The Crime Readers' Association

Leigh RussellLeigh Russell: The Story of Books

18th June 2013

From as far back as we can trace, people have felt the need to share stories. Wasn’t early cave man a forerunner of the fisherman boasting about ‘the one that got away’? Imagine a pr...

chris collettChris Collett Giveaway

17th June 2013

Chris Collett was born in East Anglia and writes a series of police procedural crime novels based in Birmingham, England featuring Detective Inspector Tom Mariner. As a special needs teacher Chris...

Saturday Sixers: Why 60 is a magic number in TV drama

15th June 2013

Not only are we in the midst of National Crime Writing Month but we are already half way through the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Anniversary year – yes we are 60! To honour our anniversary Satu...

Giveaway: CSI Portsmouth

10th June 2013

Win two free tickets to CSI Portsmouth where crime fiction meets crime fact with best selling crime authors, police and forensic experts. Saturday 2 November 2013  CSI Portsmouth 2013 is already shapi...

Linda StratmannLinda Stratmann: The Many Headed Writer

9th June 2013

A month in the life of a busy writer Writers are always busy, and some months are busier than others, but May has been quite a challenge!  I have spent most of the month preparing an outline for a new...

Saturday Sixers: Crime Writing in the Future

8th June 2013

Not only are we in the midst of National Crime Writing Month but we are already half way through the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Anniversary year – yes we are 60! To honour our anni...

Peter James Giveaway

6th June 2013

Now we can’t deny that we are more than a little bit excited about the first giveaway for National Crime Writing Month 2013. Those that pay attention to us will have noticed that I promised a bi...

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