The Crime Warp

Do you ever wonder if you made the right career choices in your life? When I was at university I toyed with the idea of journalism but chose medieval studies instead, go figure. I don’t think though that you have to have a particular interest in being a foreign correspondent to enjoy Peter Hanington’s thriller A Dying Breed.   Written by a former journalist about a foreign correspondent and a radio producer involved in trying to solve a puzzling murder and cover-up in Kabul during an election campaign, it smacks of gripping authenticity. I know from a friend how challenging it can be to report from the Middle East, especially if you are a woman. We obviously pay the wrong people vast sums at the BBC.  I love the characterisations, the nuances of relationships, the dialogue. This isn’t a story board which leaps from action clip to action clip. A Dying Breed is more thought-provoking than many a thriller. And the physical description of Afghanistan is superb. It’s...

Available here Blurb When a gang of six children playing in their den in the woods spot a man burying drugs nearby, it marks the beginning of the end of their childhoods. Unsure what to do, the children dig up the drugs and take them away. But when the dealer, who they watched bury the stash, shows up dead, the youngsters are thrown into turmoil. Scared of what might happen, the children tell the police about the body they have discovered. Meanwhile, a group of gangsters start searching for their missing drugs. Soon the children and their families become the target of the vicious criminals who will stop at nothing to retrieve their narcotics… Author Bio Anita Waller was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in 1946. She married Dave in 1967 and they have three adult children. She began writing when she was around 8 years of age, writing 'compositions' at junior school that became books with chapters. In 1995 she sent Beautiful to a publi...

THEAKSTON FESTIVAL ROUNDS UP SIX SUSPECTS ON CRIME NOVEL AWARD SHORTLIST The shortlist for crime writing’s most wanted accolade, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, has been announced. The shortlisted six were whittled down from a longlist of 18 titles.  The prize, created to celebrate the very best in crime fiction, was open to UK and Irish crime authors whose novels were published in paperback from 1 May 2017 to 30 April 2018. The shortlist in full: ·           Mick Herron, Spook Street ·           Val McDermid, Insidious Intent ·           Denise Mina, The Long Drop ·           Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man ·           Stav Sherez, The Intrusions ·           Susie Steine...

It gives me great p leasure to welcome  AJ Waines to The Crime Warp today.  Here's a little bit about her before we crack on with the grilling: AJ Waines has sold over  450,000  books worldwide and topped the UK and Australian Kindle Charts in two consecutive years with her number one bestseller,  Girl on a Train . Following fifteen years as a psychotherapist, she is now a full-time novelist with publishing deals in UK, France, Germany, Norway, Hungary and USA (audiobooks). Her fourth psychological thriller,  No Longer Safe ,  sold over 30,000 copies in the first month, in thirteen countries.   AJ Waines has been featured in  The Wall Street Journal  and  The Times  and has been ranked a Top 10 UK author on Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing).  She lives in Hampshire, UK, with her husband. Find AJ Waines’ books  here , visit her  website  and  blog ,  or join her on  Twitter...