In Suspense

In Suspense

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In Suspense episodes

  • Behind The Scenes with Tracy Sierra

    Welcome to series 11,  episode 2 of In Suspense, a podcast for fans and writers of crime and thrillers. Today we are going Behind The Scenes with Tracy Sierra and chatting about her amazing book NIghtwatching  which is out now & getting rave reviews! We also have some other book recommendations this week which are: 27 Minutes by Ashley Tate, The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout and Our Holiday by Louise Candlish.

    33 min
  • Behind The Scenes with Robert Goddard

    Welcome to series 11, Episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today, Lesley and Nikki are chatting to Robert Goddard about the latest in his Umiko Wada series, The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction.

    Book recommendations in this episode were:

    VANITY FAIR by William Makepeace Thackeray
    THE GUEST by B.A. Paris
    THE ORDINARY MAN by Christie J. Newport

    34 min
  • Modernising the crime writing Community

    Welcome to series 10, episode 9 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today is our Christmas special and we’re chatting to Vaseem Khan about The Death of a Lesser God and our topic today which is Modernising the crime writing community 

    58 min
  • Agent Minisode 7: Moving on from your agent

    Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our final minisodes on agents, and we’re asking Agent Assistant, Alice Hoskyns from C&W, all of your questions from submitting to agents to that author-agent relationship. 

    Today’s episode is on moving on from your agent
     
     You can find out more about Alice and C&W here: https://cwagency.co.uk/agent/alice-hoskyns

    9 min
  • True crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable?

    Welcome to series 10, episode 8 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting to Eleni Kyriacou & Emma Flint on the topic of true crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable? 

    Here are the books we recommend on today’s show:

     

    Eleni’s recommendations:

    House on Rye Lane by Susan Allott

    Antarctica by Claire Keegan

     

    Emma’s recommendations: 

    Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

     

     

    Nikki’s recommendations:

    The Final Act of Juliet Willoughby by Ellory Llyod

     

     

    Lesley’s recommendations:

    City on Fire by Graham Bartlett

    The Escape Room by LD Smithson 

    1 hr 1 min
  • Agent Minisode 6: When a manuscript doesn't sell

    Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our sixth of seven minisodes on agents, and we’re asking Agent Assistant, Alice Hoskyns from C&W, all of your questions from submitting to agents to that author-agent relationship. 

    Today’s episode is on When a manuscript doesn’t sell.
     
     You can find out more about Alice and C&W here: https://cwagency.co.uk/agent/alice-hoskyns

    9 min
  • Writing in Two Genres

    Welcome to series 10, episode 7 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting about writing in two genres with Julie Mae Cohen. 

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     https://novel-gazing-with-julie-cohen.teachable.com/

    Here are the books we recommend on today’s show:

     

    Julie’s recommendations:

     

    Doppleganger by Naomi Klein

     

    Nikki’s recommendations: 

    The Other Tenant by Lesley Kara 

     

    Lauren’s recommendations:

    The Guests by Nikki Smith

    The Other Tenant by Lesley Kara 

    The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndam

    47 min
  • Agent Minisode 5: Agent Misconceptions

    Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our fifth of seven minisodes on agents, and we’re asking Agent Assistant, Alice Hoskyns from C&W, all of your questions from submitting to agents to that author-agent relationship. 

    Today’s episode is on agent misconceptions
     
     You cand find out more about Alice and C&W here: https://cwagency.co.uk/agent/alice-hoskyns

    11 min
  • Putting Gothic in Thrillers

    Welcome to series 10, episode 6 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We’re chatting to C.J. Cooke about her latest novel, A Haunting in the Arctic, and our topic today is “Putting Gothic in Thrillers.”

    Here are the books we recommend on today’s show:

     

    Carolyn’s recommendations:

    Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

    The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

    The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell 

     

    Lesley:

    None of this is True by Lisa Jewell

    The Secret Hours by Mick Herron

     

    Nikki recommendations:

    The house on Rye Lane by Susan Allott

    52 min
  • Agent Minisode 4: Author and agent relationship - Boundaries

    Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our fourth of seven minisodes on agents, and we’re asking Agent Assistant, Alice Hoskyns from C&W, all of your questions from submitting to agents to that author-agent relationship. 

    Today’s episode is on author and agent relationships – boundaries.
     
     You cand find out more about Alice and C&W here: https://cwagency.co.uk/agent/alice-hoskyns

    11 min

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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…