ACE ATKINS talks to BARRY FORSHAW about his new Spenser novel
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME.

49th in Robert B Parker's Spenser series featuring the hardboiled Boston PI, his wingman Hawk and new feisty protege, Mattie. Published by No Exit Press and available now direct or from bookshop.org and good book outlets, as are all the Ace Atkins titles in the Spenser series.  bookshop.org
The trio battle a depraved billionaire and his vicious female procurer, (remind you of anyone?)
Ace tells Barry about:
His initial reservations about becoming the new voice of the Spenser franchise and taking on the Robert B Parker mantle.
Channelling Chandler, Hammett and the moral compass of hardboiled/noir fiction.
Living up to the legacy of the greats.
Writing Boston from the deep South.
Quinn Colson
Making movies and writing scripts.
A writer's life in Oxford, Mississippi.
Life as a newspaperman before 'fake news' and Trump.
Domestic terrorism, the Washington invasion, right wing groups and the next novel in the Spenser series.
and
Not giving a damn about offending racists who read his books.
It's fascinating and entertaining.

Ace Atkins is the author of twenty-three books, including eight Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which, The Ranger and The Lost Ones, were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (he has a third Edgar nomination for his short story Last Fair Deal Gone Down). He is the author of seven New York Times-bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times and a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and he played defensive end for Auburn University football.

Barry Forshaw is the crime critic for the Financial Times and provides extras for Blu-rays. Books include Crime Fiction: A Reader’s Guide, the Keating Award-winning Brit Noir, British Crime Film & British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia (also a Keating winner). He edits Crime Time (www.crimetime.co.uk)

Look out for Barry's Blu-rays the first in a new regular feature on crime films and TV releases on CrimeTimeFM.

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