Best CrimeTimeFM Podcasts (2025)

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JANICE HALLETT & MAZ EVANS #OnTheSofaWithVictoria S8E2 35:05

23h ago35:05

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OnTheSofaWithVictoria Season 8 Episode 2: Writing for adults and children JANICE HALLETT The Examiner, The Appeal & MAZ EVANS That'll Teach Her. Recommends: East of Eden John Steinbeck, Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news …

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THOMAS TRANG In Person With Paul 55:36

8d ago55:36

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THOMAS TRANG chats to Paul Burke about Dark Neon Dirt, LA heists, Caravaggio, Hollywood money, Elmore Leonard and Andor. DARK NEON DIRT Shaun Nguyen is a Vietnamese war orphan who made it to America. But danger was never far behind – from the Chinatown gangs he ran with in New York, to his years in Iraq dodging bullets and defusing bombs. Nguyen le…

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Clare Leslie Hall & Guy Morpuss #OnTheSofaWithVictoria 23:58

15d ago23:58

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SEASON 8: CLARE LESLIE HALL BROKEN COUNTRY & GUY MORPUSS A TRIAL IN THREE ACTS #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Mentioned: The Go Between LP Hartley, Atonement Ian McEwan, Graham Bartlett. Recommendations: I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith, An Instance of the Finger Post Iain Pairs VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon …

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GWYL CRIME CYMRU FESTIVAL 2025 Episode 3 1:10:08

22d ago1:10:08

1:10:08

Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival - Episode 3 recorded at the Ceredigion Museum and Aberystwyth Library featuring interviews with authors and excerpts of live panels. Featuring: Interviews - Sarah Bax Horton, Mari Hannah & Sarah Todd Taylor and a brief panel excerpt featruing Jacky Collins with Mari Hannah & Clare Mackintosh. Interview Mari Hannah Gwyl Cri…

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THE REVIEW SHOW May 2025 17:31

29d ago17:31

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Reviews of the new releases in crime fiction May, 2025. Featuring: A Beautiful Way to Die Eleni Kyriacou The Doorman Chris Pavone Going Home in the Dark Dean Koontz Two Adam Lapid Mysteries Jonathan Dunsky Kill Pill David Barbaree A Death in the Afternoon Julie Anderson The Lady in the Park David Reynolds Death by Intent Jacqueline Harrett The Gold…

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Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival Special Episode 2 from Aberystwyth 1:26:38

1M ago1:26:38

1:26:38

Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival Special Episode 2 recorded at the Ceredigion Museum and Aberystwyth Library featuring interviews with authors and excerpts of live panels. Featuring: LJ Shepherd, Jacqueline Harrett, Diamond Crime panel, Heidi Amsinck, Foreign Fields panel, Gwenllian Williams, Vaseem Khan (sneak appearance by Abir Mukherjee), Arresting Fun…

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MICHAEL AMOS CODY In Person With Paul 1:08:10

1M ago1:08:10

1:08:10

MICHAEL AMOS CODY chats to Paul Burke about his STREETS OF NASHVILLE, new country music, North Carolina, MTV, tragic inspiration for the novel, why done it not whodunnit and Runion. In Streets of Nashville, Ezra MacRae has a nearly encyclopedic knowledge of songs and their writers, and he has moved from the North Carolina mountains to Nashville's M…

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JEREMY VINE In Person With Paul 1:03:55

1M ago1:03:55

1:03:55

JEREMY VINE chats to Paul Burke about his new murder mystery Murder on Line One, regional radio, celebrity, Agatha Christie and washing our clothes. MURDER ON LINE ONE There's a killer on the airwaves … and they're calling for you. Darkness looms over sunny Sidmouth, when an unsolved murder comes to the attention of late-night radio talk show host …

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GEORGINA CLARKE In Person With Paul 48:20

2M ago48:20

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GEORGINA CLARKE chats to Paul Burke about her new historical mystery VIPER IN THE NEST, Lizzie Hardwicke, Georgian England, VIPER IN THE NEST: London, June 1759. When a charmless civil servant takes his own life, few are interested in his death. But Lizzie Hardwicke, who plies her trade in the brothels of London whilst also working as an undercover…

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RAYMOND BENSON In Person With Paul 53:10

2M ago53:10

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RAYMOND BENSON chats to Paul Burke about writing James Bond (6 novels, 3 novelizations and 3 short stories), The James Bond Companion, fantasy spy fiction, Films & Novels, Tom Clancy, The Union, favourite Fleming and Legacy. News: Coming later this year The Hook and the Eye as part of the ever expanding Bond franchise Raymond Benson is writing a no…

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REVIEW SHOW APRIL 25 20:02

2M ago20:02

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New Crime Fiction for April 2025 reviewed by Paul Burke The Secret Room by Jane Casey ✓ Out of the Dark by Heidi Amsinck✓ Death and Other Occupational Hazards by Veronika Dapunt✓ 10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte✓ Lovers of Franz K by Burnham Sönmez, trans. from the Kurdish by Sami Hêzil. ✓ Sting of the Nettle by Colin Bostock-Smith✓ The Childre…

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GWYL CRIME CYMRU FESTIVAL 2025 PREVIEW SHOW 21:18

2M ago21:18

21:18

Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival Wales' only international crime writing festival returns to Aberystwyth 25th-27th April, 2025. Guests include Mark Billingham, Elly Griffiths, Mari Hannah, Chris Lloyd, Clare Mackintosh, Zoe Sharp, Graham Bartlett, Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, Alis Hawkins, Nicola Williams, Louise Mumford, Phil Rowlands. Ayo Onatade, Dr. N…

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LAURA MCCLUSKEY In Person With Craig 41:28

3M ago41:28

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Laura McCLUSKEY chats to Craig Sisterson about her new crime thriller THE WOLF TREE, the Scottish lighthouse mystery, film and book, writing the sequel, THE WOLF TREE A mysterious death. On a small island off the coast of Scotland, an isolated community is grieving. Eighteen-year-old Alan Ferguson was found at the foot of the lighthouse – an appare…

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AJAY CHOWDHURY In Person With Craig 45:21

3M ago45:21

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AJAY CHOWDHURY chats to Craig Sisterson about his new novel THE SHADOW, THE SHADOW: A ritual killing. An ancient curse. What's myth... and what's murder? After a bruising encounter with a terrorist group, Detective Kamil Rahman has decided to hand in his resignation to the Met and set up a detective agency with his friend Anjoli. But when his boss …

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NICK KOLAKOWSKI In Person With Paul 1:03:16

3M ago1:03:16

1:03:16

NICK KOLAKOWSKI chats to Paul Burke about his new California PI novel WHERE THE BONES LIE, training wheels, heist novels, the private eye, voice versus pastiche and AI. WHERE THE BONES LIE: For Dash Fuller, Hollywood’s underbelly is home. He’s spent years making the film industry’s worst secrets disappear, and it’s left him a cynical burnout with a…

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The Review Show March 2025 15:45

3M ago15:45

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The Review Show March 2025. New crime fiction. Paperboy Callum McSorley When Shadows Fall Neil Lancaster Green Ink Stephen May Hunkeler’s Secret Hansjörg Schneider Murder Below Deck Orlando Murrin William Boyle Saint of the Narrows Street The Cost Morgan Cry The Cambridge Siren Jim Kelly Born to Lose Marek Z Turner Flicking the Bic Tia Ja’nae Words…

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TANIA MALIK In Person With Paul 50:12

3M ago50:12

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TANIA MALIK chats to Paul about her novel, just out in the UK, HOPE YOU ARE SATISFIED, Dubai, the immigrant experience, spooks, smugglers and tourists. HOPE YOU ARE SATISFIED: 1990. Twenty-five-year-old Riya works for Discover Arabia, a tour guide company in the far-flung outpost of Dubai. In the months leading up to the first Gulf War, the city's …

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Tod Lending #OnTheSofaWithVictoria 32:38

4M ago32:38

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Tod Lending #OnTheSofaWithVictoria. A special featuring THE UMBRELLA MAKER'S SON, the Holocaust, interior character, documentary film and storytelling. THE UMBRELLA MAKER'S SON: Born to a secure, middle-class Polish Jewish family, seventeen-year-old Reuven works alongside his father, an artisan businessman whose shop creates the finest handmade umb…

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Graeme Macrae Burnet In Person With Paul 46:38

4M ago46:38

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Graeme Macrae Burnet chats to Paul Burke about the concluding volume of the Gorsky trilogy A CASE OF MATRICIDE, Simenon, Zola, small town France & Kilmarnock. *Cryptic intro explained - Graeme was on Benbecula because Polygon will publish a new novella by him Benbecula. The next in Polygon’s Darkland Tales series, which sees Scottish authors reimag…

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ANNA SHARPE In Person With Craig Sisterson 46:33

4M ago46:33

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Anna Sharpe (Anna Mazzola) chats to Craig Sisterson about her new legal thriller Notes on a Drowning, contemporary v historical fiction, misogyny, childhood reading and condensing the law. Notes on a Drowning Alex knows she risks getting fired from her law firm if she takes on another unpaid case, but when she hears Rosa's desperate voice at the ot…

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The Review Show February 25 14:44

4M ago14:44

14:44

The Latest Crime Fiction releases February 2025 Presumed Guilty Scott Turow, Swift HB Nobody's Fool Harlen Coben, Century HB The Trials of Lila Dalton LJ shepherd, Pushkin PB The Marshal of Snowdonia Simon McCleave, Stamford PB A Trial in Three Acts Guy Morpuss, Viper HB The Unrecovered Richard Strachan, Raven Bloomsbury HB The Story of a Murder Ha…

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DAME STELLA RIMINGTON In Person With Paul 1:05:22

4M ago1:05:22

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STELLA RIMINGTON chats to Paul about zeitgeisty new thriller THE HIDDEN HAND, the Chinese threat, Liz Carlyle, Manon Tyler, MI5, retirement, sexism, James Bond and John Buchan. THE HIDDEN HAND: A historic institution is hiding a very modern threat. The student - Li Min, a Chinese student, is forced by her government to transfer from Harvard to Oxfo…

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The Review Show January 2025 13:44

4M ago13:44

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The Review Show January 2025. The latest round up of new releases in the world of crime fiction. The Big Empty Robert Crais Murder for Busy People Tony Parsons Black Tag Simon Mayo A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage Asia Mackay The Last Days of Kira Mullen Nicci French The House with Nine Locks Philip Gray Oromay Baalu Girma These Violent Delights…

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KIM SHERWOOD In Person With Paul 1:03:32

4M ago1:03:32

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KIM SHERWOOD chats to Paul Burke about A SPY LIKE ME, Double or Nothing, Ian Fleming, the Double 'O' series, loving Bond and living the dream, George Baker. A SPY LIKE ME Six days. A bomb goes off at the BBC. But this is just the beginning. In six days' time, terrorists will strike again. Three agents. With James Bond captured, three of MI6's tough…

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ROB PARKER In Person With Paul 1:01:45

5M ago1:01:45

1:01:45

ROB PARKER chats to Paul about THE TROUBLED DEEP: A Cam Killick Norfolk Mystery, Ben Bracken, Audible Books, working with young minds, PTSD, loving location, knee injuries and kismet. THE TROUBLED DEEP: Nobody ever knew what happened to the Brindleys. One summer they were there - flashy, loud and beautiful - and then they were gone. A mother, fathe…

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T M Logan #OnTheSofaWith Victoria 53:34

5M ago53:34

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#ONTHESOFA - Season 7 - The Final Episode. TM 'Tim' Logan, THE DREAM HOME, chats to Victoria Selman (ALL THE LITTLE LIARS) at Waterstones, Reading. Inspirations, the need to know but will the truth will set you free? every word should count, short chapters & the climax. T.M. Logan is a Sunday Times bestseller whose thrillers have sold more than two…

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WES BROWNE In Person With Paul & Scott 1:15:06

5M ago1:15:06

1:15:06

WES BROWNE chats to Scott Blackburn & Paul Burke about his noir THEY ALL FALL THE SAME, (US Amazon link) why it wasn't called Spoon, the Appalachians, North Carolina, pizza and community. They All Fall the Same: Cannabis kingpin Burl Spoon has reigned over the Jackson County area for three decades, building a powerful backwoods empire. But behind a…

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Johana Gustawsson & Thomas Enger In Person With Paul - Newcastle Noir 47:12

5M ago47:12

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Johana Gustawsson & Thomas Enger chat to Paul at Newcastle Noir about their upcoming crime thriller SON, Psychoanalysis, memory, scheduling, SON Everyone here is lying… Expert on body language and memory, and consultant to the Oslo Police, psychologist Kari Voss sleepwalks through her days, and, by night, continues the devastating search for her yo…

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The REVIEW SHOW DECEMBER 24 13:40

5M ago13:40

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THE REVIEW SHOW DECEMBER 2024 - New titles published end 2024 & early January 2025. Locked In Jussi Adler-Olsen After the Bridge Andrew J Field The Traitor Jørn Lier Horst The Ancients John Larison 2/1/25 The Broken River Chris Hammer 2/1/25 Lie of the Land Kerry Hadley-Price 6/1/25 The Less Unkind Rosaria Giorgi 28/1/25 Blood Sacrifice Douglas Jac…

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ADAM HAMDY In Person With Paul 32:59

5M ago32:59

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ADAM HAMDY chats to Paul about his new thriller DEADBEAT, what would make an ordinary person commit murder, what would drive you that far, screenwriting, depp dive characters, the morality of true crime, judging heroes and villains. ADAM HAMDY DEADBEAT Peyton Collard was a good man once, but his life changed after a horrific car accident. Divorced,…

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ALISON GAYLIN In Person With Paul 53:11

6M ago53:11

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ALISON GAYLIN chats to Paul about her new hardboiled thriller BUZZ KILL, a Sunny Randall novel, Robert B Parker's Boston, writing psychological thrillers and a love of 70s conspiracy movies. BUZZ KILL Sunny Randall is hired to investigate the disappearance of an energy drink company’s CEO, Dylan. As she gets closer to finding Dylan, she learns not …

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Crime Time FM @ Newcastle Noir - The Panels Episode 2 58:58

6M ago58:58

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Newcastle Noir 10th Anniversary - The Panels Episode 2 of 3 Death in Paradise: Julie Anderson with Phoebe Morgan and Megan Davis A Kaleidoscope of Heroines: Jacky Collins with Harriet Tyce, Fiona Erskine and Marie Tierney Black Stage for Death: Frances Walker with Howard Linskey and Guy Hale Investigating Crime: Jacky Collins with Graham Bartlett, …

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The Newcastle Noir 2024 Review Show Episode 1 of 3 1:24:53

6M ago1:24:53

1:24:53

The Newcastle Noir Review Show on Crime Time FM featuring Trevor Wood, Sam Holland, Antony Johnstone, Jo Furniss, Rob Parker, Michael Wood and Paul Burke. The panel select some of their favourite crime novels of 2024 and look ahead to 2025. Selected Books Stuart Neville Blood Like Mine Dom Nolan White City The Escape Room LD Smithson Spiral Cameron…

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ALEX MICHAELIDES & SUK PANNU #OnTheSofa With Victoria 1:01:02

6M ago1:01:02

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Season 7 Episode 5: Screenplay Writing. What can novelists learn from screenplay writers? How does writing for film, TV and streaming work. Alex Michaelides THE FURY (The Devil You Know & The Con is On) and Suk Pannu DEAD AND SCONE (Goodness, Gracious, Me & The Kumars at No.42) Share their extensive experience and knowledge of the industry/art. Des…

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CHRIS MCGINLEY In Person With Paul 35:16

6M ago35:16

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CHRIS MCGINLEY chats to Paul about Once These Hills It’s 1898. Up on Black Boar Mountain in eastern Kentucky, life is quiet for the small settlement of farmers who work the land around their cabins. But when ten-year old Lydia King unearths an ancient, preserved body on the seep bog, a curse is let loose. At least that’s what some people believe. T…

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THE CRIME TIME CHRISTMAS DEBATE 2024 1:12:40

6M ago1:12:40

1:12:40

THE CRIME TIME CHRISTMAS DEBATE 2024: Maxim Jakubowski, Ayo Onatade, Jake Kerridge, Victoria Selman, Paul Burke and compere Barry Forshaw discuss their crime fiction best books of the year. The full list of books is available on the Crime Time website from 2/12/24. Produced by Junkyard Dog Crime Time Crime Time FM is the official podcast of Gwyl Cr…

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CLAIRE DOUGLAS, ALICE FEENEY #OnTheSofa With Victoria 34:30

6M ago34:30

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SEASON 7 EPISODE 4: SUSPENSE Alice Feeney (Daisy Darker) & Claire Douglas (The Wrong Sister) join Victoria Selman to discuss, wait for it...suspense in Crime Fiction. 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 …

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GJ Williams, AJ Aberford & Alec Marsh In Person With Paul - Indie Authors, New Novels 1:48:32

7M ago1:48:32

1:48:32

GJ Williams, AJ Aberford & Alec Marsh chat to Paul Burke about their latest novels. Coming into the Christmas period it's easy for the major players to get publicity but what about Indie authors are they squeezed out at this time of the year. Not on this platform. GJ Williams THE WOLF'S SHADOW Tudor Kardashians, Dr. Dee polymath, Tudor politics and…

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The Review Show November 2024 12:33

7M ago12:33

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Crime Fiction Review November 2024. Victim Thomas Enger & Jørn Lier Horst Nothing But the Truth by Robyn Gigl Simon Kernick You All Die Tonight Revenge of Rome Simon Scarrow The Queen of Cups Murders GB Williams The Outsider Jane Casey When the Germans Come David Hewson Spydle Dr Gareth Moore & Laura Jane Ayres Secrets and Lies Quintin Jardine The …

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JOAN SMITH, ARAMINTA HALL & ADAM LEBOR OnTheSofa With Victoria 29:29

7M ago29:29

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#OnTheSofa Season 7 Episode 3: Portrayal of gendered violence in fiction, particularly femicide, the murder of women on account of gender. Victoria is Joined by JOAN SMITH author of Unfortunately She Was a Nymphomaniac, ARAMINTA HALL One of the Good Guys and ADAM LEBOR the Danube Blues series. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL T…

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DOMINIC NOLAN In Person With Paul 1:24:53

7M ago1:24:53

1:24:53

DOMINIC NOLAN chats to Paul about WHITE CITY, character, tone, London and villains. WHITE CITY: It's 1952, and London is victorious but broken, a city of war ruins and rationing, run by gangsters and black-market spivs. An elaborate midnight heist, the biggest robbery in British history, sends newspapers into a frenzy. Politicians are furious, the …

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MERLE NYGATE In Person With Paul 57:39

7M ago57:39

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MERLE NYGATE chats to Paul about her spy thriller HONOUR AMONG SPIES, Eli Amiran, screenwriting, research and HONOUR AMONG SPIES: At the heart of London's spy operations, Mossad head of station Eli carries the scars of a past disaster while grappling with the turbulent political landscape back home. His resolve to uphold his duty and keep his job i…

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Episode Two: On The Road With Victoria: Nicci French Season 7 Episode 2 59:05

7M ago59:05

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Episode Two: On The Road With Victoria: Nicci French HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER Live event at Waterstones Colchester with dynamic duo Nicci French (aka husband & wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) and a fascinating discussion ranging from inspiration to AI. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS A…

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I S BERRY In Person With Paul 1:06:23

7M ago1:06:23

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I S Berry chats to Paul Burke about her espionage thriller THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, already an Edgar First Novel, Barry and ITW Award Winner in the US, just published in the UK. The only female former field agent writing spy fiction. THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed i…

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JOSIE LLOYD In Person With Paul 1:06:31

8M ago1:06:31

1:06:31

JOSIE LLOYD chats to Paul Burke about MISS BEETON'S MURDER AGENCY, Mrs Beaton, breast cancer, comedy, cosy crime, making drunk promises to run marathons. Miss Beeton's Murder Agency: Alice Beeton never meant to wind up single and childless on the wrong side of fifty. Like her distant relative Mrs Beeton – yes, that Mrs Beeton – she had hoped to hav…

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On The Road With Victoria: Lisa Jewell & Mark Edwards Season 7 Episode 1 54:32

8M ago54:32

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Season Seven #OnTheSofa Episode One: On The Road With Victoria: Lisa Jewell NONE OF THIS IS TRUE & Mark Edwards THE DARKEST WATERS. Live event at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road with legends Lisa Jewell and Mark Edwards talking about everything from killing people in sand to Marvel superheroes. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL…

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THE REVIEW SHOW OCTOBER 2024 12:51

8M ago12:51

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THE REVIEW SHOW OCTOBER 2024 The Blue Hour Paula Hawkins Disturbing the Bones Andrew Davis & Jeff Biggers Edith Holler Edward Carey Dark as Night Lilja Sigardardóttir trans. Lorenzo Garcia The Great When Alan Moore Angélique Guillaume Musso Identity Unknown Patricia Cornwell In Too Deep Andrew Lee Child Quick comment reviews: The labyrinth house mu…

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CHRISTINE BOYER In Person With Paul 56:51

8M ago56:51

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CHRISTINE BOYER chats to Paul about her noir crime debut Black Maria, the American dream, honing style, short story v novel, psychogeography, regional fiction. BLACK MARIA: Business magnate Thomas Farney and Detective Felix Kosmatka both want the same thing: to catch the monster who brutally murdered Farney's young grandson. Thomas, brutal and savv…

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KATE SUMMERSCALE In Person With Paul 56:58

8M ago56:58

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KATE SUMMERSCALE chats to Paul about her new history THE PEEPSHOW, 10 Rillington Place, misogyny & male violence, the cultural and wider societal impact of a notorious murder. THE PEEPSHOW: London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching the b…

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KATE RHODES In Person With Paul 40:12

8M ago40:12

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KATE RHODES chats to Paul Burke about her new thriller THE STALKER, The Isles of Scilly mysteries, stalking, and Cambridge. THE STALKER Elly is an expert in stalking – an academic at Cambridge University and a popular media pundit. She knows the subject intimately: what motivates a stalker, how they behave, how to rehabilitate them. But now it’s pe…

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