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THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW- S.J. Watson (BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP) & Alex Michaelides (THE SILENT PATIENT) discuss the role of psychiatrists in crime fiction and why there is nothing more frightening than the human mind. Victoria ties herself in knots with the right terms.

VICTORIA SELMAN

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DANIEL COLE chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller MIMIC and the coming TV series of his debut novel RAGDOLL.

MIMIC
1989 - DS Benjamin Chambers and DC Adam Winter are on the trail of a twisted serial killer with a passion for recreating the world's greatest works of art through the bodies of his victims. But after Chambers almost loses his life, the case goes cold - their killer lying dormant, his collection unfinished.
1996 - Jordan Marshall has excelled within the Metropolitan Police Service, fuelled by a loss that defined her teenage years. Obsessed, she manages to obtain new evidence, convincing both Chambers and Winter to revisit the case. However, their resurrected investigation brings about a fresh reign of terror, the team treading a fine line between police officers and vigilantes in their pursuit of a monster far more dangerous and intelligent than any of them had anticipated...

DANIEL COLE: (@DanielColeBooks) is the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Ragdoll trilogy, which has now been published in over thirty countries. A TV adaption is currently in the works and his fourth novel, MIMIC, is out now. He has worked as a paramedic, an animal protection officer, and with the beach lifeguards, but for the past five years has been describing himself on paperwork as a 'full-time writer'.
He lives in the New Forest and divides his time between the beach and the forest.

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EMMA HAUGHTON chats with Paul Burke about her debut adult thriller THE DARK, 24 hour night, why writing YA fiction was a good grounding for crime and the dentist.

THE DARK: In the most inhospitable environment - cut off from the rest of the world - there's a killer on the loose.
A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when she's offered the opportunity to be an emergency replacement at the UN research station in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance. The previous doctor, Jean-Luc, died in a tragic accident while out on the ice.
The move seems an ideal solution for Kate: no one knows about her past; no one is checking up on her. But as total darkness descends for the winter, she begins to suspect that Jean-Luc's death wasn't accidental at all.
And the more questions she asks, the more dangerous it becomes . . .

EMMA HAUGHTON grew up in Sussex; after a stint au pairing in Paris and a couple of half-hearted attempts to backpack across Europe, she studied English at Oxford University then trained in journalism. During her career as a journalist, she wrote many articles for national newspapers, including regular pieces for the Times Travel section.
Following publication of her picture book, Rainy Day, Emma wrote three YA novels. Her first, Now You See Me, was an Amazon bestseller and nominated for the Carnegie and Amazing Book Awards. Better Left Buried, her second, was one of the best YA reads for 2015 in the Sunday Express. Her third YA novel, Cruel Heart Broken, was picked by The Bookseller as a top YA read for July 2016.
The Dark, Emma’s chilling new thriller for adults, published by Hodder, out now.

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Episode 5: LIFTING THE CURTAIN - Publishing gurus: Katherine Armstrong (Simon & Schuster) Miranda Jewess (Viper) & literary agent, David Headley (Goldsboro/Capital Crime) discuss what’s hot, trends and where the future lies while Victoria tries to keep up.

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/
https://serpentstail.com/
https://www.goldsborobooks.com/

 VICTORIA SELMAN

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We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker won the CWA Gold Dagger 2021 and the Theakston's Old Peculier Novel of the Year 2021. Congratulations Chris Whitaker.

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STEVE CAVANAGH chats to Paul Burke about his new Eddie Flynn novel THE DEVIL'S  ADVOCATE, the death penalty, #BlackLivesMatter, Ross Macdonald and Clarence Darrow's cigar.

THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE: A DEADLY PROSECUTOR - They call him the King of Death Row. Randal Korn has sent more men to their deaths than any district attorney in the history of the United States.
A TWISTED RITUALISTIC KILLING - When a young woman, Skylar Edwards, is found murdered in Buckstown, Alabama, a corrupt sheriff arrests the last person to see her alive, Andy Dubois. It doesn't seem to matter to anyone that Andy is innocent.
A SMALL TOWN BOILING WITH RAGE - Everyone in Buckstown believes Andy is guilty. He has no hope of a fair trial. And the local defense attorney assigned to represent him has disappeared.
A FORMER CON-ARTIST - Hot shot New York lawyer Eddie Flynn travels south to fight fire with fire. He plans to destroy the prosecutors case, find the real killer and save Andy from the electric chair.
But the murders are just beginning. Is Eddie Flynn next?

Steve Cavanagh is a critically acclaimed, Sunday Times best-selling author of the Eddie Flynn series which has sold a million copies in the UK. His third novel, The Liar, won the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year 2018. Thirteen won the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2019. FIFTY FIFTY was a Richard and Judy Book club choice, and the BBC Between The Covers book club choice. His latest novel, The Devil's Advocate is now available.

Books mentioned by Steve:
Abir Mukherjee Death in the East
Vaseem Khan The Dying Day
Ross Macdonald
'First they came...' Martin Niemöller

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CrimeFest 2023
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PAUL BURKE REVIEWS: Crime Time, NB Magazine, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network and Crime Time FM shares his thoughts on some
of the new Crime, mystery and thriller releases.

WILL CARVER  THE BERESFORD
PJ WOLFSON    BODIES ARE DUST
JOHN SANFORD  THE OLD MAN'S PLACE
JOE THOMAS  BRAZILIAN PSYCHO
AA DHAND   THE BLOOD DIVIDE
SA COSBY   RAZORBLADE TEARS
HANSJÓRG SCHNEIDER  THE BASEL KILLINGS
DAN FESPERMAN. THE COVER WIFE
EVA BJÖRG ÆGISDÓTTIR. GIRLS WHO LIE

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JOE THOMAS chats to Paul Burke about his new novel BRAZILIAN PSYCHO, São Paulo, the craft of writing, Harold 'Tanky' Challenor and how a flatscreen TV started a deadly riot.

"Brazilian Psycho is a riveting and explosive masterpiece of political crime fiction that deserves to share the shelf with American Tabloid, The Power of the Dog and A Brief History of Seven Killings and confirms Joe Thomas as one of our very best contemporary crime writers." DAVID PEACE

Brazilian Pscyho Brazil, 1 January 2003: President Luis Inácio 'Lula' da Silva begins fifteen years of left-wing government. 1 January 2019: Jair Bolsonaro is inaugurated, a president of the populist right. How did it come to this?
A blockbusting novel of our times, Brazilian Psycho introduces and completes Joe Thomas's acclaimed São Paulo quartet.
Over sixteen years, a diverse cast of characters live through the unfolding social and political drama, setting in motion a whirlwind of plots and counterplots: the murder of a British school headmaster and the consequent cover-up; the chaos and score-settling of the PCC drug gang rebellion over the Mother's Day weekend of 2006; a copycat serial killer; the secret international funding of nationwide anti-government protests; the bribes, kickbacks and shakedowns of the Mensalão and Lava Jato political corruption scandals, the biggest in Brazilian history.
Brazilian Psycho weaves social crime fiction, historical fact, and personal experience to record the radical tale of one of the world s most fascinating, glamorous, corrupt, violent, and thrilling cities.

JOE THOMAS is the author of the São Paulo Quartet - Paradise City, Gringa, Playboy and Brazilian Psycho - and Bent, his first London novel. 

Books mentioned by Joe in the interview
A Place of Greater Safety - Hilary Mantel
Apeirogon - Colum McCann
Painter to the King Amy Sackville
Long Bright Mirror - Liz Moore
The Flamethrowers, The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner

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HEADS TOGETHER is the monthly magazine show on CRIME TIME FM. PAUL, VICTORIA and BARRY discuss the Crime Time FM WATCHLIST, the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and novel of the year - We Begin at the End, Crime fiction and the Booker prize and a special word from Brian McGilloway.

Watchlist:
Razorblade Tears -  SA Cosby (Barry Forshaw, Maxim Jakubowski, Craig Sisterson)
Little Rebel - Jérôme Leroy (Paul Burke, Sonja Van Der Westhuizen)
The Nameless Ones - John Connolly (Ayo Onatade)
The Marlow Murder Club - Robert Thorogood (Erin Britton)
People Like Them - Samira Sedira (Laura Wilson)

PAUL BURKE writes about crime fiction for magazines/websites including Crime Fiction Lover, NB Magazine, Crime Time and the European Literature Network.

BARRY FORSHAW is fiction 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 Writing: An Encyclopedia (also a Keating winner), British Gothic Cinema, Italian Cinema: Arthouse to Exploitation, Sex and Film and BFI Classics: War of the Worlds. He edits Crime Time.

VICTORIA SELMAN

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Description Episode 4: WHERE THE HEART IS- Chris Whitaker (WE BEGIN AT THE END) & Dominic Nolan (AFTER DARK) discuss creating strong characters, getting dialogue right and the importance of place. While Victoria shows herself up with her rubbish geography and why she’d like to be stuck on an island with Robinson Crusoe.

We Begin at the End won the CWA Gold Dagger 2021 and the Theakston's Old Peculier Novel of the Year 2021. Congratulations Chris.

Mentioned by Chris Whitaker, the website where you can hear regional accents: http://dialectarchive.com/

VICTORIA SELMAN

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CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,  

John Vercher THREE-FIFTHS interviewed by Paul Burke.

John Vercher is a writer currently living in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He holds a Bachelor's in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts program.
His fiction has appeared on Akashic Books' Mondays are Murder and Fri-SciFi. and he is a contributing writer for Cognoscenti, the thoughts and opinions page of WBUR Boston. Two of his essays published there on race, identity, and parenting were picked up by NPR, and he has appeared on WBUR's Weekend Edition. His non-fiction has also appeared in Entropy Magazine. You can find him on his website www.johnvercherauthor.com and on Twitter at @jverch75

THREE-FIFTHS Set against the backdrop of the simmering racial tension produced by the LA Riots and the O.J. Simpson trial, comes this powerful hardboiled noir of violence and obsession.
Pittsburgh, 1995. When Bobby's best friend Aaron returns from prison a newly radicalized white supremacist, Bobby feels even more conflicted about hiding his own identity as a biracial Black man. During the night of their reunion, Bobby witnesses Aaron mercilessly assault a young Black man with a brick. In the wake of this horrifying act of violence, Bobby must conceal his unwitting involvement in the crime from the police, as well as battle his own personal demons.Three-Fifths is a harrowing story about racism and brutality that is more urgent now than ever.

Authors referenced by John:
Brian Broome PUNCH ME UP TO THE GODS
Jesmyn Ward, Colson Whitehead, James Baldwin, Wiley Cash, Stieg Larsson, Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,