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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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  ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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.  Here is the link for a 20% discount for Julie’s Novel Gazing post-it or any course on Novel gazing by using the code: INSUSPENSE20  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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more