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Writing The New Forest Murders by Matthew Sweet

Writing The New Forest Murders by Matthew Sweet

David Headley

The New Forest Murders is set in the 1940s – what appeals to you about that decade?  I've spent a lot of time in the 1940s. I feel I'd know...

David Headley

Writing The New Forest Murders by Matthew Sweet

The New Forest Murders is set in the 1940s – what appeals to you about that decade?  I've spent a lot of time in the 1940s. I feel I'd know...

Behind The Death of Shame by Ambrose Parry

Behind The Death of Shame by Ambrose Parry

David Headley

The Death of Shame is the fifth book in our Raven and Fisher series, set in mid-nineteenth-century Edinburgh. It is a time and place where names and fortunes can be...

David Headley

Behind The Death of Shame by Ambrose Parry

The Death of Shame is the fifth book in our Raven and Fisher series, set in mid-nineteenth-century Edinburgh. It is a time and place where names and fortunes can be...

Karin Slaughter Chapter Sampler: We Are All Guilty Here

Karin Slaughter Chapter Sampler: We Are All Gui...

David Headley

Emmy didn’t look for Tommy. She looked for her father. She easily spotted Gerald. He was standing about ten yards away, his head meerkatting above the crowd. Someone was talking...

David Headley

Karin Slaughter Chapter Sampler: We Are All Gui...

Emmy didn’t look for Tommy. She looked for her father. She easily spotted Gerald. He was standing about ten yards away, his head meerkatting above the crowd. Someone was talking...

Exploring the Art of a Lie with Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Exploring the Art of a Lie with Laura Shepherd-...

David Headley

1. The novel opens with Hannah facing personal and financial ruin—what drew you to write about a woman navigating such peril in 1749 London? The precarious nature of life for...

David Headley

Exploring the Art of a Lie with Laura Shepherd-...

1. The novel opens with Hannah facing personal and financial ruin—what drew you to write about a woman navigating such peril in 1749 London? The precarious nature of life for...

Katherine Faulkner’s Inspiration For The Break In

Katherine Faulkner’s Inspiration For The Break In

David Headley

  What inspired The Break In? Did you have to do any research into the themes explored?The spark of an idea for The Break-In actually came when I was on...

David Headley

Katherine Faulkner’s Inspiration For The Break In

  What inspired The Break In? Did you have to do any research into the themes explored?The spark of an idea for The Break-In actually came when I was on...

June Crime Collective Author Remi Kone - Exclusive Q&A

June Crime Collective Author Remi Kone - Exclus...

David Headley

Our June Crime Collective author, Remi Kone, answers our burning questions exclusively for Crime Collective readers. Your background in television drama—working on series like Killing Eve and Spooks—is incredibly impressive....

David Headley

June Crime Collective Author Remi Kone - Exclus...

Our June Crime Collective author, Remi Kone, answers our burning questions exclusively for Crime Collective readers. Your background in television drama—working on series like Killing Eve and Spooks—is incredibly impressive....