Patrick Easter, The Rising Tide
As a former Metropolitan Police officer who spent part of his career on the Thames, Patrick uses his experience of patrolling the river to describe what it’s like to deal with crime, criminals, accide...
As a former Metropolitan Police officer who spent part of his career on the Thames, Patrick uses his experience of patrolling the river to describe what it’s like to deal with crime, criminals, accide...
CRA seven days of celebrations with a great prize for any fan of the best in crime and thriller writing. DAY SEVEN: One lucky winner will receive a weekend pass to CrimeFest. The Giveaway There’s two...
CRA seven days of celebrations with a great prize for any fan of the best in crime and thriller writing. DAY SIX: Today’s prize is a signed copy of Five And A Half Tons by John Bayliss and Green...
CRA seven days of celebrations with a great prize for any fan of the best in thriller writing. DAY FIVE: Three lucky winners will receive one off advice on preparing an attractive synopsis for submiss...
CRA seven days of celebrations with a great prize for any fan of the best in thriller writing. DAY FOUR: One lucky winner will receive a signed copy of “SOLO” By William Boyd. Published by...
CRA seven days of celebrations with a great prize for any fan of the best in crime and thriller writing. DAY THREE: One lucky winner will receive a copy of Mslexia Writer’s Diary 2014 The Mslexia Writ...
CRA seven days of celebrations with a great prize for any fan of the best in crime writing. DAY TWO: Ten lucky winners will receive a British Library eReader & mini tablet cover. We’ve spott...
We are starting the CRA seven days of celebrations with a great prize for any fan of the best in crime writing. DAY ONE: One lucky winner will receive a copy of the Crime Writers’ Association la...
The Crime Readers’ Association is delighted to have our brand new website courtesy of the most brilliant team at Considered Creative. We are still adding details of all of the almost 700 members...
What an alluring question. How I envy readers this treat in store … Margery Allingham copyright: Margery Allingham Society To begin at the beginning is usually sound advice and, with Margery All...
You may have seen that we are canvassing the Crime Readers’ Association for their opinion for our Best Ever Poll (Best Ever Novel, Best Ever Author and Best Ever Series) but have you booked your...
Sex and Crime Two lovers who can’t keep their hands off each other’s bodies; an inconvenient and unattractive husband who it is necessary to get out of the way. I know – you’re thinkng: James M...
Writer: Zoë Sharp Workspace: This is my corner of the study. The trees outside the window are where the red squirrels do their best to distract me from work by stealing food from the bird feeders and...
We have three copies of Food of Ghosts by Marianne Wheelaghan to giveaway to CRA readers. a Rafflecopter giveaway Food of Ghosts is published by Pilrig Press...
A quotation from George Orwell is probably the best place to start when we are thinking about editing:’If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.’ Remember that writing for a...
Margaret Yorke was a former Chair of the CWA who was a recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger. After writing a number of romantic novels, she turned to crime fiction, with five books featuring Pa...
The CWA Margery Allingham Short Story Competition is now open. We encourage both published and unpublished writers to enter their short stories, up to 3500 words. The winner will receive £1,000 as wel...
Click by Alison Joseph ‘You’d know if he was dead, though, wouldn’t you? Your own husband…..’ She stared into the black water. Around her the trees dripped with recent ra...
Five internationally acclaimed best-selling crime authors will be appearing at this year’s CSI Portsmouth on Saturday 2 November alongside police and forensic experts as part of Portsmouth BookFest. T...
Over the last three weeks we have asked you, the Crime Reader, to vote for the Best Ever Crime Series and Crime Writer. Today is the day to determine which is your Best Ever Crime Novel. You may choos...
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