How to set up a Reading Group
Want to start a reading revolution? You’re Booked chatted to Harrogate Library to get their tips on the easy way to start your own reading group. Getting started There are no rules for setting up and...
View Article“The Year’s Best Crime Fiction” by Barry Forshaw
Critic and Author, Barry Forshaw British crime critic and author Barry Forshaw chooses his best picks from the 2010 crime crop. This article first appeared in The Independent. Fast-fading 2010...
View ArticleChris Simmons on Patricia Highsmith & The Talented Mr Ripley
CrimeSquad's Chris Simmons I have always had a love/hate/love relationship with Patricia Highsmith. I have all her novels and have read her since the early nineties. Sometimes I think her work is so...
View ArticlePeggy Blair – Debut Novel Out Soon!
Regular You’re Booked blogger Peggy Blair’s debut novel The Beggar’s Opera is available soon! We’re very excited for her, to pre-order or find out more, click here or read more about it here! The book...
View ArticleJudging a book by its cover…
One can only feel sorry for the book cover. Blockbuster films are branded in a singular style and music albums are sold around the world inside a universal sleeve, but the poor book cover is subject to...
View Article“How to Write a Nordic Bestseller” by Barry Forshaw
Barry Forshaw Broke after the Christmas break? Barry Forshaw, author of Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction, teaches us* how to write a best-selling Nordic crime novel and...
View ArticleYou’re Booked Presents Exclusive Content from Steven Dunne
Steven Dunne Steven Dunne has written for fun since attending Kent University. After a brief and terrifying stint as a standup comic, he became a freelance journalist writing for The Times and the...
View ArticleRoofscapes by Paula Readman
As Europe’s largest crime writing event celebrates its milestone tenth festival this July, Writing Magazine and Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate teamed up to challenge budding...
View ArticleRead an extract of Rat Trap by Paula R.C. Readman
Paula R.C. Readman won the 2012 Writing Magazine Crime Short Story competition judged by Mark Billingham. Here is an extract of her latest short story. Rat Trap By Paula R. C. Readman If you are asking...
View ArticleThe Cutting Room by Jilliane Hoffman
It’s been ten years since the serial killer known as Cupid terrorized the city of Miami. Ten years since William Bantling was sentenced to die for the vicious murders of eleven women. Ten years since...
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