Best CrimeTimeFM Podcasts (2024)

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MARNIE RICHES & CHRIS CARTER #OnTheSofa With Victoria 6/8 40:37

2h ago40:37

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Season 6 Episode 8: Serial Killers MARNIE RICHES (THE SILENT DEAD) & CHRIS CARTER (THE DEATH WATCHER) criminal/forensic psychology, criminologists, killer profiles, reasons to kill or none. Recommendations Seven The Silence of the Lambs Thomas Harris The Whisper Man Alex North VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS A…

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The Review Show July 24 12:04

2h ago12:04

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The latest crime, thriller and mystery releases - July 2024. Tim Weaver The Missing Family Michael Joseph Emma Bamford Eye of the Beholder Simon & Schuster Charlotte Philby The End of Summer Borough Press Joseph Knox Imposter Syndrome Double Day Atsuhiro Yoshida Goodnight Tokyo Europa Editions trans. Haydn Trowell Gauz Comrade Papa MacLehose Press …

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DARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER In Person With Special - Craig Sisterson 56:36

1h ago56:36

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Emma Viskic, Dinuka McKenzie, Charity Norman & Helen Fitzgerald in conversation with Craig Sisterson. All contributed to the anthology DARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER 2. DARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER 2 features a cohort of criminally good Australian and New Zealand crime and mystery writers. Once again we have a mix of legendary figures, award-winners, bestsellers, …

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TREVOR WOOD In Person With Sarah Moorhead 52:24

40m ago52:24

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Trevor Wood chats to Sarah Moorhead about his new police thriller The Silent Killer, early on set Alzheimer's, family, humour, homelessness and Glastonbury (see pic). THE SILENT KILLER: THE CLOCK IS TICKING. THERE'S NO ESCAPE. DCI Jack Parker has faced down hardened villains and raving, drug-addled lunatics. He's disarmed a machete-wielding psychop…

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JAMES LEE BURKE In Person With Paul 1:02:34

1d ago1:02:34

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JAMES LEE BURKE chats to Paul Burke about his career, Dave Robicheaux, Flags on the Bayou, Clete, Louisiana, the Diamond Dagger, voices, fentanyl, Knights Errant and cooking for Davy Crockett. Clete Clete Purcel - private investigator, ex-member of the New Orleans Police Department, and war veteran with a hard shell and just a few soft spots - is D…

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CWA DAGGERS AWARDS 4/7/24 1:01:20

6d ago1:01:20

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Paul Burke introduces a special show dedicated to the CWA Dagger Awards Evening 4/7/24. Victoria Selman and Imran Mahmood host the evening celebration of all things crime. Lisa Jewell delivers a thought provoking and challenging the key note speech, James Lee Burke and Lynda la Plante accept the life time achievement awards. CWA Chair Vaseem Khan t…

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LAURA SIMS In Person With Paul 42:30

11d ago42:30

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LAURA SIMS chats to Paul about her new novel HOW CAN I HELP YOU, libraries, the discipline of poetry, HOW CAN I HELP YOU: No one knows Margo's real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library only know her middle-aged normalcy, congeniality and charm. They have no reason to suspect that she is, in fact, a former nurse with a tra…

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Capital Crime #OnTheSofa Live 54:55

1M ago54:55

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Erin Kelly (THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS), Chris Whitaker (ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK) and Vanessa Walters (THE LAGOS WIFE) join moderator Victoria Selman (ALL THE LITTLE LIARS) at Capital Crime 2024 to discuss The Ties That Bind panel. Favourite reads, character, setting Recorded at CAPITAL CRIME 1ST JUNE 2024. Recommendations Tomorrow, Tomorrow Tomorrow…

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NATIONAL CRIME READING MONTH Special 50:26

22d ago50:26

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NATIONAL CRIME READING MONTH Special In conjunction with The Reading Agency & The Crime Writers' Association Crime Time FM has complied excerpts of reading events taking place around the country this June. Tickets are still available for some of the remaining events - for details head to crimereading.com This show: Antony Johnston introduces Steve …

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THE REVIEW SHOW June 2024 14:39

25d ago14:39

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A round up of crime fiction for June 2024 by Paul Burke. Westport James Comey Head of Zeus A Killing in Paradise Elliot Sweeney Wildfire Armistice Day John Fullerton Partisan Press Eruption Michael Crighton & James Patterson Century Southern Man Greg Iles Hemlock Press The Bedlam Cadaver Robert J Lloyd Melville House Press A Divine Fury DV BISHOP M…

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JM HEWITT & MELANIE GOLDING #OnTheSofa With Victoria 37:17

1M ago37:17

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V6 E8 #OnTheSofa Victoria is joined by authors MELANIE GOLDING (LITTLE DARLINGS) and JM HEWITT (THE PERFECT VILLAGE) who use folklore as inspiration for their novels. Recommendations David L Jones - The Ipswich Witch Su Bristow - Seal Skin Catriona Ward Sally Magnusson - The Ninth Child, The Sealwoman's Gift VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling …

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BEN PASTOR In Person With Paul 1:19:47

1M ago1:19:47

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BEN PASTOR chats to Paul about her new literary historical crime novel THE VENUS OF SALÒ, Martin Bora, Totalitarianism, Rome, writing in English, growing up in a divided world, Shaun the Sheep. THE VENUS OF SALÒ October 1944, in the Republic of Salò, a German puppet state in the north of Italy and the last fascist stronghold in the country. After m…

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In Person With Paul - Slaughterfest Special 40:02

2M ago40:02

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Paul Burke talks to SIMON TOYNE (host) and JANE CASEY (panellist) about the 5th SLAUGHTERFEST in London on 11th June, 2024. Panels The Art of Detection True Detectives Murderous Motives & Clare Mackintosh & Lucy Foley in conversation with Ryan Turbridy Event is sold out but will appear on You Tube on 20th June to coincide with the release of Karin …

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Claire McGowan & Claire Douglas #OnTheSofa With Victoria 37:24

2M ago37:24

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#OnTheSofa Season 6 Episode 6. Closed Circle Mysteries and other puzzles. Victoria investigates how to craft the perfect puzzle with fellow authors, Claire Douglas The Wrong Sister and Claire McGowan Truth, Truth, Lie Recommendations and mentions: Wilkie Collins, Agatha Christie, John Creasey, Save The Cat Jessica Brody, Barbara Vine, Sabine Durran…

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HENRY WISE In Person With Scott Blackburn (guest presenter) 1:03:17

2M ago1:03:17

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In a special edition guest presenter SCOTT BLACKBURN chats to HENRY WISE about his debut novel HOLY CITY*, MFA programmes, writing-working-family, begin with a million words. Available 6/4 in USA. HOLY CITY After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southern Virginia, takin…

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DAN MALAKIN In Person With Paul 56:08

2M ago56:08

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DAN MALAKIN chats to Paul Burke about his new novel THE WRECKAGE OF US, (available 6/6/24), cyber crime, Bridport prize, THE BOX, sci-fi, high concept ideas, work-life balance. THE WRECKAGE OF US It's always the husband... Isn't it? Astrid Webb is missing. The police have found her car crashed near the woods, the driver's door open, the seat spotte…

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WILLIAM SHAW In Person With Paul 1:06:35

2M ago1:06:35

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WILLIAM SHAW chats to Paul about his new novel THE WILD SWIMMERS, music journalism, respecting the arts, CJ Sansom (RIP), Breen & Tozer, Alexandra Cupidi and unbridled wealth. THE WILD SWIMMERS If only Alexandra Cupidi had turned south instead of north, she would have found the dead woman. Instead it is her vulnerable daughter Zoë who stumbles acro…

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Cara Hunter & Victoria Selman #OnTheSofa at the OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL 2024 54:36

2M ago54:36

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Ain't That Truth: Where Crime Fact Meets Crime Fiction Season 6 Episode 5 Victoria Selman & Cara Hunter chaired by Triona Adams Live from the Oxford Literary Festival: Victoria and Cara Hunter explore our our apparently unquenchable thirst for true crime and ask why the genre is often stranger than fiction. Cara Hunter Murder in the Family: LUKE RY…

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THE REVIEW SHOW May 2024 8:53

3M ago8:53

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New crime fiction titles for May 2024. novels: Fiona McPhillips When We Were Silent John Connolly The Instruments of Darkness Aslak Nore Sea Cemetery Emiko Jean The Next Girl Kellye Garrett Missing White Woman Jennifer Lee Thompson Vigilante City Dark Deeds Down Under Vol.2 eds. Craig Sisterson and Lindy Cameron Olivier Norek Between Two Worlds Pau…

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DUGALD BRUCE-LOCKHART In Person With Paul 57:24

3M ago57:24

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DUGALD BRUCE-LOCKHART chats to Paul Burke about his new novel SECOND SKIN, spy fiction, acting directing & memoir, going away to find himself and losing the plot, Greece, THE LIZARD. SECOND SKIN: Five years after a murderous encounter on the island of Paros, Alastair Haston’s world is upended by a startling discovery: a son he never knew existed. D…

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JOSEPH KANON In Person With Paul 1:16:25

3M ago1:16:25

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JOSEPH KANON chats to Paul Burke about his new spy thriller SHANGHAI, SHANGHAI Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him delivering a package to his shady uncle, his father’s brother, upon arrival. Daniel has no idea what the pac…

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CHRIS HARDING THORNTON In Person With Paul 1:11:29

3M ago1:11:29

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CHRIS HARDING THORNTON chats to Paul Burke about her new novel LITTLE UNDERWORLD, being a seventh generation Nebraskan, noir, PICKARD COUNTY ATLAS and music. LITTLE UNDERWORLD: Omaha, 1930. When ex-cop-turned-PI Jim Beely murders the man who assaulted his fourteen-year-old daughter, the last person he wants to see is local crooked cop Frank Tvrdik.…

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ROBERT GOLD & ROBERT RUTHERFORD On The Sofa With Victoria 38:23

3M ago38:23

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On The Sofa With Victoria - Season 6 Episode 4: ROBERT RUTHERFORD (SEVEN DAYS) & ROBERT GOLD (TWELVE). Few Crime genres grab our attention quite so much as the thriller. Victoria is joined by authors Robert Gold and Robert Rutherford to unpick what makes some thrillers more thrilling than others. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of AL…

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DAVID HEWSON In Person With Paul 1:06:28

3M ago1:06:28

1:06:28

DAVID HEWSON chats to Paul Burke about BAPTISTE: THE AXE MUST FALL, The Killing, Nic Costa, Pieter Vos, Venice, Shakespeare, Audible, writing the official prequel to the hit television show and Kopfkino. BAPTISTE: THE AXE MUST FALL. France, 1976. Baptiste is an intelligent but somewhat naive detective, sent to work in Clermiers, a town filled with …

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THE REVIEW SHOW APRIL 2024 10:58

3M ago10:58

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The latest selection of crime fiction reviews for April, all 100 words a piece, and with a couple of authors pitches on their new books. Harlen Coben - Think Twice (Century) Don Winslow - City in Ruins (Hemlock) Lesley Kara - The Other Tenant (Bantam) Caz Frear - Five Bad Seeds (Simon & Schuster) Alis Hawkins The Skeleton Army (Canelo) Paul Carlucc…

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JULIE ANDERSON In Person With Paul 1:10:12

3M ago1:10:12

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JULIE ANDERSON chats to Paul Burke about her latest thriller THE MIDNIGHT MAN, first in a new historical crime series, Whitehall machinations, the birth of the NHS, finding the post war history of Clapham community, the Clapham Literary Festival, The South London Women & Children's Hospital, the locked room mystery and old British movies. THE MIDNI…

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ELLERY LLOYD + NICCI FRENCH On The Sofa With Victoria 38:43

3M ago38:43

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On The Sofa With Victoria - Season 6 Episode 3: ELLERY LLOYD (THE CLUB) + NICCI FRENCH (HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER) Victoria is joined by husband and wife teams, Nicci French (Sean French & Nicci Gerrard) and Ellery Lloyd (Paul Vlitos & Collette Lyons) to discuss the challenges of writing collaboratively. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselli…

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STIG ABELL In Person With Paul 1:12:03

3M ago1:12:03

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STIG ABELL chats to Paul Burke about his new crime novel DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE, rural idyll as vest of Vipers, identity, writing a series, love of genre fiction and how crime fiction is a tonic for the soul. DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE In a quiet village, darkness is closing in… A rural paradise… Detective Jake Jackson moved to the countryside for a …

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MORGAN GREENE In Person With Paul 1:06:13

3M ago1:06:13

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MORGAN GREENE chats to Paul Burke about his new crime thriller SAVAGE RIDGE, the why-dunnit not the who-dunnit, rural locations, indie and trad publishing. SAVAGE RIDGE Ten years ago, in the pine-shaded town of Savage Ridge, Nick, Emmy, and Pete murder their high school classmate, Sammy Saint John. His body is never found, and no arrests are made. …

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PHILIP GWYNNE JONES in Person With Paul 56:44

4M ago56:44

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PHILIP GWYNNE JONES chats to Paul Burke about The Venetian Candidate (paperback now) and The Venetian Sanctuary (Hardback July), Venice, honorary consuls and Italy. The Venetian Candidate - To tell the truth is a revolutionary act. Battered by floods and crushed by overtourism, the city of Venice faces an uncertain future. The election of a new May…

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KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND & CATRIONA WARD On The Sofa With Victoria 2/4 33:20

4M ago33:20

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Season 6 Episode 2: More Than Meets The Eye KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND (THE INVOCATIONS) + CATRIONA WARD (THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET). Victoria is joined by authors Catriona Ward and Krystal Sutherland to discuss adding horror and supernatural ingredients to the Crime Fiction cauldron. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE…

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STUART TURTON In Person With Sarah 57:46

4M ago57:46

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Special Edition: SARAH MOORHEAD chats to STUART TURTON about his new high concept thriller THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD, write what you know - rubbish, writing is unique to every person - don't box us in. THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killi…

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THE REVIEW SHOW March 2024 13:50

4M ago13:50

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Paul Burke takes a look at some of the new releases in crime fiction for March, 24. The Case of the Bereaved Butler Cathy Ace A Night at the Shore Tony Knighton The Assassin Tom Fletcher Out of the Darkness Alex Gray Close to Death Anthony Horowitz (Pub. 11/4) Requiem Bell David Michael Nolan Deliver Me Malin Persson Giolito The Croaking Raven Guy …

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GRAHAM BARTLETT In Person With Paul 1:06:11

5M ago1:06:11

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GRAHAM BARTLETT chats to Paul Burke about his new police thriller CITY ON FIRE, the third Jo Howe novel. Brighton and policing in a modern city, dialing up the drama, Brighton's rebel soul, meeting readers, supporting 150+ writers with policing matters. CITY ON FIRE After losing her sister to an overdose, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe is desperate t…

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ALEX FORBES & RICHARD NAIFF On The Sofa With Victoria 36:22

5M ago36:22

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SEASON 6 EPISODE 1: RICHARD NAIFF (WATERSTONES BRIGHTON) & ALEX FORBES (FOURBEARS BOOKS) What's Going to Be Hot in Crime This Year? Victoria is joined by booksellers, Alex Forbes + Richard Naiff as they peer into their crystal balls to reveal what's going to be hot in Crime this year. Mentioned in the show: Mick Herron, Agatha Christie, Tess Gerrit…

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TESS GERRITSEN In Person With Paul 57:52

5M ago57:52

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TESS GERRITSEN chats to Paul Burke about her new spy crime thriller THE SPY COAST, Maggie Bird, Danny, living in a CIA retirement town, voices come to me 'I'm not the woman used to be', MK Ultra, standing up for the older character and British TV. THE SPY COAST Maggie Bird is many things. A chicken farmer. A good neighbour. A seemingly average reti…

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HEADS TOGETHER March '24 34:10

5M ago34:10

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The latest edition of HEADS TOGETHER on CRIME TIME FM with Barry Forshaw, Victoria Selman and Paul Burke. Featuring new books, Barry's Blurays, SS Van Dine's Philo Vance on screen, writing to trend and branching out within the genre, #OnTheSofa & #InPersonWith guests, Murder By The Book (CWA, University of Cambridge), Oxford Literary Festival and T…

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DOUGLAS JACKSON In Person With Paul 54:00

5M ago54:00

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DOUGLAS JACKSON chats to Paul Burke about his new historical crime thriller Blood Roses, wartime Warsaw, series fiction, Ancient Rome, Caligula & The Angel of Death - Josef Mengele. BLOOD ROSES As the Nazis roll into Warsaw, a serial killer is unleashed… September 1939. A city ruled by fear. A population brutalised by restrictions and reprisals. Am…

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TARA MOSS In Person With Paul 1:10:46

5M ago1:10:46

1:10:46

TARA MOSS chats to Paul Burke about THE WAR WIDOW, modelling, travelling, human rights activism, The Fictional Woman, CRPS, Journalism, post war Sydney & what did you do during the war granddad/grandma? THE WAR WIDOW It's 1946 and WWII may be over, but journalist Billie Walker's search for a missing young man will plunge her right back into the dan…

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SOPHIE MORTON-THOMAS In Person With Paul 51:52

6M ago51:52

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SOPHIE MORTON-THOMAS chats to Paul about her psychological suspense novel BIRD SPOTTING IN A SMALL TOWN, Fran and Tad, ornithology, studying a masters in crime & thriller writing and getting enough sleep. BIRD SPOTTING IN A SMALL TOWN My feet are itching to walk to the shore, to leave the kids again, to sit with the birds and pretend none of this h…

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The Review Show February 2024 29:21

6M ago29:21

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The Latest selection of Crime, Mystery and Thriller fiction reviewed by Paul Burke. The Books: Every Trick in the Book Bernard O'Keefe (Muswell Press PB) Gathering Storm Lynne McEwan (Canelo, PB)* The Harlem Detectives Chester Himes intro. SA Cosby (Everyman HB) Taken Dinuka MacKenzie (Canelo PB) Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter Nicci French (Simon…

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TONY KENT In Person With Paul 1:07:31

6M ago1:07:31

1:07:31

TONY KENT chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller THE SHADOW NETWORK, Dempsey & Devlin, Chiltern Kills, and obsessive hobby, working on TV true crime, conspiracy, the ensemble cast, the law. THE SHADOW NETWORK How do you take down an enemy when no one believes they exist? When the lawyers of alleged war criminal Hannibal Strauss are caught up in…

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PAUL VIDICH & CHARLES CUMMING In Person With Paul 1:14:50

6M ago1:14:50

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PAUL VIDICH & CHARLES CUMMING chat to Paul Burke about their latest novels BEIRUT STATION and KENNEDY 35 respectively. The Cold War, the luminal space, inherently political. BEIRUT STATION Lebanon, 2006. The Israel–Hezbollah war is tearing Beirut apart and the country is on the brink of chaos. The CIA and Mossad are targeting a reclusive Hezbollah …

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DAVID McCLOSKEY In Person With Paul 1:03:13

6M ago1:03:13

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Former CIA analyst DAVID MCCLOSKEY chats to Paul Burke about his new exhilarating spy thriller MOSCOW X, Russia, Boyars, world views and ubiquitous technological surveillance. MOSCOW X A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its center? CIA operatives Sia and Max enter Russia to recruit Vladimir P…

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HEADS TOGETHER JANUARY 2024 26:46

7M ago26:46

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Barry Forshaw, Victoria Selman and Paul Burke talk January books and look forward to some titles later in the year, crime and thriller TV for 2024, a new seductive Miss Marple, character is king, the high concept, #OnTheSofa Season 6, out to lunch... Tim Sullivan Teacher Simon Mason Lost and Never Found Seicho Matsumoto Point Zero Agnes Ravatn The …

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EMMA CHRISTIE In Person With Paul 37:47

7M ago37:47

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EMMA CHRISTIE chats to Paul about her new psychological thriller IN HER SHADOW, The Caledonian Crime Collective, Portobello, psychological thrillers, Barcelona and a new found love for old movies. IN HER SHADOW Dave Kellock is a pillar of the community in Portobello, Edinburgh. A tireless volunteer who never misses a chance to help others, he's jus…

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GARRY DISHER In Person With Craig 51:57

7M ago51:57

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GARRY DISHER chats to Craig Sisterson about his new novel Day's End, 'Hirsch', right wing extremism, stories ripped from the news, rural noir, backpackers & blue biro. DAY'S END: WHEN HATE RUNS DEEP, THE INNOCENT SUFFER Constable Paul Hirschausen's rural beat in the low hills of South Australia is wide. Daybreak to day's end, dirt roads and dust. E…

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LOUISE CANDLISH & VICTORIA SELMAN #OnTheSofa Live Chat 58:21

7M ago58:21

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S5E10: LIVE recording in front of a studio audience - Victoria & Louise discuss their writing journeys, the challenge of setting books in the present day & where they get their ideas from! LOUISE CANDLISH - THE ONLY SUSPECT: Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most sociable guy …

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JAMES NAUGHTIE & SHANE WHALEY In Person With Paul 1:13:01

7M ago1:13:01

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JAMES NAUGHTIE & SHANE WHALEY chat to Paul THE SPY ACROSS THE WATER, the Flemyng trilogy, spy novels are all about character, James Jesus Angleton's wilderness of mirrors and Kim Philby's melancholy. THE SPY ACROSS THE WATER We live with our history, but it can kill us. Faces from the past appear from nowhere at a family funeral, and Will Flemyng, …

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THE REVIEW SHOW January 2024 22:01

7M ago22:01

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The latest crop of new crime fiction releases January 2024 reviewed by Paul Burke. The novels featured: Mari Hannah The Longest Goodbye *18/1 James Henry The Winter Visitors *1/2 Chris Hammer Cover the Bones *4/1 Tim Sullivan The Teacher *18/1 Ruth Mancini The Woman on the Ledge *4/1 Stephanie Sowden Directions for Dark Things *25/1 CS Robertson Th…

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