Episodes

  • How to get a book deal
    Sep 26 2024

    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

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    44 mins
  • From Self Starter to Big Five author with Mark Edwards
    Sep 12 2024

    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.

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    53 mins
  • Behind the Scenes with Stu Cummins and Charlotte Wilson
    May 15 2024

    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

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    43 mins
  • Behind The Scenes with Rebecca Thorne
    Apr 25 2024

    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.

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    36 mins
  • Behind the Scenes with Alan Johnson
    Apr 4 2024

    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

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    44 mins
  • Behind The Scenes with Ashley Elston
    Mar 14 2024

    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.

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    31 mins
  • Behind The Scenes with Tracy Sierra
    Feb 22 2024

    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.

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    33 mins
  • Behind The Scenes with Robert Goddard
    Feb 1 2024

    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

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    34 mins