I’m thrilled to be a part of the blog tour for Sharon Bolton’s ‘Like This For Ever’ – just released in paperback by Transworld.
Reviews for all of her previous books have been stunning and with this, the latest in her Lacey Flint series, she once again makes clear why it is she is firmly on top of her game. Here is a crime writer who simply loves nothing more than to put the fear of god up her readers, book after book.
Here’s what the early reviews of the hardback release of ‘Like This For Ever’ had to say:
Bolton rules the world of psychological thrillers – Huffington Post
Ingenious – Washington Post
Nail-biting, spine-tingling, up-till-4a.m.-because-you-need-to-know-how-it-finishes tension!…

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The Telegraph and leading publisher Harvill Secker are joining forces to launch the most exciting new competition in crime fiction. The prize is a £5,000 book deal and, to help you win it, top authors such as Jo Nesbo and Henning Mankell will be offering tips and advice in a series of exclusive online masterclasses. Jake Kerridge reports.When Fifty Shades of Grey was ousted from the top of the paperback bestseller charts last year, I was not surprised that the culprit was Peter James’s crime thriller Not Dead Yet. We may enjoy the occasional spicy fling with other genres, but our relationship with crime fiction is enduring and committed.…

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Over at Crime Files at Headline Publishing’s website – which you can visit HERE, I’ve become embroiled in a vicious Turf War with another crime blogger, the legend that is @milorambles on twitter and his excellent blog milorambles.
So far it’s all been very gentlemanly and the first votes cast were by us for each other, no weapons have been drawn, but who knows where it’ll end ?
As they say on all those crap reality shows – ‘only you can decide’!
Happy voting
 
Keith…

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To celebrate the January paperback release of the excellent novel ‘The Hunting Ground’ by Cliff McNish, those lovely people at Indigo/Orion have provided Books and Writers with FIVE COPIES TO BE WON by readers of this blog.
The following is my chat with the author of this great scare-fest, and you can read my review of the book here.
After you’ve had a read of the review and the interview, please leave a comment below with your email address (using ‘AT’ instead of @ to confuse pesky spambots) and I’ll enter you in the draw to win one of the copies for your very own sleepless nights.…

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Whilst something of a break from the norm for a Books and Writers post, in that I rarely cover non-fiction, this is such an epic project that I could not let it slip me by.  Particularly when, as part of Peter Ackroyd’s blog tour this week, the crime and punishment feature was presented to me.
Peter Ackroyd is one of Britain’s greatest living writers.  This month Macmillan publish FOUNDATION – the first of a hugely ambitious 6 book History of England series.  The Bookseller have already described it as ‘probably the biggest non-fiction of our times’.  It is the culmination of Peter’s literary talents and we hope it will become the history of England for a new generation. …

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Thanks to those lovely people at PanMacmillan, we have another prize draw, and this time it’s to tie in with the cracking new crime series VERA now on ITV1, based on the books by Ann Cleeves and starring Brenda Blethen as Vera Stanhope.
For your chance to win one of three sets of three VERA novels, The Crow Trap, Telling Tales & Hidden Depths, simply leave a comment below saying why you should win them and leave your email address so I can let you know if you’re a winner – make sure you use ‘AT’ instead of ‘@’ in your email address to confuse those pesky spambots.

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A little while back I had the opportunity to read Don Winslow’s superb novel SATORI – out now from Headline.
If you missed the review, you can click HERE.
And here’s a brief summary plus news of a great fun contest to win a unique prize courtesy of Headline:
Nicholai Hel — genius, assassin, mystic, master of language and culture, and the world’s most artful lover.  Until now, he has appeared just once in the brilliant and unforgettable Shibumi. Published in 1979, Trevanian’s Shibumi was a landmark bestseller, selling over 2.3 million copies. It is revered by many as one of the greatest thrillers of the 20th century and now Don Winslow returns with the gripping prequel, Satori.…

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