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Building bridges by Col Newton

Col-umn 4 I’d like to begin by apologising for some of the remarks I made in my last column. For example, the suggestion that the British crime writing establishment is...

Col Newton

TWENTIETH CENTURY COP by Barry Appleton

Barry Appleton After some health problems, I decided it was time to shuffle gracefully into the sunset, potter about in the garden for a while, and enjoy the occasional bottle...

Barry Appleton
served as a police officer with the Metropolitan Police for 20 years, working on many high-profile cases and earning multiple commendations for ability, courage and determination. In 1984, he achieved overnight success as a screenwriter, becoming the lead writer of The Bill and injecting 50 episodes with gritty realism. In 1993, he won a Writers Guild of Great Britain award for his Taggart screenplays. His other scriptwriting credits include C.A.T.S. Eyes, Circles of Deceit, London’s Burning, Mr. Palfrey of Westminster and Van der Valk. His novels include A Walking Shadow and East of Wild Goat Rocks. Barry retired to Cyprus with Pam, his wife for 49 years. They have two children and three grandchildren.

The Talk of the Party by Foluso Agbaje.

The Talk of the Party

You find yourself thinking about families as you wait to catch your flight to Lagos from Heathrow Terminal Five. Watching people milling around proves more interesting than the book in...

Folosu Agbaje

Master of Lies by Piers Blofeld.

Master of Lies

Sir Anthony Blunt is as famous today for having a walk on part in The Crown as anything else. The traditional story about him goes something like this: gay art...

Piers Blofeld

Against the Tide by GD Wright.

Some Truths Should Stay Submerged

Skeletons emerging from the closet is something that I explored in my previous book, INTO THE FIRE , and something that I’ve dived in on again in my latest offering,...

GD Wright

Two Little Liars by Michelle Harrison.

Friends Reunited…?

Reunion. It’s a word with the potential to inspire curiosity, anticipation and excitement, or the utmost dread depending on the circumstances and people involved. For many, the lure of old...

Michelle Harrison

Sleuths by Samantha Moody.

Parasocial Crime Solvers in the Age of Social Media

Somewhere in the world, an attractive dancer poses in a bathroom mirror and twists her phone so the photograph she takes has the right lighting, the right angle and -...

Samantha Moody

Five by Ilona Bannister.

Truth Darker Than Fiction

Research is the most time consuming but also the most important part of my writing process. And to my delighted horror, delving into the world of true crime is an...

Ilona Bannister

Apart from MI5 and the CIA, who needs an agent?

As I read the posts, messages, and occasional moans of fellow writers, one question keeps surfacing: how do you get an agent to respond, let alone sign you? I have...

Leifur by Jón Atli Jónasson – A Short Story

Reykjavík, 30th June 1980 It’s six in the morning. Iceland is bathed in beautiful summer weather. The whole country, those who voted for Védís and those who didn’t, are waking...

Jón Atli Jónasson

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Mark Ellis Interviews Thomas Waugh

Mark Ellis Interviews Thomas Waugh

Kathy Reichs Interviewed

Kathy Reichs Interviewed

BOOK REVIEW

Fall Out, by Mark Grenside

Fall Out, by Mark Grenside

Time to Kill, by Thomas Waugh

Time to Kill, by Thomas Waugh

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Jón Atli Jónasson

Jón Atli Jónasson

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Stella Blómkvist

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