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Crime Time FM
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
Episodes
Crime Time FMZOE SHARP & DAVID PENNY On The Sofa With Victoria
Season 3, Episode 3 - SELF PUBLISHING with ZOE SHARP (The Last Time She Died) & DAVID PENNY (A Death of Promise). The why and How of self-publishing, the…
Crime Time FMANTONY JOHNSTON In Person With Paul
ANTONY JOHNSTON, (THE COLDEST CITY - ATOMIC BLONDE) chats to Paul Burke about the third novel in the Brigitte Sharp series THE PATRIOS NETWORK. Writing…
Crime Time FMCHARLOTTE PHILBY & LUKE JENNINGS On The Sofa With Victoria
Season 3, episode 3: CHARLOTTE PHILBY (EDITH & KIM) & LUKE JENNINGS (KILLING EVE, KILLING EVE: NO TOMORROW). A woman at the centre of the spy story, the PHILBY…
Crime Time FMTREVOR WOOD In Person With Paul
TREVOR WOOD chats to Paul Burke about his latest novel just out in paperback, DEAD END STREET, characters Jimmy, Deano and Gadge, PTSD and homelessness, The…
Crime Time FMJOHN BROWNLOW In Person With Paul
JOHN BROWNLOW chats to Paul Burke about SEVENTEEN: LAST MAN STANDING, film script sitting, SEVENTEEN: LAST MAN STANDING: YOU'LL NEVER KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU…
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VAL McDERMID & RUTH WARE On The Sofa With Victoria
Series 3, Episode 2: VAL McDERMID (1989) & RUTH WARE (The It Girl) chat to Victoria Selman about HOOKING THE READER and KEEPING THEM INTERESTED, publishing…
Crime Time FMADAM HAMDY In Person With Paul
ADAM HAMDY chats to Paul Burke about THE OTHER SIDE OF NIGHT, writing an original novel, the emotional journey you take the reader on, how characters convey…
Crime Time FMDAVID LAGERCRANTZ In Person With Craig Sisterson
DAVID LAGERCRANTZ chats to Craig Sisterson about Dark Music (translated by Ian Giles), the influence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a contemporary Holmes and Watson…
Crime Time FMDAVID BALDACCI & LINWOOD BARCLAY On The Sofa With Victoria
Season 3, episode 1. DAVID BALDACCI (DREAM TOWN) & LINWOOD BARCLAY (TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY) On The Sofa With Victoria. Thrillers: Two legends of the crime…
Crime Time FMBLOODY SCOTLAND Special on Crime Time FM
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY BLOODY SCOTLAND 15th - 18th September, 2022. A CRIME TIME FM SPECIAL Victoria Selman and Paul Burke chat to Festival Director BOB MCDEVITT…
Crime Time FMLAURA WILSON In Person With Paul (Jamie Costello)
LAURA WILSON chats to Paul Burke about her new YA novel MONOCHROME, Grace and the teenage world, Climate change, achromatopsia, writing with a renewed purpose…
Crime Time FMJOHN VERCHER In Person With Paul AFTER THE LIGHTS GO OUT
JOHN VERCHER chats to Paul Burke about his new novel AFTER THE LIGHTS GO OUT, identity, racism, Mixed Marshal Arts, mental health - CTE/Alzheimer's and carers…
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THE REVIEW SHOW AUGUST '22
Paul Burke takes a look at the latest crime fiction for August. From a top notch comedy thriller-come-meta-fiction to a slice of southern rural noir, from a…
Crime Time FMJANET EVANOVICH In Person With Paul
JANET EVANOVICH chats to Paul Burke about THE RECOVERY AGENT, GAME ON, Stephanie Plum and Gabriela Rose, humour and sex, The Mummy, Midnight Run, Teslas and…
Crime Time FMENDINGS an On The Sofa With Victoria Special featuring Dominic Nolan
BEGINNINGS, MIDDLES & ENDS: An On The Sofa With Victoria Special. PART 3: ENDINGS Victoria Selman chats to Dominic Nolan about novel endings. The importance of…
Crime Time FMMIDDLES an On The Sofa With Victoria Special featuring Dominic Nolan
BEGINNINGS, MIDDLES & ENDS: An On The Sofa With Victoria Special. PART 2: MIDDLES Victoria Selman chats to Dominic Nolan about the middle of the novel. Why are…
Crime Time FMBEGINNINGS On The Sofa With Victoria Special featuring Dominic Nolan
BEGINNINGS, MIDDLES & ENDS: An On The Sofa With Victoria Special. PART 1: BEGINNINGS Victoria Selman chats to Dominic Nolan about novel openings, what makes a…
Crime Time FMSHERRYL CLARK In Person With Paul
SHERRYL CLARK chats to Paul Burke about her new Judi Westerholme novel MAD, BAD AND DEAD. Melbourne, poetry, structure and pace, the innocents caught up in…
Crime Time FMMARK ELLIS In Person With Paul
MARK ELLIS chats to Paul Burke about the latest Frank Merlin mystery DEAD IN THE WATER, wartime London, the American army in the UK, what makes good historical…
Crime Time FMTOM VAUGHAN MACAULAY In Person With Paul
TOM VAUGHAN MACAULAY chats to Paul Burke about his new novel COUNTDOWN TO A KILLING, meta-fiction, writing with a full time career as a lawyer, the modern…
Crime Time FMPOLLY PHILLIPS, HARRIET TYCE & TM LOGAN On The Sofa With Victoria
TOXIC FRIENDSHIPS: In the season 2 finale POLLY PHILLIPS (THE REUNION), HARRIET TYCE (IT ENDS AT MIDNIGHT), TM LOGAN (THE CURFEW), discuss bringing out the…
Crime Time FMBEV JONES (B.E.JONES) In Person With Paul
BEVERLEY JONES, aka B.E. Jones, chats to Paul Burke about her novels The Beach House and The Wilderness and the Firebird Pictures/Amazon Prime adaptation of…
Crime Time FMHEADS TOGETHER CTFM Magazine Show August 22
HEADS TOGETHER - the WE ARE NO LONGER REAL PEOPLE Episode - with a special feature on St. Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend. Paul Burke chats to Sarah Hilary about…
Crime Time FMSCOTT BLACKBURN In Person With Paul
SCOTT BLACKBURN chats to Paul Burke about his Southern Rural Noir IT DIES WITH YOU character, influences, the amazing Mountainview MFA (JOHN VERCHER, TED…
Crime Time FMBARRY FORSHAW In Person With Paul
BARRY FORSHAW chats to Paul Burke about SIMENON: THE MAN, THE BOOKS, THE FILMS. A 21st Century re-examination of SIMENON, Maigret and the Romans Durs novels, a…
Crime Time FMCRIME TIME FM ORION INCIDENT ROOM SPECIAL HARROGATE 2022
THE ORION INCIDENT ROOM ON CRIME TIME FM FEATURING: CATE QUINN BLOOD SISTERS JOE IDE THE GOODBYE COAST OSCAR DE MURIEL THE SIGN OF THE DEVIL & MJ ARLIDGE CAT…
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THE REVIEW SHOW JULY '22
Paul Burke takes a look at the latest crime fiction for July. From surprisingly entertaining financial thriller to the daring wartime rescue of a cow, via a…
Crime Time FMKARIN SLAUGHTER An In Person Special With Craig Sisterson
KARIN SLAUGHTER chats to Craig Sisterson about her new novel GIRL FORGOTTEN, twenty years of crime writing, the Netflix series of PIECES OF HER, crime fiction…
Crime Time FMGORDON KERR In Person With Paul
GORDON KERR author of BRITISH TRAITORS: Betrayal & Treachery in the Twentieth Century chats to Paul Burke about soy hysteria pre-WWI, the men and women who…
Crime Time FMSTEF BIERWERTH, BETHAN FERGUSON & DAVID H HEADLEY On The Sofa With Victoria
THE JOURNEY OF A BOOK: STEF BIERWERTH (publisher - Quercus), BETHAN FERGUSON (Head of Customer Insight - Hachette) & DAVID HEADLEY (agent, bookseller, festival…
Crime Time FMMARK OLSHAKER On The Sofa With Victoria (Special)
MARK OLSHAKER (MINDHUNTER) chats to Victoria about TRULY, DARKLY, DEEPLY, serial killers and profiling the criminal mind. Mark Olshaker (born February 28…
Crime Time FMVICTORIA SELMAN In Person With Paul
Sunday Times Bestselling author and Richard & Judy pick VICTORIA SELMAN chats to Paul Burke about her new psychological thriller TRULY, DARKLY, DEEPLY, (UK…
Crime Time FMJACK LUTZ In Person With Paul
Jack Lutz chats to Paul Burke about his new novel LONDON IN BLACK, dystopian murder mysteries, London's past, thriller pace, Cleopatra's Needle and a guest…
Crime Time FMKATE BENDELOW & GRAHAM BARTLETT On The Sofa With Victoria
Police Advisors: Kate Bendelow - THE REAL CSI (Fact) DEFINITELY DEAD (Fict.) & Graham Bartlett - BAD FOR GOOD (Fict) discuss weaving authenticity into crime…
Crime Time FMLAURIE PETROU In Person With Paul
Canadian author LAURIE PETROU chats to Paul Burke about her new novel STARGAZER, Toxic Friendships, the limits of art and canoes. STARGAZER Diana Martin has…
Crime Time FMALAN PARKS In Person With Paul
ALAN PARKS chats to Paul Burke about his new novel May God Forgive, winning an Edgar, Glasgow and boredom in the music business. MAY GOD FORGIVE Glasgow is a…
Crime Time FMEVA BJÖRG ÆGISDOTTIR & WILL DEAN On The Sofa With Victoria
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (NIGHT SHADOWS) & Will Dean (BAD APPLES) discuss Nordic Noir with Victoria, it's appeal, landscape as a character and the psychological…
Crime Time FMReview Show Addendum - The Ones I Missed June22
The Review Show Addendum - Salving my conscience for a few print reviews on books I never got round to when I read them. Brief comments on some of the great…
Crime Time FMCrime Time FM Review Show - June 22
Paul Burke reviews May's new crime fiction releases: Click the relevant link to order the book of your choice through Bookshop.org THE ISLAND Adrian McKinty TO…
Crime Time FMTOM WATSON In Person With Paul
Debut author Tom Watson chats to Paul Burke about his dystopian thriller METRONOME, 1984, featuring on BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS, hiking in the Peak District and…
Crime Time FMJOACHIM B SCHMIDT In Person With Paul
JOACHIM B SCHMIDT chats to Paul Burke about his new novel KALMANN, set in Iceland, translated from the German by Jamie Lee Searle. KALMANN is the…
Crime Time FMLAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON & ABIR MUKHERJEE On The Sofa With Victoria
HISTORICAL CRIME FICTION: Laura Shepherd-Robinson (DAUGHTERS OF NIGHT) & Abir Mukherjee (THE SHADOWS OF MEN) discuss tackling research, brining a period to…
Crime Time FMKATHY WANG In Person With Paul
KATHY WANG chats to Paul Burke about her spy thriller IMPOSTER SYNDROME, Silicon Valley, perceptions of women in power, satire and writing a good villain…
Crime Time FMHEADS TOGETHER SPECIAL CRIMEFEST 22
This HEADS TOGETHER SPECIAL features chat about the 15th CrimeFest held in Bristol recently - boy was it good to get back to meeting people again and…
Crime Time FMCLAIRE MCGOWAN In Person With Paul
CLAIRE MCGOWAN chats to Paul Burke about her account of 8 missing women in Ireland who disappeared between 1993-98. THE VANISHING TRIANGLE speaks to the…
Crime Time FMCAZ FREAR & WILLIAM SHAW On The Sofa With Victoria
POLICE PROCEDURALS (COP THRILLERS). Caz Frear (SWEET LITTLE LIES) and William Shaw (DS CUPIDI and BREEN & TOZER) discuss procedurals, the rise of the armchair…
Crime Time FMNICOLA UPSON In Person With Paul
NICOLA UPSON chats to Paul Burke about DEAR LITTLE CORPSES, Josephine Tey, Margery Allingham, WWII, Golden Age crime, the Hitchcocks and Gielguds, not so cosy…
Crime Time FMJAMES WOLFF In Person With Paul
JAMES WOLFF chats to Paul Burke about his two novels BESIDE THE SYRIAN SEA & HOW TO BETRAY YOUR COUNTRY, frequencies of conflict, spies are real people and…
Crime Time FMBEN CREED In Person With Paul
CHRIS RICKABY & BARNEY THOMPSON, aka BEN CREED chat to Paul Burke about A TRAITOR'S HEART their new historical thriller featuring post WWII Leningrad and…
Crime Time FMSHARI LAPENA & GYTHA LODGE On The Sofa With Victoria
THRILLERS: SHARI LAPENA (NOT A HAPPY FAMILY) & GYTHA LODGE (LIE BESIDE ME) discuss THRILLER WRITING on The Sofa With Victoria. What makes a good thriller…
Crime Time FMJOSEPH KNOX In Person With Paul
JOSEPH KNOX chats to Paul Burke about his novel TRUE CRIME STORY, male violence and misogyny, the pitfalls of making yourself a malign presence in your own…
Crime Time FMHEATHER YOUNG & PETER MURPHY In Person With Paul
In 2 separate interviews authors Heather Young THE DISTANT DEAD and Peter Murphy TO BECOME AN OUTLAW discuss their new novels. Heather Young is author of two…
Crime Time FMDON WINSLOW In Person With Paul
DON WINSLOW chats to Paul Burke about his new novel CITY ON FIRE, Rhode Island, the Iliad, Helen of Troy, borders, gangsters, Africa, Jane Austen and getting…
Crime Time FMGWYL CRIME CYMRU FESTIVAL Welsh Crime Fiction
ALIS HAWKINS (Not One of Us), GAIL 'GB' WILLIAMS (The Chair) & PHILIP GWYNNE JONES (Vengeance in Venice) chat to Victoria and Paul about all things Welsh crime…
Crime Time FMEMMA VISKIC & CHRIS HAMMER On The Sofa With Victoria
AUSTRALIAN CRIME FICTION: CHRIS HAMMER (SCRUBLANDS & OPAL COUNTRY) & EMMA VISKIC (THOSE WHO PERISH out April - CALEB ZELIC SERIES) discuss the appeal of…
Crime Time FMNICK TRIPLOW In Person With Paul - Part 2 The Golden Decade
Part 2 - The Golden Decade. GETTING CARTER author NICK TRIPLOW chats to Paul Burke about Ted Lewis and Brit Noir as No Exit Press reissue 2 of his classic…
Crime Time FMNICK TRIPLOW In Person With Paul - Part 1 Getting Carter.
Part 1 - GETTING CARTER. Author NICK TRIPLOW chats to Paul Burke about Ted Lewis and Brit Noir as No Exit Press reissue 2 Lewis novels Jack Carter's Law and…
Crime Time FMTIMOTHY J LOCKHART In person With Paul
TIMOTHY J LOCKHART chats to Paul Burke about UNLUCKY MONEY, Norfolk Virginia, hardboiled crime and Brit Grit. UNLUCKY MONEY When Chinese American private-eye…
Crime Time FMSOPHIE HANNAH, GILLIAN McALLISTER & JP DELANEY On The Sofa With Victoria Part.2
HIGH CONCEPT - PSYCHE SUSPENSE PART 2 Sophie Hannah (The Couple at the Table), Gillian McAllister (Wrong Place, Wrong Time) and JP Delaney (The Girl Before)…
Crime Time FMBOGDAN HRIB In Person With Paul - Part 2
Part II: BOGDAN HRIB chats to Paul Burke about RESILIENCE, Romanian crime fiction, politics in Eastern Europe, translation Romanian to English and vice versa…