Rye’s first Cryme Day is a fabulous opportunity to meet, listen to and eat with four brilliant crime writers. Chaired by Guy Fraser-Sampson, the day will also include a murder-themed four-course lunch at The Mermaid Inn. Find out what makes crime writers tick, get tips to help you if you wish to start writing and […]

Lisa Cutts and William Shaw: Crime Fiction from the authors of the DC Nina Foster and DI Alex Cupidi books.

Elly Griffiths, William Shaw and Lesley Thomson discuss the settings of their novels and how a place can become just as much a character as the heroes.

With Paul Burston, Sarah Hilary and William Shaw. Crime fiction can’t always be fun and games and blood and gore, sometimes it has to offer more. These authors do exactly that with novels that, while still succeeding in being gripping thrillers, also forensically examine some of the most relevant and contemporary issues. Paul Burston’s The […]

What can crime fiction tell us about the way the world works? Val McDermid said that if someone in a hundred years wants to know what life was like in the early 21st century, then detective fiction will tell you. Academics Mary Evans, Hazel Johnstone and Sarah Moore have taken it a step forward with […]