My debut series was the six-book Inspector George Zammit crime-action-adventure series set in Malta and the Southern Mediterranean. The first book in the series Bodies in the Water, was published...

How I invented a protagonist with a secret first name and why it’s finally time to reveal it You’re ready to write your hopefully bestselling crime series, and have a...

Sabine Durrant’s new novel Dead Heat is her seventh and it's a brilliant slow burn thriller. Set in the claustrophobic heat of the Mani Peninsula in Greece during a sizzling...

The Emperor of Seville by Matthew Carr – Review The 2nd Bernardo de Mendoza mystery, after The Devils of Cardona. A gripping murder mystery that paints a picture of sixteenth...

There’s long been a debate around whether our main characters must be likeable to ensure readers can relate (and no doubt to encourage more positive reviews). However, when I think...

Much has been written about spying during warfare – particularly during WW2 – and I have always been attracted to stories of those working in the shadows, under-cover agents, brave...

Clearly Hardyment is a lover of crime fiction and is intrigued by the stories behind the novels that thrill us all. I have always been fascinated by how crime writers...

With the release date of Julie Anderson’s new historical crime thriller approaching, we asked Julie to tell us about the origins of her first novel in the Clapham series, The...

There’s nothing funny about murder – agreed? Nothing funny about serious crime either. So why do I, with four crime novels under my belt, still find myself looking, amid the...