In Suspense

In Suspense

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In Suspense episodes

  • Mining trauma for fiction with Jo Jakeman

    Welcome to Series 12, Episode 6 of In Suspense, a podcast for fans and writers of crime and thriller fiction. Today we are interviewing Jo Jakeman on the topic of mining trauma for fiction, and discussing her brilliant new novel, One Bad Apple.

    49 min
  • Does it help to have been a police officer when writing Crime....?

    Welcome to series 12, episode 4 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to Neil Lancaster about whether it helps to have been a police officer when writing crime. Neil's latest book, The Devil You Know is out now in hardback, and out in paperback on 21 November. His book recommendations this week are Midnight & Blue (Ian Rankin) and The Siege (Ben Macintyre).

    49 min
  • Switching Genre - How easy is it to do and should you consider it to get another book deal?

    Welcome to series 12, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are joined by Anna Mazzola and Barbara Copperthwaite to talk about whether switching genres is a good idea.

    Book recommendations that we mention in this episode are:
    Estella's Revenge - Barbara Havelocke
    Notes on a Drowning - Anna Sharpe
    Costanza - Rachel Blackmore
    The Burial Plot - Elizabeth MacNeal
    Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall
    Unlawful Killing / Rough Justice - Wendy Joseph KC

    50 min
  • How to get a book deal

    Welcome to series 12, episode 2 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to Roxie Key, the debut author of The Deadly Spark about how to get a book deal.
    We also have some book recommendations:-
    One Perfect Couple - Ruth Ware
    The Ice House - Ruth Kelly
    Making a Killing - Cara Hunter
    Long Time Dead - TM Payne
    Sick to Death - Chris Bridges 

    45 min
  • From Self Starter to Big Five author with Mark Edwards

    Welcome to Series 12, episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to the brilliant Mark Edwards about his newest book, The Darkest Water and about his long career starting as a self-published author and ending up with a Big Five deal. Some great book recommendations this week: The Winner by Teddy Wayne, The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue, One Wrong Turn by Chris Ewan, The Fury by Alex Michaelides, All The Colours of The Dark by Chris Whitaker and Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney.

    54 min
  • Behind the Scenes with Stu Cummins and Charlotte Wilson

    Welcome to Series 11, Episode 6 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today, on our final episode of this season, we are going behind the scenes with book bloggers, Stu Cummins and Charlotte Wilson, to chat about what's involved in being online book reviewers.

    Recommendations this week include:

    'Dark Matter' by Blake Crouch
    'The School Reunion' by Shalini Boland
    'One of the Good Guys' by Araminta Hall
    'The Search Party' by Hannah Richell

    43 min
  • Behind The Scenes with Rebecca Thorne

    Welcome to series 11, episode 5 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are going Behind The Scenes with Rebecca Thorne to chat about her book The Grief House, and we also have book recommendations for The Other Tenant by Lesley Kara, A Good Place to Hide A Body by Laura Marshall, The Sea Cemetery by Aslak Nore, The Last Murder At The End of The World by Stu Turton and A Killer In The Family by Gytha Lodge.

    36 min
  • Behind the Scenes with Alan Johnson

    Welcome to Series 11, episode 4 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are going Behind the Scenes with Alan Johnson, whose new book Death on the Thames is out now! We also have some fabulous book recommendations for you: 

    In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust
    Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper, by Donald Henderson
    What We Did In The Storm, by Tina Baker
    Close to Death, by Anthony Horowitz

    44 min
  • Behind The Scenes with Ashley Elston

    Welcome to series 11, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are going Behind The Scenes with Ashley Elston whose new book First Lie Wins is out now! We also have some fabulous book recommendations for you - Lost to Dune Road by Kara Thomas, Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda, Finlay Rolls The Dice by Elle Cosimano, Every Step You Take by MA Hunter and Things Don't Break On Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins.

    31 min

About In Suspense

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Hello and welcome to ‘In Suspense’, a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction, hosted by Lesley Kara and Nikki Smith. In each series we’ll be interviewing a wide range of authors, both…