Esther Chilton

crime writing

  • Book Review: Nothing Important Happened Today @will_carver

    As soon as I saw the cover for Will Carver’s Nothing Important Happened Today, I was intrigued: Nine suicides. One cult. No leader. Then I read the blurb: Nine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. They’ve never met. But at the same time, they run, and leap to their deaths. Each of them received

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  • Author Interview: Roz Watkins

    I met the talented author Roz Watkins at an author meet-up which took place before lockdown. I knew Roz from when she studied with The Writers Bureau many years ago, so it was lovely to renew our acquaintance and to hear how successful she has been. Here she talks about her latest book, her lead

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  • Author Interview: Caroline England @CazEngland

    I’d heard a lot of great things about Caroline England’s books and added them to my reading list. Then, when I attended an author meet-up recently, Caroline was there and I had the pleasure of meeting her in person. We chatted about all things writing related and Caroline kindly agreed to be interviewed. Q. Your

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  • An Interview With Alison Lingwood

    I’ve met the lovely Alison Lingwood twice now at an author and blogger meet-up. But each time, I’ve only managed a very quick chat with her. Luckily, she agree to be my interviewee so I could find out a little bit more about her and her books. Q. Your latest book, Immersed in Murder, came

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  • Book Review: Stone Cold Heart

    Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear The blurb says: A fractured marriage A silent family A secret worth killing for It only took me a few pages and I was hooked. Caz has a way of getting you to care for her main protagonist, police officer, Cat Kinsella, who is instantly likeable, but has plenty

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  • An Interview With Tony Forder

    Tony is an author I met at Market Deepings Literary Festival. He was one of the authors taking part in the Read Dating Event. It was just ending when I got to Tony, so I’ve been meaning to catch up with him and to find out a bit more about him and his writing. Q.

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  • An Interview With David Evans

    David Evans is another author I met at Harrogate Crime Festival. He was a real gentleman and I’m thrilled that he’s agreed to be my author interviewee this week. Q. Your book, Tainted, was released earlier in the year. Can you tell us a little bit about it? A. The main plotline for Tainted was

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  • A Fabulous Festival To Remember – Part Five

    Here is the final instalment of my Harrogate Festival journey. Click for parts one, two, three and four if you missed them. Here is the final instalment of my Harrogate Festival journey. Sunday morning dawned and we were due to set off for home. The Crime Festival still had half a day to go, but

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  • A Fabulous Festival To Remember – Part Four

    I’m almost at the end of my Harrogate Crime Festival trip. Click for parts one, two and three if you missed them. Last week, I left you with thoughts of another encounter with Harlan Coben. Well, it really hadn’t been enough that he’d spoken to me on the Friday and asked me how I was

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  • A Fabulous Festival To Remember – Part Three

    If you missed parts and one and two of my Harrogate Crime Writing Festival journey, please click here and here. As we seemed to have settled into the habit of missing all or part of the events we’d booked, we were determined to be right at the front (well, nearish) of day two’s first event.

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