Jan Newton – Diary of a Debut AuthorI wonder if I’m unusual, or whether other writers have found themselves thrilled and delighted (of course) but also more than just a little stunned at the thought of having a book out there on the she...
The Darkness WithinIt is 1906 and the Faro family gather in Orkney after the untimely death of Faro’s son-in-law Erland Yesnaby. As they rally round the grieving widow Emily, their attention is caught by strange activit...
Case Files ezine – fun, fascinating and free!The latest issue of Case Files was out at the beginning of February. Ten newly released or forthcoming novels from CWA members are profiled. These include ingenious plots from within the UK alongside...
Mick Finlay: Diary of a Debut AuthorThe review copies of my first novel Arrowood arrived three days ago. I had a couple of glasses of wine and opened one but couldn’t bring myself to read the words. It’s getting serious now. You put a l...
Dark Minds for CharityDark Minds is a collection of crime and thriller short stories written by authors from around the UK and beyond. Including best-selling authors from the giant publishing houses, hugely successful inde...
Marnie Riches and Katerina Diamond in conversationMarnie: Before The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die – the first book in my George McKenzie series – was published, I had been writing for nigh on ten years, hoping to make it as a children’s author....
Armistice Day – A Reflection by Simon MichaelAs church bells sounded across Britain on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, my family celebrated the fact that, by some miracle, all six brothers shown in the photograph below survived the Great War: ...
A High Mortality of DovesOn Tuesday 15 November over fifty people descended on Simply Books, an award-winning independent bookshop in Bramhall, to celebrate the launch of Kate Ellis’s new novel A High Mortality of Doves. It w...
Skin & Bone giveaway – Robin Blake on the Birth of ForensicsBy today’s standards, the Georgian age, in which my Cragg and Fidelis mysteries are set, was a particularly callous one. Unequal rights for women, the slave trade and cruel capital punishment were all...
Ready to Enter the Debut Dagger?The CWA’s competition for the start of a crime novel by an unpublished writer is underway! Is this the year you will enter? And maybe get shortlisted, or even win? The prize for the winner is £5...
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