One day left to vote for your favourite title from this year’s longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award!

Get your VOTE in! #TheakstonCrime Harrogate Festivals

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Thrilled to be part of a new collaborative project with MJ Arlidge and some of the most talented writers in the business. We've set up a TV-style writers' room, cooking up five new crime thrillers to be released over the next two years. The first book is out this month!

#BookReview

#YouAreHere by David Nicholls

Who would have thought that Gore-Tex and rain would be the basis for such a generous and loving tale!!

Heart-warming and funny with sparkling prose.

I loved Marnie & Michael and so will you 💛💛

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Don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious.. 😅

I will be handing the final final final version of the manuscript to my publisher tomorrow…

The latest Booker Prize Winner receives the ULTIMATE accolade by not only appear on the Bert's Books #PillarofPopularity , but it's number one!

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch is our latest Book Club read, so I'll report back soon on what I think...!

😂😂😂 Brilliant!

Okay so I'm only 70 pages in- dark, weird, brilliantly written, loving it - and have hand sold my first copy to a customer today, who by chance wanted dark, weird, brilliantly written...
Found this excellent review by Doug Johnstone Big Issue too..
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I cannot endorsed this book enough. It's the Liteary version of the movie At Close Range but with a more lyrical heart.
Jordan Harper 🏴 is among the most amazing crime writers working today.
No one thinks about the craft of writing quite the way he does

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Much excitement in the Menmuir house today. My first view of the finished book! It was a huge privilege spend the last two years in woodlands across the UK and Ireland with such knowledgeable, passionate people. Such a buzz to see it so beautifully presented too.

watched this clip about a month ago and cried my lamps out

it was recorded just after her Nobel Prize win, at the height of her literary fame, and look how pleased she is to be told by somebody that her work means something to them

rip queen

In other news - we'll be launching the new saira viola "Punk Princess of Noir." book very soon - a lot of you have been waiting a long time for this, it's a really big deal - Saira really is something else.

Before I say “Prithee well” to last night’s accommodation, a view of ye banqueting hall, featuring ye axes, ye swords, ye shields, and ye full breakfaste buffet, includynge ye assortede cereals, ye vegan sausages, and ye oate milke. #HotelOdysseye

A wind surfing crow.

Huge whakamihi (congrats) to all the nominees for 2024 #BarryAwards . Some extraordinary crime, mystery & thriller novels in running. Several of my fave reads of past year-plus. Nominees will be celebrated & winners announced at 2024 Nashville Bouchercon. Tough choices. Crime Writers of Color

In 2022, #yeahnoir storyteller Jacqueline Bublitz made Ngaios history, sweeping both Best First Novel and Best Novel prizes for BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME. She was also shortlisted for The Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger (only female author, or debut author, on shortlist).
In 2024, she returns...