The REVIEW SHOW DECEMBER 23The latest crime fiction titles December 2023 Books God is a Killer Max Thrax (Alpha edition) Ravage & Son Jerome Charyn Yule Island Johana Gustawsson Spyhunter HB Lyle Crime of Passion Samantha Lee Howe (Short stories) The House of the Coptic Woman Ashraf El-Ashmawi Dead Sweet Katrin Júliusdottir The Wiregrass Adrian Hyland Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023. Musi...
Dec 24, 2023•13 min
Newcastle Noir Episode 3: TOO CLOSE TO HOME panel coverage Lisa Gray TO DIE FOR, Victoria Selman ALL THE LITTLE LIARS, Liv LV Matthews SILENT WATERS & Simon Van Der Velde THE SILENT BROTHER - moderator Frances Walker. How often do we expect danger to lurk beyond the safety of our own home and circle of friends and colleagues? Yet when evil emerges among those closest to us, we’re left asking the questions is blood thicker than water and who can you really trust. With three incredibly twisty ...
Dec 19, 2023•50 min
Christmas Collection: Episode 2 True Crime - Martin Brunt Sky's Chief Crime Correspondent chats about his book No One Ever Got Cracked Over the Head for No Reason & former policeman Matt Johnson shares his experience of writing NO ORDINARY DAY In Person With Paul. Matt Johnson & John Murray - NO ORDINARY DAY : On 17 April 1984, as demonstrators gathered outside the Libyan embassy in London, two gunmen lay in wait inside. At 10.18 a.m. automatic gunfire rained down on the protestors and W...
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Christmas Specials Part 1 - CHRIS FROST, ROBERT RUTHERFORD & STEPHEN J GOLDS In Person With Paul - feel for location. character is king, heart and drive, high concept, transgression, subverting the Christmas murder mystery, Indie publishing. Chris Frost THE KILLER'S CHRISTMAS LIST - out now (20mins+) Robert Rutherford SEVEN DAYS - coming April (15mins+) Stephen J Golds THE DYING, THE DEAD & THE GONE - out now, new edition, see Amazon. (50mins+) Publishers note: Stephen J. Golds is lookin...
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 26 min
TERRY HAYES chats to Paul Burke about THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST , off earth mining, epic adventure tales, the limits in fiction, screenwriting and whether there'll be a Pilgrim II. THE YEAR OF LOCUST - If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again - by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide - and when to shoot. But some places don't play by the rules. Some place...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Panel discussions from the Newcastle Noir International Crime Writing Festival recorded live 8th-9th December at Newcastle Central Library and the Northern Crime Syndicate recorded at Tyneside Irish Centre. 1. Ann Cleeves and Marsali Taylor 2. Mari Hannah and Kate London 3. Katrin Júliusdottir, Michael J Malone, Essie Fox 4 The Caledonian Crime Collective - Emma Christie, Marion Todd, Andrew James Grieg & Allan Martin 5. Philip Gwynne Jones and Chris Lloyd 6. Doug Johnstone and Trevor Wood* ...
Dec 09, 2023•1 hr 17 min
TOM MEAD chats to Paul Burke about THE MURDER WHEE L, DEATH AND THE CONJUROR Joseph Spector, the Golden Age era, true crime, theatre, magic and illusion. THE MURDER WHEEL : 1938, London. Ambitious lawyer Edmund Ibbs has got his teeth into the case of a lifetime - defending the young woman accused of shooting her husband in the infamous 'Ferris Wheel Murder' case. Despite a plethora of evidence against his client, Ibbs is certain he can secure her acquittal. But after a night of magic and illusio...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min
SEASON 5 EPISODE 8: VASEEM KHAN, Chair of the CWA & author of the BABY GANESH & MALIBAR HOUSE series & LAUREN MUÑOZ lawyer & author of SUDDENLY A MURDER join Victoria to explore the economic divide, labelling and race in Crime fiction. So a nice light episode! Recommendations PERSUASION JANE AUSTIN MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN SALMAN RUSHDIE Music courtesy of Guy Hale author of The Comeback Trail trilogy, featuring Jimmy Wayne - KILLING ME SOFTLY - MIKE ZITO featuring Kid Anderson. GUY HA...
Dec 05, 2023•39 min
MATT PHILLIPS chats to Paul Burke about his new noir - A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD , noir and social documentarian, character drives narrative, indie writing. A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD : A mother's sins haunt a teenage runaway in this scorching mystery of criminal conspiracy, street-level justice, and unlikely courage. Creeley Nash has been running her entire life. That includes running drugs for a wannabe kingpin. On a drug run to Palm Springs--the town where Creeley escaped her no-good mother as a teen--s...
Dec 02, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Paul Burke reviews a selection of November crime fiction releases. Including author elevator pitches from CL Pattison. Jane Jesmond, Alexandra Benedict, Paul Durston & Stephen Ronson. Peter Murphy A Week on Mount Olympus CL Pattison The Florist Simon Maltman Hunted Jane Jesmond A Quiet Contagion Simon Gaul White Suicide Alexandra Benedict The Christmas Jigsaw Murders Robyn Gigl Survivor's Guilt Paul Durston If We were One Lee Goldberg Calico Stephen Ronson The Last Line Jack Grimwood Arctic ...
Nov 28, 2023•19 min
TOM BENJAMIN chats to Paul Burke about LAST TESTAMENT IN BOLOGNA, British private eye Daniel Leicester, the porticos of the ancient city, Giallo, AirBnB and tourism in a university town. LAST TESTAMENT IN BOLOGNA : When an old man makes a bequest to investigate the mysterious death of his son, English detective Daniel Leicester follows a trail leading to one of Bologna's wealthiest families - makers of some of the world's most coveted supercars - and discovers that beneath the glitz and glamour ...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Season 5 Episode 7: ROBERT GODDARD (CWA DIAMOND DAGGER WINNER, THE FINE ART OF UNCANNY PREDICTION) & SUK PANNU (MRS SIDHU'S DEAD AND SCONE): Robert Goddard & Sak Pannu join Victoria to discuss cosy crime and the 'Osman effect'. What do we mean by Cosy Crime? Why has it become so popular? And where does the future lie? VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselman...
Nov 21, 2023•30 min
Crime Time FM from Newcastle Noir - Episode 1 Introductions : the when, where, who and how. Perspectives on the festival from people involved in the events. Crime Time FM is proud to be the Official Podcast of Newcastle Noir. NEWCASTLE NOIR - NEWCASTLE CITY LIBRARY 6TH - 9TH DECEMBER. Information . Click this link for the schedule and visitor info. Tickets here £5 per panel, £50 for the 2023 Full Pass Guests Festival Organiser - Jacky Collins, Dr. Noir. NN Devotee - Ewa Sherman, translator, revi...
Nov 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min
The Crime Time FM Christmas Debate - Best Crime Fiction 2023: Eight top critics & writers pick their best reads of the year, argue eruditely for their choices and squabble - a little bit. Laura Wilson - Guardian critic and best-selling author. Jon Coates - Sunday Express deputy news editor and critic Maxim Jakubowski - former publisher & CWA chair, author and critic. Jake Kerridge - book critic at the Telegraph. Barry Forshaw - author & critic with the Financial Times. Ayo Onatade - ...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Norwegian crime writing legend GUNNAR STAALESEN chats to Craig Sisterson about his new hardboiled thriller Mirror Image, Varg Veum and Bergen, crime fiction as social commentary with humour, Joe Biden PI & wolf in a sanctuary. MIRROR IMAGE : As Bergen PI Varg Veum investigates two different cases, it becomes clear that they are uncannily similar to harrowing events that took place thirty-six years earlier… A gripping instalment of the award-winning Varg Veum series, by one of the fathers of ...
Nov 10, 2023•52 min
Season 5 Episode 6: Donna Freed (Duplicity), Matt Johnson (No Ordinary Day) & Anna Motz (A Love That Kills) join Victoria in a panel recorded live at Capital Crime discussing why true crime is stranger than fiction. DONNA FREED DUPLICITY ANNA MOTZ A LOVE THAT KILLS MATT JOHNSON NO ORDINARY DAY FILM: A PLACE IN THE SUN BOOK: THE AMERICAN TRAGEDY THEODORE DREISER VICTORIA SELMAN Sunday Times bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news...
Nov 07, 2023•44 min
FEMI KAYODE chats to Paul about his new Nigerian crime thriller GASLIGHT , Philip Taiwo, Light Seekers, eduction addiction, GASLIGHT : Bishop Jeremiah Dawodu, pastor of a Nigerian megachurch, has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Folasade, the 'First Lady' of the church. The arrest was public, humiliating and sensational - sending shockwaves through Lagos - but throughout it all, Bishop Dawodu maintains his innocence. Philip Taiwo, an acclaimed investigative psychologist, is...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 34 min
The Latest Crime Fiction Releases Reviewed By Paul Burke - October 2023. Books featured: Loyalty Martina Cole The Prey Yrsa Sigardardóttir The North Light Hideo Yokoyama** A frightfully Fatal Affair Hannah Hendy The Due Date Niki Mackay Crown Vic Lee Goldberg Geneva Richard Armitage The Beaver Theory Antti Tuomainen White As Snow Llija Sigardardóttir Stigma Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger Dry Cleaning Trevor Mark Thomas Wind Sprints Ralph Dennis Luda Grant Morrison The Defector Chris Hadfield...
Oct 31, 2023•25 min
Season 5 Episode 4: PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS - All in the Mind - LAUREN NORTH, LESLEY KARA & NIKI MACKAY join Victoria Selman to discuss the enduring popularity of psychological thrillers and where the future lies for the genre. Mentioned: Minette Walters The Sculptress, The Scold's Bridal, Susi Holliday The House, The Bees Laline Paul, Stephen King VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways...
Oct 24, 2023•36 min
HARRIET CRAWLEY chats to Paul about her spy thriller come love story, THE TRANSLATOR, living in Russia, THE TRANSLATOR : Clive Franklin, a Russian language expert in the Foreign Office, is summoned unexpectedly to Moscow to act as translator for the British Prime Minister. His life is turned on its head when, after more than a decade, he discovers that his former lover, Marina Volina, is now the interpreter to the Russian President. At the embassy, Clive learns of a Russian plot to cut the under...
Oct 20, 2023•1 hr
NICK TRIPLOW chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller NEVER WALK AWAY , FRANK'S WILD YEARS , Noir, British Film, Ted Lewis and the mother of all writing hangovers. NEVER WALK AWAY A senior civil servant dies in suspicious circumstances. A sensitive file in his possession and evidence of contact with a human rights lawyer lead the authorities to believe he is a whistle-blower. This needs a police officer used to operating in the murky world between policing and intelligence. DS Mark (Max) Lomax...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min
LEONORA NATTRASS chats to PAUL BURKE about her historical mystery thriller SCARLET TOWN , Laurence Jago, 18th century history, rotten boroughs and sapient hog. SCARLET TOWN 1796. A rigged election. A town at war. A murderer at large... Disgraced former Foreign Office clerk Laurence Jago and his larger-than-life employer the journalist William Philpott have escaped America - and Philpott's near imprisonment for libel - by the skin of their teeth. They return to Laurence's home town of Helston, Co...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Season 5 Episode Looking Back: ANNA MAZZOLA (The House of Whispers) & GARETH RUBIN (The Turnglass) exploring historical crime. The challenges of translating the past, the opportunities presented by an historical canvas and what makes it such a great pairing with crime. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.com Twitter: @VictoriaSelman We love to hear fr...
Oct 10, 2023•40 min
DOUG JOHNSTONE chats to Paul about his new novel THE OPPOSITE OF LONELY , the Skelfs, Sci-Fi, mathematical modelling and being the writer in residence at a funeral parlour. THE OPPOSITE OF LONELY : Even death needs company… The Skelf women are recovering from the cataclysmic events that nearly claimed their lives. Their funeral-director and private-investigation businesses are back on track, and their cases are as perplexing as ever. Matriarch Dorothy looks into a suspicious fire at an illegal c...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 33 min
PAUL BURKE takes a look at some of the new crime fiction releases for September 2023 and apologises for any mispronunciations of names/languages. Books (Links to Bookshop.org) SHEEP'S CLOTHING Celia Dale - Daunt THE PIT Peter Papathanasiou - MacLehose NO RESERVE Felix Francis - Zaffre THE TRAITOR Ava Glass - Penguin THE BORGIA PORTRAIT David Hewson* ALL THAT'S LEFT UNSAID Tracey Lien - HQ THE TORRENT Dinuka McKenzie - Canelo THE MAN WHO DIDN'T BURN Ian Moore - Duckworth KILL SHOW Daniel Sweren-B...
Oct 04, 2023•22 min
ORENDA SPECIAL: featuring Jenny Lund Madsen Thirty Days of Darkness , Paul E Hardisty The Forcing , Eva Björg Ægisdöttir You Can't See Me c hat to Paul Burke about their latest novels. JENNY LUND MADSEN trans. Megan E Turney* Thirty Days of Darkness PAUL E HARDISTY The Forcing EVA BJÖRG ÆGISDÖTTIR trans. Victoria Cribb You Can't See Me ORENDA Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023. Music courtesy of...
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 32 min
ORENDA SPECIAL: September part 1 featuring Eve Smith One , chatting to Paul Burke about her latest speculative thriller. Eve Smith One One law. One child. Seven million crimes… A cataclysmic climate emergency has spawned a one-child policy in the UK, ruthlessly enforced by a totalitarian regime. Compulsory abortion of 'excess' pregnancies and mandatory contraceptive implants are now the norm, and families must adhere to strict consumption quotas as the world descends into chaos. Kai is a 25-year...
Sep 29, 2023•47 min
SEASON 5 EPISODE 2 SHARI LAPENA (EVERYONE HERE IS LYING) & JACK JORDAN(CONVICTION) join Victoria to discuss how crime authors keep their readers guessing, the art of smoke and mirrors and playing fair, why we all love a great twist and how to build and maintain suspense. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.com Twitter: @VictoriaSelman We love to hear ...
Sep 26, 2023•39 min
ANDREW NETTE chats new heist thriller ORPHAN ROAD , Gunshine State, pulp fiction and bodgies & widgies. ORPHAN ROAD Gary Chance is an ex-Australian army driver and nightclub bouncer turned professional thief and in need of a job. An offer comes from a former employer, once notorious Melbourne social identity, now aging owner of a failing S&M club, Vera Leigh. A shadowy real estate developer is trying to squeeze Leigh out of a rapidly gentrifying city. But she has a rescue plan that invol...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 28 min
DENISE MINA chats to Craig Sisterson about her new Marlowe novel THE SECOND MURDERER , revisiting the misogyny, racism, Feminism THE SECOND MURDERER : "This is Marlowe." "Mr. Philip Marlowe?" She asked. I glanced at the clock. It was exactly eleven am, as if she had been waiting by the phone for an appointed hour, following someone else's orders to the letter. "What, d'you think we're a troupe of brothers? There is only me." It's mid-September, a heatwave has descended on the parched hills of LA...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr
