Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we have an In Suspense Special with Trevor Wood. Trevor is our first returning guest and he’s joining us again to share what he’s learnt about the publishing journey in the last three years as well as telling us about this latest novel You Can Run. 

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

Trevor’s recommendations:

Speak of the devil by Rose Wilding

Lauren’s recommendations:

Night Watching by Tracy Sierra

Her Last Summer by Emily Freud 

Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our third 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
 
You cand find out more about Alice and C&W here: https://cwagency.co.uk/agent/alice-hoskyns

Welcome to series 10, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting about why heists never go out of fashion with debut author of The Housekeepers 

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

Alex’s recommendations:

The Square of Sevens by Laura Shephard-Robinson

Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin (out Feb 2024)

Lesley’s recommendations: 

Secret Hours by Mick Herron

The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

Nikki’s recommendations:

Night Watching by Tracy Sierra

None of this is true by Lisa Jewell

Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our second 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 submitting to agents 
 
You cand find out more about Alice and C&W here: https://cwagency.co.uk/agent/alice-hoskyns

Welcome to series 10, episode 2 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We’re chatting Lisa Hall about her latest novel, The Mysterious Double Death of Honey Black, and the topic today is “Mixing it up: how to successfully blend genres.”

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

Lisa’s recommendations:

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult 

The Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score

Lesley’s recommendations:

Mick Heron’s Slow Horses series

Five Nights by Rachel Wolf
 
 

Lauren’s recommendations:

The Due Date by Niki Mackay (24 October 2023)

Killer Bodies by Heleen Kist

Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our first 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 the role of the agent. 
 
You cand find out more about Alice and C&W here: https://cwagency.co.uk/agent/alice-hoskyns

Welcome to series 10, episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We’re chatting B.P. Water about his latest novel, Notes on a Murder, and our topic today is “Thrillers – How dark is too dark?”

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

Barnaby:

None of this is True by Lisa Jewell

Just Between Us by Adele Parks 

Nikki recommendations:

The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon

Monsters by Claire Dederer

Lauren’s recommendations:

The mysterious double death of honey black by Lisa Hall

The Secrets We Keep by Becca Day

Welcome to series 9, episode 8 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We’re chatting Holly Seddon about her latest novel, The Short Straw, and our topic today is “What makes successful commercial fiction?”

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

Holly:

Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin

The House of Whispers by Anna Mazzola

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister 

Nikki recommendations:

The Babysitter by Emma Curtis (Out in October 2023)

Lauren’s recommendations:

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

Welcome to series 9, episode 7 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We’re chatting to Imran Mahmood about his latest novel, All I Said Was True, and our topic today is “It’s All Smoke and Mirrors,” which is about how far we can get away with our characters misleading the reader.

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

Imran:

The Square of Sevens by Laura Shephard-Robinson (narrated by Imogen Wilde)

Black Thorn by Sarah Hilary 

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

The Misper by Kate London

Lesley’s recommendations:

Notes on a disappearance by B.P. Walters (Out in October 2023)

The Babysitter by Emma Curtis (Out in October 2023)

Lauren’s recommendations:

All I Said Was True by Imran Mahmood 

The Babysitter by Emma Curtis (Out in October 2023)

Welcome to series 9, episode 6 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting the rise of the feminist thriller with the amazing Natali Simmonds. 

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

Natali’s recommendations:

The Short Straw by Holly Seddon (out July 2023)

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Ghost Girl Banana by Wiz Wharton