GUY HALE chats to Paul Burke about The Shakespeare Murders, PUT OUT THE LIGHT, ALL OUR YESTERDAYS, The Comeback Trail, Stratford theatre, indie publishing and dodgy 70s cops.

Put Out The Light, Paperback Act III Stratford-upon-Avon, Spring 1972 On the streets of Stratford four murders remain unsolved. For DC Toby Marlow there is only one potential killer: Oliver Lawrence. But nobody has seen Oliver for over fifteen years. They don’t even know what he looks like, they are chasing a shadow. Oliver’s first act is complete. As Spring turns to summer Act III is about to begin. Like Othello, he is poisoned by lies from the past. Revenge has consumed him…Now is the time to put out more lights!

Guy Hale was born in Worcestershire. He has owned and run a successful construction business and is a publisher at Bullington Press and record label boss at Gulf Coast Rocords. His debut novel featured Jimmy Wayne and was the first in the Comeback Trial series, The Croaking Raven launched the Shakespeare Murders. His new novel, the third in that series is Put Out the Light.

Mentions: Gardner - book wholesaler/distributor, Caroline England, Luke Deckard.

Recommendations: Trevor Wood, Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, Chris Lloyd, Chris McDonald, Rob Parker, Heather Critchlow.

Paul Burke edits Aspects of Crime Magazine and writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network, Punk Noir Magazine (fiction contribution). He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2025. His first book An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out 2026.

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