NICK TRIPLOW chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller NEVER WALK AWAY, FRANK'S WILD YEARS, Noir, British Film, Ted Lewis and the mother of all writing hangovers.

NEVER WALK AWAY A senior civil servant dies in suspicious circumstances. A sensitive file in his possession and evidence of contact with a human rights lawyer lead the authorities to believe he is a whistle-blower. This needs a police officer used to operating in the murky world between policing and intelligence.
DS Mark (Max) Lomax is a former Special Demonstration Squad officer – a Special Branch unit dedicated to infiltrating political and extremist groups, a world he thinks he has left far behind. Following a botched stakeout of a north London gangster, he finds himself on enforced leave and is called back into his old world of half-truths and conflicting agendas.
As he digs into the death of the civil servant, Max is obstructed at every turn, forcing him to turn to the people he once betrayed for help. With political reputations on the line, the case becomes less about uncovering the truth, than burying it for good.

Nick Triplow is the author of the crime thriller Never Walk Away and South London crime noir, Frank’s Wild Years. His acclaimed biography of crime fiction pioneer, Ted Lewis, Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir, was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and HRF Keating Award. Nick studied English, Writing and Publishing at Middlesex University and gained a Masters in Creative Writing from Sheffield Hallam University. Originally from London, he lives in Barton-upon-Humber and is co-director of Hull Noir Crime Fiction Festival.

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Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023.

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