Published today: the first issue of the Dead East newsletter, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK. open.substack.com/pub/deadeast/p… #mystery #CrimeFiction #crime #suspense #writing #publishing

It's Independent Bookshops Week, and we're lucky to have some fantastic indies here in East Anglia. On the Links page of the Dead East Substack site we've done our best to compile a list of these: deadeast.substack.com/p/links

Delayed Sowing of the Seeds: the joy of fixing the things we've got wrong open.substack.com/pub/drnickguth… #writing #amwriting #editing #crimefiction #mystery

New: the July issue of the Dead East newsletter, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive mystery and crime fiction content. Sign up for free at deadeast.substack.com #writing #mystery #crimefiction #publishing

I'm very pleased that the excellent Cold Caller magazine has interviewed me: coldcallermag.substack.com/p/theres-alway… #writing #publishing #CrimeFiction #mystery #authors #interview

New: the August issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available. Features by Julia Stone and PN Johnson, a back issue spotlight on Keith Brooke and Eric Brown's crime-sf novel Wormhole, plus news and writers' links from across the crime fiction genre. deadeast.substack.com/p/dead-east-au…

ROGUE (Heck #8) is now published on Audible as well In case anyone’s unsure about taking a chance on it because they’re not up to date on the Heck series. Here's a blogpost I made last year, which gives you a quick precis of the story up to that point. paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2024/08/two-ne…

Inside was a rubber dinghy, with a motor-driven propellor at the back. ‘One way to get off the island if all else fails,’ Ray Donaldson said. ‘With a storm like this brewing?’ Jack replied. ‘You’d be lucky if they found your body.’ #CrimeFiction amazon.co.uk/Island-Paul-Fi…

New: the September issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available - fiction, news and more from the world of crime and mystery fiction. Original fiction, plus news and writers' links from across the crime fiction genre. deadeast.substack.com/p/dead-east-se…

New: the October issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK. New releases, events, news and information for writers from across the genre. deadeast.substack.com/p/dead-east-oc…

My latest review: The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin. open.substack.com/pub/drnickguth… This review first appeared in the Dead East newsletter: deadeast.substack.com

I'm at that stage of plotting a new book again where my notes consist of "Stuff happens". #amwriting #crimefiction #mystery

Went to the Leiston FC game last night as research for the next DI Bolam novel. Great game - I might just have to go again!

Can we start a campaign for Gary Lineker to host Strictly?

Just heard that I have stories in three consecutive issues of AHMM and EQMM: a story in the Nov/Dec issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, one in the Jan/Feb Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and then another in the Mar/Apr Hitchcock’s! #mystery #crimefiction #mysteryfiction Lorella Belli Agency Ltd

Out now: my short story "From Grace", published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Nov/Dec issue). Available from alfredhitchcockmysterymagazine.com #mystery #crimefiction Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

New Magazine for Crime fans - fact & fiction aspectsofcrime.com/product/subscr… Aspects of Crime [email protected]

New: the November issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK. deadeast.substack.com/p/dead-east-no…

In this week's blog post Nick Guthrie discusses some of the unexpected differences between reading fiction and writing it trace-evidence.net/2025/11/14/enj…

Fabulous news! Congratulations, Heather Peck: award winning crime fiction author