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Regular crime, thriller & mystery interviews, features and reviews. Flagship weekly show - IN PERSON WITH PAUL hosted by Paul Burke & seasonal series #OnTheSofaWithVictoria hosted by best selling thriller writer Victoria Selman. Also festival coverage, award ceremonies and magazine shows hosted by Paul with Victoria and Crime Time editor/Financial Times crime critic Barry Forshaw. The monthly Review Show, what's hot in crime fiction. Further information can be found at crimetime.fm
CrimeTimeFM hosts Crime Time FM, a arts show with 462 episodes published.
Michael Amos Cody chats to Paul Burke about Avalon Moon , cultural mythology, education and young people, Walnut, North Carolina, the Appalachian mountains, saw mills and repurposing town, outsider/insider. In Avalon Moo
In a Crime Time FM/Verve Special Editor Jenna Gordon chats to author Laura Sims about her new novel, The Man , Vivian Maier, Diane Argus, Hitchcock and Highsmith, Rear Window, obsession, perspective and the male gaze. Th
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards Night coverage, including guests speakers and the awarding of the Daggers. The most respected crime awards in Britain. Introduction by hosts Victoria Selman and Gregg Mosse Ad
Paul Burke takes a look at the new releases for the Summer. All Murderers Aboard by David Fennell The End of Vodka by Oscar de Muriel The Venetian Redemption by Philip Gwynne Jones The Tailor by Tim Sullivan Blood Enemy
CWA DAGGER SPECIALS - Paul Burke chats to Crime Writers Association Diamond Dagger Winner MARK BILLINGHAM , Bread & Circuses - agitprop, Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, Stand Up, TV writing, Tom Thorne, Declan Miller, tak
CWA Daggers Special: Episode One The Shortlists - Interviews with five Dagger Shortlisted authors in the run up to Awards Night announcements on 2nd July. Nicci Cloke Her Many Faces - Twisted Dagger Victoria Goldman Litt
Season 10. Episode 6. #OnTheSofaWithVictoria AMANDA PROWSE (15 Minutes) Amanda has published 45 books in a decade and discusses her unique way of writing complete stories in her head before committing a word to paper. Wh
Season 10. Episode 5. #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Ruth Mancini (The Stranger on the Stairs) & Susan Barrett (All Cats are Grey) discuss how they use real crimes as inspiration for thier writing. Recommended - Crime and Punish
Season 10. Episode 4. #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Maz Evans (Who Let the Dogs Out) & Luke Bateman (award-winning composer) discuss turning a novel into a musical. Recommended - Luke: Simply the Quest by Maz Evans. Maz: East o
Season 10. Episode 3. #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Garry Disher (The Paul Hirsch series) and Dom Nolan (White City) discuss location as character. Recommended: WILLIAM TREVOR, ALICE MONRO, ROBERT PENN WARREN, JOHN LE CARRÉ TIN
Season 10 Episode 2: Anna Bailey & Tariq Ashkanani #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Anna Bailey (The Tall Bones) & Tariq Ashkanani (The Hollow Boys) discuss the importance of character development over plot in mystery writing. Rec
Season 10, Episode One: Industry Experts: Jack Butler (publisher) & Barbara Poelle (agent) #OnTheSofawithVictoria Jack Butler, publishing director at Sphere Little Brown, and Barbara Powell, founder of One Word Literary,
ANDREA MARA chats with Paul about her new psychological thriller SUCH A NICE GIRL, redundancy-serendipity, sisters, friends and family, TV and All Her Fault. SUCH A NICE GIRL : The morning after a glamorous, luxury weddi
Matthew Carr chats to Paul Burke about his latest historical crime thriller THE EMPEROR OF SEVILLE , Bernardo de Mendoza, sixteenth century Spain, Terrorism, financial thrillers and white ruff crime. The Emperor of Sevil
Paul Burke looks at new releases on the screen and fiction for April, 2026. TV/Streaming Tehran - Amazon The Capture - BBC Gone - ITVx Hidden Assets - BBC Books: Letter to My Judge - George Simenon, Penguin Classics One
ANTONIA SENIOR chats to Paul about her new history of the Cambridge Five STALIN'S APLOSTLES , Albania, radio games, spy rings, Burgess, Philby, Maclean, Cairncross and Blunt. STALIN'S APOSTLES is a radical new look at th
HEIDI PERKS chats to Paul Burke about her new Psychological thriller IT ENDS HERE , getting published, rejections and bestsellers, It Ends Here - You are one of five strangers whose day will start with the worst phone ca
Samantha Dooey-Miles chats to Paul Burke about her debut thriller UNDER THE HAMMER , satire, the housing crisis, daytime TV, para-social relationships, marketing, stalkers, rage and humour. UNDER THE HAMMER Jemma would k
NEIL LANCASTER chats to Paul about his new police thriller The Dark Heart , DS Max Cragie, Scottish crime fiction, Max Connor, a love of spies, James Herriot and useful idiots. THE DARK HEART : A DEADLY BOMBING - When re
New crime fiction reviews for march 2026 by Paul Burke. The Harvey Girl Dana Stabenov Beattie Cavendish and the Highland Hideaway Mary-Jane Riley Stephen Leather Underdogs Sharks Simone Buchholz trans. Rachel Ward Paper
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