Crime fiction writer and PhD economist | CWA Debut Dagger 2024 winner | swimmer | chess player
London, England
Joined July 2011
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Writing a book is always a big accomplishment, and we love to celebrate that! 🥳📚
Here’s a selection of just some of the best #debutbooks for July 2026:
What Remains Of You by #KimberlyHensleLowrance
Every Version of You by #NatalieMessier
The Date by #THMurdock
The Cloak and Dagger Club by #JackieMcMahon
The Mash Up by #LauraMarieMeyers
All We Have Is Time by #AmyTordoff
The Makoto Murders by @RichardJerram
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Good morning! 🌅 It's Friday and we've got some new crime novels for you in our On the Radar column.
Authors include @MarkBillingham @nolatriad, Daniel Laz, Carol Goodman, @RichardJerram & Claire Parkin
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Unpublished authors! Do you have a mystery novel in progress? The Emerging Author Dagger could be your big break! The contest runs from 1 October to 28 February. thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-comp…
Wonderful to read the contributions to the UEA Crime Fiction MA anthology by my brilliant classmates and the generous foreword by @DoughtyLouise Well done @Elle_oh_Elle1 @Kate_B_Writer @sheenamjcook @bendavieswriter
Great evening at Noirwich last night, for the launch of the anthology for the Crime Fiction MA at UEA @uealdc
Very late to discover this one. Raw and authentic, as Bunker spent plenty of time in jail. 1970s LA at its bleakest. And he was Mr Blue is Reservoir Dogs.
James McArdle has all the best lines. Profound at times, amusingly banal at others. Great entertainment and hard to believe it was written in 1982.
I was so pleased with my @nothing earbuds, I bought a pair for my wife then for my daughter’s birthday. Now we have the full colour range. Lovely to avoid giving even more money to Apple.
The only problem of clearing bookshelf space by donating to @oxfamgb is that I find just as many that I’ve been wanting to read. Marylebone branch has a wonderful selection.
Relieved to have submitted The Makoto Murders for my MA dissertation at UEA @uealdc Next challenge is to finish a first draft of the sequel by the time results & feedback arrive in November.
Still focused on The Makoto Murders for my UEA MA submission so I’m looking for books with transgressive protagonists. Thanks to @MoylettLisa for recommending You. I can see why it was such a hit. @CarolineKepnes
Crisp, concise mystery (150 pages) that seems to end too quickly, in a rush of revelations. Good view of 1950s Japan. Originally titled ‘Points and Lines’ in a direct translation of the Japanese.
I remember loving White Merc with Fins so I was happy to come across this is a second-hand bookshop. Feels a bit dated, but that’s maybe because I’m a bit dated myself. @jameshawes2
Blown away by this. Mid-century New York jazz and crime. Read it in a day. Easy to see how @jakelamar won the Historical Dagger this year @The_CWA
Proms are a huge reason to be in London in the summer. Shostakovich symphony #4 tonight.
Although a dreary first piece gave me time to daydream about ways you might dispatch the solo violin.
I came to this conclusion a few years ago and I have no regrets. So many wonderful books out there to read. Don’t waste time on one that isn’t working for you. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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