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CWA Red Herring award winning freelance crime fiction critic and commentator. I review, write, interview and blog on all things crime fiction related.
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Great fun as ever chatting to Mick Herron, with Jon Coates ahead of #TheakstonCrime Harrogate Festivals on #AI, Jackson Lamb and the highlights of this year's festival. Thanks Mick! express.co.uk/entertainment/…


BOOK COVER REVEAL coming this Friday!!! Hardman & Swainson Avon Books UK Caroline Hardman



Here's the shortlist for the 2024 Shadows Awards. I'm on twice! Novel, for The Underhistory, and Long Fiction for The Emporium. The shortlist is a brilliant snapshot of Australian and NZ horror, worth a look! Thanks Meerkat Press Viper Books AHWA australasianhorror.com/australian-sha…

Thrilled to see #FindingSophie by Imran Mahmood longlisted for the #TheakstonsAwards 2025 at Harrogate Festivals 🎉 The longlist is now open to vote until Thursday 15th May, go ahead and vote here: bit.ly/4iBNzpe


The winner of Book of the Year: Crime & Thriller (supported by Daily Express) is Hunted by Abir Mukherjee (Penguin Books UK @harvillsecker) 📚 This was singled out by our judges as a “blockbuster story” #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards



Join me in #Iceland with the ADDICTIVE Áróra Investigation series… ALL of my chilling, atmospheric, Áróra Investigation series, trs Quentin Bates & L.Garcia is now on #SALE! amzn.to/3F9B4E0 #BookTwitter #CrimeFiction PRICE DROP!


💂 Capital Christie: Twelve London Mysteries is the latest UK short story collection published by HarperFiction. We are thoroughly enjoying exploring the stories starring Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne and Mr Quin. Discover now: bit.ly/CapitalChristie




Over on the blog the shortlists for the #TheakstonCrime Novel & #McDermidDebut Novel have been announced. Congrats to all - wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2025/06/shortl… #TheakstonsAwards #TheakstonsCrime The Crime Writers’ Association The Crime Readers’ Association



The news is out. M.W. Craven is going to write James Bond books for children. MW Craven’s unique voice promises to breathe new life into Bond for a younger generation, drawing children into thrilling plots filled with courage, cleverness and laugh-out-loud moments. We hope this

✍️ Calling all unagented crime writers of colour! Submissions are now open for the 2025 #JoffeBooksPrize! Win a 2-book deal, £1k, £25k Audible contract + more. Judges: Vaseem Khan Ayo Onatade 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇳🇬 Renita D'Silva Heloise Wood 📩 [email protected] 🔗 joffebooks.com/prize-2025


Very sad news that Frederick Forsyth our ChilternKills patron, supporter, iconic author, local hero & all round great guy has died. RIP Freddie Forsyth.


Over on the @shotsblog #CatherineRyanHoward is in the St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend spotlight. wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2025/06/in-st-… St Hilda's College Sarah Hilary Andrew Taylor The Crime Writers’ Association The Crime Readers’ Association #HCFW25
