The best crime fiction of 2019

A reading of 'The Little Red Balloon', the winning entry in the 15-18 category of the Children's Short Story competition, by 17-year-old Emma Broderick, of Muckross Park College, Dublin. 

Books Editor Martin Doyle talks to Darran Anderson about his memoir of growing up in Troubles-torn Derry, Inventory: A River, A City, A Family. They discuss the book's themes of family, history and memory, its inspiration found in the ideas of Georges Perec, and how it relates to ...  Show more

Ian Moore returns to the podcast to talk about his career shift from stand up comedy to writing "cosy" crime novels. After several decades as a professional stand-up comedian, Ian has transitioned to writing murder mysteries. Now he is a bestselling author and his books are be ...

When a Greek interpreter is kidnapped in the dead of night and forced to translate for a mysterious prisoner, he learns of a sinister plot involving family fortunes, murderous intent, and London’s criminal underground. Fearing for his life, he turns to Holmes, Watson, and the gre ...  Show more

In this episode, hosts Bill Thomas and Kristin Dilley interview Lisa Zambetti, who in addition to being the longtime Casting Director on CBS' hit TV show "Criminal Minds," is also the co-host of the podcasts "Real Crime Profile" and "Killer Casting." This is Part 2.

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In this bonus episode, I am joined by Bethan (Seeing Red Podcast) and Paul (True Crime Enthusiast Podcast) as we chatted to ex-Met Police and top Crime Author, Neil Lancaster.

It was a really interesting conversation and Neil has some great stories including how he was inv ...  Show more