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True Crime and Punishment
If podcasts had existed in the 19th century, I have no doubt that Fyodor Dostoevsky would have been a fan. Especially of the true crime variety. He might even have...
Murder at the Abbey 2
Following the success of our first sold-out evening at Number 8 Arts Centre, Pershore, we are back. In partnership with No. 8 and the Bullington Press, Aspects of crime is...
Ballistic, by Frank Gardner – Review
Ballistic is the fifth novel in Frank Gardner's Luke Carlton series, following the former SBS trooper turned MI6 operative on another high-stakes mission. If you like your thrillers to actually...
The Joke Is the Knife: Why Funny Is the Hardest Way to Kill Someone
I want to be upfront about something: I have killed countless people. On paper. Mostly in Los Angeles, which will surprise no one who has driven in Los Angeles. I...
David Cosgrove
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
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,...
Barry Appleton
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
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
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
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
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