First Deadline Looms for Famed CWA Daggers

First Deadline Looms for Famed CWA Daggers

Authors and publishers have until 31 July to nominate titles published in the first half of 2022 for the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) 2023 Dagger awards. The famed annual Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre and have been synonymous with quality crime...
Magpie Murders: First Look

Magpie Murders: First Look

We are so excited for Magpie Murders on PBS! It doesn’t start until October, but that’s just around the corner, right? The First Look Trailer is out now (it’s below), and here’s what the good folks at PBS have to say about the show… A...
INTERVIEW WITH CATHERINE BYBEE

INTERVIEW WITH CATHERINE BYBEE

When It Falls Apart D’Angelos Book 2 Catherine Bybee Montlake Pub June 21st, 2022 When It Falls Apart by Catherine Bybee has her venturing into a new genre.  Instead of suspense this one is a relationship story.  Anyone who has an elderly parent will be able...
INTERVIEW WITH NANCY MEHL

INTERVIEW WITH NANCY MEHL

Free Fall The Quantico Files Book 3 Nancy Mehl Bethany Publisher June 14th, 2022 Free Fall by Nancy Mehl has plenty of action, mystery, and intrigue. This is the last in a three-book series and readers will not be disappointed.  Not only is the plot suspenseful,...
Behind the Book: The Binding Room

Behind the Book: The Binding Room

It’s always assumed that I base my novels on specific cases that I’ve worked on but the truth is that I’m more of a magpie, picking up an interesting fact of a case or a particular personality trait of a client and building my story from there. I’m a defence lawyer...
INTERVIEW WITH KELLY RIMMER

INTERVIEW WITH KELLY RIMMER

The German Wife Kelly Rimmer Harper Collins June 28th 2022 The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer has a unique perspective.  It delves into forgiveness, family bonds, choices made, both good/evil, right/wrong, prejudice, and relationships during the 1930s and 1950s. The...
INTERVIEW WITH MATTHEW QUIRK

INTERVIEW WITH MATTHEW QUIRK

Red Warning Matthew Quirk William Morrow June 7th 2022 Red Warning by Matthew Quirk is a modern take on the Cold War and how World War III hangs in the balance. It is a spy thriller with a lot of action. The way the Russians are acting in the book should remind...