On the Radar: The Ice Temple is coming
What a time to be alive… The saying reverberates around social media as exasperated people observe a world in chaos, picking out the anomalies and contradictions while ducking insults and blocking racists. But this week we are saying ‘What a time to be alive’ with…
A Tapping at My Door audiobook
Written by David Jackson, narrated by Jonathan Keeble — The early chapters of this police procedural are tremendously intriguing. A woman copper in Liverpool is murdered in her back garden, with a dead raven splayed over her face. Only when the crime scene investigators remove…
Meet the woman behind Kinsey
On the Radar — Feeling the chill of winter? Maybe it’s the excuse everyone needs to hibernate on the sofa with your favourite genre – crime fiction, what else? And while you do that, here are four books to look forward to. If you’re a…
Off The Record 2 - At The Movies
Last year Luca Veste put together an outstanding anthology of short stories to raise money for two child literacy charities. Off The Record featured some crime fiction big guns alongside a host of cult favourites and emerging talents. Now he’s teamed up with Paul D…
The Helper
Written by David Jackson — The Helper is the follow up to Jackson’s debut novel Pariah, and sees the return of Detective Callum Doyle. A young woman working in a small book store is viciously murdered. On her arm is written a telephone number… and Detective Callum…
Interview: David Jackson
David Jackson is the author of Pariah, his debut novel which came out last year. His new book The Helper has just come out. Both are crime thrillers with an edge, delivered with a panache and style akin to Lee Child or Simon Kernick. A…