Crime, Mystery, Thriller

You love a mystery, an intricate plot, a chase, political misdemeanours, a villain... and all at a pace that never lets up. John Le Carre, Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler are just a few of the established writers to have produced classic works within this ever-evolving genre.

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Interview with Claire McGowan

Writers & Artists

1st September 2016

Edited

16th September 2020

Claire's writing inspiration

I think that I've always written most of my life. I've always been the kind of person that has a lot of ideas. I...

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Inventing A Genre: Culinary Gothic

Martine Bailey

13th June 2016

Edited

4th August 2022

How does it feel to create a new literary genre? Author Martine Bailey discusses her particular writing style that led to the creation of the '...

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Building Suspense: Keeping Your Readers on Edge

Lucie Whitehouse

12th May 2016

Edited

4th August 2022

While I was writing my first novel, I worked for the literary agency Darley Anderson, whose many bestselling clients include Lee Child, John Connolly...

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Elephants, Murder, and India: My Magic Formula for Getting Published!

Vaseem Khan

5th April 2016

Edited

23rd September 2020

Vaseem Khan, author of The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra (the first in the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series), offers words of...

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Themes

William Ryan

24th November 2015

Edited

12th October 2020

They say it’s all about the story and the characters and that theme is an unnecessary affectation. Nonetheless many successful crime novels...

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The Novelist as Detective: Searching for Fiction in Non-Fiction

Jenny Hubbard

4th November 2015

Edited

4th August 2022

Award-winning writer Jenny Hubbard discusses drawing on the world around you as inspiration for works of fiction.