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Maxim Jakubowski - CWA Chair (Photograph credit to Fenris Oswin)
‘Lying Ways’ by Rachel LynchWhen the danger is already inside, nowhere is safe… Highton Prison sits nestled within the moo...
Maxim JakubowskiMaxim Jakubowski has worked in books almost all his life; he worked in senior editorial positions in publishing for several decades, owned the Murder One bookstore and was Time Out and then the Guardi...
‘The Marriage Trap – what to do with the love interest in period detective fiction’ by Fiona Veitch Smith20th October 2021
“Excuse me, miss. I think you’ve dropped something.” He held the camera under one arm like the bellows of a bag pipe, while with the other he thrust something in her direction. A book. The one she had... Read more
CWA October Bookseller of the Month: Guid Books, Alva1st October 2021
Every month, as part of the new CWA Booksellers Champion initiative with bestselling author Elly Griffiths, we want to celebrate a bookshop because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – the... Read more
The Diamond Dagger Interview: Andrew Taylor speaks to Martina Cole14th September 2021
The Diamond Dagger is awarded those authors whose crime-writing careers have been marked by sustained excellence, and who have made a significant contribution to crime fiction writing. In our annual i... Read more
CWA September Bookseller of the Month: Cogito Books, Hexham31st August 2021
Every month, as part of the new CWA Booksellers Champion initiative with bestselling author Elly Griffiths, we want to celebrate a bookshop because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – the... Read more
True Crime? How we bottle up and serve real-world acts of depravity, by Ed Whitfield12th August 2021
The British fascination with murder has a long and illustrious literary history. From Thomas De Quincey’s 1827 essay, On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts to Kate Summerscale’s The Wicked Boy,... Read more
When close confinement was a choice, by Kate Ellis9th August 2021
My twenty-fifth Wesley Peterson mystery, The Stone Chamber, begins with the execution-style murder of Robert and Greta Gerdner at their home in the Devon countryside. DI Wesley Peterson suspects that... Read more
August Bookshop of the Month: No Alibis1st August 2021
Every month, as part of the new CWA Booksellers Champion initiative, we want to celebrate a bookshop because we believe bookshops don’t just sell our books – they bring our streets alive. August... Read more
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The CRA Newsletter: September 2021
The CRA Newsletter: August 2021