
In Suspense
Hello and welcome to ‘In Suspense’, a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction, hosted by Lesley Kara and Nikki Smith. In each series we’ll be interviewing a wide range of authors, both established and debut, and focussing on a particular topic/theme. If there are any topics you'd like us to talk about, do get in touch on any of our social media platforms. Full length episodes are released every three weeks with occasional series of minisodes in between, where we hear from the experts on all manner of writing and publishing.
Episodes
123 episodes
Juggling Multiple Roles - with Rob Parker
Welcome to series 13, episode 2 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting to the fabulous Rob Parker about his latest book; The Troubled Deep and our topic today which is Juggling Multiple Roles as a...
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Season 13
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Episode 2
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56:08

Why WhoDunnits never go out of fashion!
Welcome to series 13, episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to the fabulous Tom Hindle about his new book DEATH IN THE ARCTIC and why whodunnits never go out of fashion.We have...
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Season 13
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Episode 1
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44:23

The Road to Disney+ : When your book becomes a screenplay with Alex Dahl
Welcome to series 12, episode 8 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today is our Christmas special and we’re chatting to Alex Dahl about her latest book Girlfriends and also her earlier novel, Playdate...
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Season 12
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Episode 8
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35:29

Finding the recipe for writing success with Orlando Murrin
Welcome to series 12, episode 7 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to Orlando Murrin - acclaimed food writer and now crime writer, whose book Knife Skills for Beginners was published in Febru...
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Season 12
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Episode 7
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1:00:19

Mining trauma for fiction with Jo Jakeman
Welcome to Series 12, Episode 6 of In Suspense, a podcast for fans and writers of crime and thriller fiction. Today we are interviewing Jo Jakeman on the topic of mining trauma for fiction, and discussing her brilliant new novel, One Bad Apple....
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Season 12
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Episode 6
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48:23

How to write uniquely original novels with Will Carver and Dom Nolan
Welcome to series 12, episode 5 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are talking to Will Carver and Dom Nolan about how to write uniquely original novels.
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Season 12
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Episode 5
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49:24

Does it help to have been a police officer when writing Crime....?
Welcome to series 12, episode 4 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to Neil Lancaster about whether it helps to have been a police officer when writing crime. Neil's latest book, The Devil You...
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Season 12
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Episode 4
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48:37

Switching Genre - How easy is it to do and should you consider it to get another book deal?
Welcome to series 12, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are joined by Anna Mazzola and Barbara Copperthwaite to talk about whether switching genres is a good idea.Book recommendations t...
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Season 12
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Episode 3
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49:26

How to get a book deal
Welcome to series 12, episode 2 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to Roxie Key, the debut author of The Deadly Spark about how to get a book deal.We also have some book recommendations:-...
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Season 12
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Episode 2
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44:23

From Self Starter to Big Five author with Mark Edwards
Welcome to Series 12, episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to the brilliant Mark Edwards about his newest book, The Darkest Water and about his long career starting as a self-publishe...
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Season 12
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Episode 1
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53:26

Behind the Scenes with Stu Cummins and Charlotte Wilson
Welcome to Series 11, Episode 6 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today, on our final episode of this season, we are going behind the scenes with book bloggers, Stu Cummins and Charlotte Wilson, to chat about wha...
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Season 11
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Episode 6
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42:41

Behind The Scenes with Rebecca Thorne
Welcome to series 11, episode 5 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are going Behind The Scenes with Rebecca Thorne to chat about her book The Grief House, and we also have book recommendations for The Oth...
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Season 11
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Episode 5
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35:45

Behind the Scenes with Alan Johnson
Welcome to Series 11, episode 4 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are going Behind the Scenes with Alan Johnson, whose new book Death on the Thames is out now! We also have some fabulous book recommendat...
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Season 11
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Episode 4
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43:57

Behind The Scenes with Ashley Elston
Welcome to series 11, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are going Behind The Scenes with Ashley Elston whose new book First Lie Wins is out now! We also have some fabulous book recommendations ...
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Season 11
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Episode 3
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30:56

Behind The Scenes with Tracy Sierra
Welcome to series 11, episode 2 of In Suspense, a podcast for fans and writers of crime and thrillers. Today we are going Behind The Scenes with Tracy Sierra and chatting about her amazing book NIghtwatching whi...
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Season 11
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Episode 2
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32:39

Behind The Scenes with Robert Goddard
Welcome to series 11, Episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today, Lesley and Nikki are chatting to Robert Goddard about the latest in his Umiko Wada series,
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Season 11
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Episode 1
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33:41

Modernising the crime writing Community
Welcome to series 10, episode 9 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today is our Christmas special and we’re chatting to Vaseem Khan about The Death of a Lesser God and our topic today which is Modernis...
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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57:51

Agent Minisode 7: Moving on from your agent
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our final minisodes on agents, and we’re asking Agent Assistant, Alice Hoskyns from C&W, all of your questions from submitting to agents to that a...
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8:34

True crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable?
Welcome to series 10, episode 8 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting to Eleni Kyriacou & Emma Flint on the topic of true crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable?&nb...
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Season 10
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Episode 8
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1:00:26

Agent Minisode 6: When a manuscript doesn't sell
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our sixth of seven minisodes on agents, and we’re asking Agent Assistant, Alice Hoskyns from C&W, all of your questions from submitting to agents ...
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8:09

Writing in Two Genres
Welcome to series 10, episode 7 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting about writing in two genres with Julie Mae Cohen. Here is the link for a 20% discount for Julie’s Nov...
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Season 10
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Episode 7
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46:58

Agent Minisode 5: Agent Misconceptions
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our fifth of seven minisodes on agents, and we’re asking Agent Assistant, Alice Hoskyns from C&W, all of your questions from submitting to agents ...
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Putting Gothic in Thrillers
Welcome to series 10, episode 6 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We’re chatting to C.J. Cooke about her latest novel, A Haunting in the Arctic, and our topic today is “Putting Gothic in Thrillers.”
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51:17

Agent Minisode 4: Author and agent relationship - Boundaries
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our fourth of seven minisodes on agents, and we’re asking Agent Assistant, Alice Hoskyns from C&W, all of your questions from submitting to agents...
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