In this episode Australian thriller writer Michael Robotham and British crime writer MW Craven discuss their latest books Storm Child and The Mercy Chair. We also discuss the recent rise of Aussie Noir.
In this episode we chat to author Jo Callaghan, to discuss her crime thrillers featuring an artificial intelligence policing hologram, and to debate the transformative impact of new technologies and the possibility of AI Armageddon
In this special episode dedicated to the British Book Awards 2024 we chat to shortlisted authors Claire Douglas and David McCloskey, discussing their thrillers, the CIA, and boy band haircuts.
In this episode we discuss new thrillers by Abir Mukherjee and Imran Mahmood, Hunted and Finding Sophie, chat about loans sharks and deadly Deliveroo drivers.
In this episode we talk to journalist, broadcaster and crime writer, Stig Abell, about his new novel Death in a Lonely Place, working at the Press Complaints Commission, and the phenomenon of bits falling off satellites and back to Earth.
In this epside we chat to historical and thriller writer Erin Young, discuss her gold kitchen, banned trousers, and Christianity's oldest religious book to ever go on sale - the Crosby-Schøyen Codex.
In this episode we chat to crime writer Harriet Tyce, discuss her new book A Lesson in Cruelty, and pontificate on Chaucer's unfinished Canterbury tales
In this episode we chat to barrister and thriller writer Tony Kent, discuss great legal thrillers, and get a peek into the world's most famous courtroom at the Old Bailey
In this episode we chat to bestselling crime writer BA Paris about her new novel The Guest, and discuss Arabian Noir, a crime anthology set in the Gulf, curated by writers Michael Lynes and Alex Shaw.
In this epsiode we speak to Canadian mystery writer Nita Prose, discuss the advent of dog poop DNA testing, and muse on the recent advances in cold fusion science and how many hot baths the new tech might power
In this bumper episode we chat to Anna O author Matthew Blake, discuss homicidal somnambulism, and then talk to Guy Kennaway, author of Good Scammer, while taking a look at some of the best books ever set in the Caribbean.
In this episode we chat to Australian crime writer Chris Hammer, discuss the TV adapation of his novel Scrublands, talk about deadly funnel-web spiders, and present secrets for superior gut health in the new year.
In this episode prolific book blogger Tracy Fenton reviews her ten favourite novels of the past year, while we take a look at dodgy Xmas parties, and chat about Micky Mouse's original avatar arriving in the public domain.
In this episode we talk to biographer Andrew Lycett, whose new work The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes explores anew the world's most famous detective. With added Cucumber Sherlock.
In this episode we chat to barrister and author Imran Mahmood about his latest thriller, Finding Sophie; discuss the height of author winterwear, as modelled by your hosts; and dissect the most famous tea party in fiction.
In this episide we chat to crime writer and former journalist, Fiona Cummins, her momentous meeting with George Clooney, discuss new research showing the range of cats' facial expressions, and dissect the case of the Aussie mushroom poisoning
In this episode we talk to screenwriter turned novelist Suk Pannu, a core writer on shows such as Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No 10. Suk discusses his debut novel Dead and Scone, and the unstoppability of Indian aunties.
In this episose we talk to historical crime writer Nev March, discuss the unsolvled Bombay Rajabai Clocktower Deaths, and debate research about the happiest times in our lives - and in the lives of orangutans.
In this episode we talk to historian Matthew Parker about his new book One Fine Day, discuss EM Forster and George Orwell in India, dissect the Booker Prize shortlist, and reflect on the British PM's Seven Deadly Bins