ground. On publication day, the...

Yesterday I took part in my first panel event for The Closer I Get. It was at Newcastle Noir, chaired by ‘Dr Noir’ Jacky Collins, with...

Fiona Cummins established herself as a major new voice in crime fiction with her debut thriller Rattle and the follow up, The Collector....

Helen FitzGerald is the queen of the arresting opening sentence. Her last novel Viral opened with the line, “I sucked twelve cocks in...

Call Me A Liar is quite unlike any other crime novel I’ve read. It’s not a police procedural, though at times it reminded me of the pulse...

I'm currently proof reading my new novel 'The Closer I Get', which is published by Orenda Books on July 11 (May 11 e-book), while also...

Lucy Foley published three historical novels before turning to the dark side. The Hunting Party is her crime debut and has a simple but...

The Silent Patient is the debut novel from Alex Michaelides, previously known for writing screenplays. It comes garlanded with praise...

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84 year-old Florence has fallen on the floor in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, her mind...

Caz Frear won the Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller competition for her debut, Sweet Little Lies. The book introduced us to DC Cat...

Since winning the Dead Good Books Most Unreliable Narrator Award for her fourth psychological thriller, The Escape, C.L. Taylor has...

If you enjoyed Steve Cavanagh’s last novel Th1rt3en, you’ll love his latest, Twisted. Both extremely filmic, both what Hollywood would...

Moral dilemmas lie at the heart of Mel McGrath’s eagerly-anticipated new novel. In the messy aftermath of a music festival in east...