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The Night Stairs: A Letter from Erin Kelly

The Night Stairs: A Letter from Erin Kelly

Rebecca McDonnell

The Night Stairs is about mysterious outbreak of vertigo in a girls’ boarding school. Is it a virus? A possession? And how does it connect to the tragic deaths of...

Rebecca McDonnell

The Night Stairs: A Letter from Erin Kelly

The Night Stairs is about mysterious outbreak of vertigo in a girls’ boarding school. Is it a virus? A possession? And how does it connect to the tragic deaths of...

Murder is a Laughing Matter + A Q&A with E.C. Nevin

Murder is a Laughing Matter + A Q&A with E.C. N...

Rebecca McDonnell

Murder is a Laughing Matter I think we all know that murder is serious business. If it were a loved one of mine, I certainly wouldn't want the detective cracking...

Rebecca McDonnell

Murder is a Laughing Matter + A Q&A with E.C. N...

Murder is a Laughing Matter I think we all know that murder is serious business. If it were a loved one of mine, I certainly wouldn't want the detective cracking...

The Death of a Bollywood Heroine: A Piece by Abir Mukherjee

The Death of a Bollywood Heroine: A Piece by Ab...

Rebecca McDonnell

The Death of a Bollywood Heroine My new novel, The Pinnacle, revolves around the murder of Sweety Sahota, a fictional Indian actress and the Queen of Bollywood. While the book...

Rebecca McDonnell

The Death of a Bollywood Heroine: A Piece by Ab...

The Death of a Bollywood Heroine My new novel, The Pinnacle, revolves around the murder of Sweety Sahota, a fictional Indian actress and the Queen of Bollywood. While the book...

The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani: An Extract

The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani: An Extract

Rebecca McDonnell

They’d cut his clothes off him. While he was laying on a bed in the ER, while they checked him, while they ran fluids into his arm and took blood...

Rebecca McDonnell

The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani: An Extract

They’d cut his clothes off him. While he was laying on a bed in the ER, while they checked him, while they ran fluids into his arm and took blood...

Octagon (May 2026): A Letter from C.J. Merritt

Octagon (May 2026): A Letter from C.J. Merritt

Rebecca McDonnell

Dear Goldsboro Crime Collective reader, I’m delighted that you will be receiving my new thriller Octagon as your GCC pick for May, particularly as it’s a Goldsboro special edition with...

Rebecca McDonnell

Octagon (May 2026): A Letter from C.J. Merritt

Dear Goldsboro Crime Collective reader, I’m delighted that you will be receiving my new thriller Octagon as your GCC pick for May, particularly as it’s a Goldsboro special edition with...

A Plot to Die For: A Q&A with Ardal O’Hanlon

A Plot to Die For: A Q&A with Ardal O’Hanlon

Rebecca McDonnell

Q1. How did you approach balancing humour with darker themes like murder and mystery? My two previous novels were both darkly funny but bleak with underlying serious themes. With A...

Rebecca McDonnell

A Plot to Die For: A Q&A with Ardal O’Hanlon

Q1. How did you approach balancing humour with darker themes like murder and mystery? My two previous novels were both darkly funny but bleak with underlying serious themes. With A...