The Crime Writers’ Association

‘Plague’ – A Talk via Zoom by Westminster thriller author Julie Anderson

The Zoom link will be sent to you a day before the event About this Event Julie's acclaimed Westminster set crime thriller 'Plague', treads the murky banks of the River Tyburn and the plague pits. She discusses how the layers of history an...


UK Crime Book Club with Julie Anderson

Join Julie Anderson talking with Samantha Brownley about 'Oracle' the new Cassandra Fortune novel at the virtual UK Crime Book Club. Set near the ancient Temple of Apollo at Delphi on Mount Parnassus, Greece, the novel explores the idea of justice, ...


Crime at the Castle – 24th February 2018

A fabulous all-day event at Glamis Castle near Dundee, with a full programme of author speakers, writing sessions held over four time slots. You choose who you want to listen to and when. As the castle won’t yet have opened for the season, many of...


Take Three Crime Writers: Julie Wassmer, William Shaw and Lisa Cutts

Wassmer, an Eastenders writer for 20 years, now has a huge following with her crime series. In MurderFest, Pearl Nolan investigates the murder of a famous author at an Arts Festival. Val Mc Dermid says of Shaw’s atmospheric Kent mysteries ‘if yo...


Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition 2015

Shortlisted


Christopher Fowler

The Negotiation


WHSmith Cardiff: Thorne Moore and Judith Barrow

Another Saturday in May, another pair of Crime Cymru authors ready to meet and greet and sign their books at WHSmiths in Cardiff. Today it’s Domestic Noir day, with Thorne Moore, author of psychological mysteries including A Time For Silence and J...


Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Helen Sedgwick

The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I am a research physicist turned author and I live in the Scottish highlands. I’ve recently moved to crime writing after publishing two novels that could be called literary ...


Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition 2018

Winner


Russell Day

The value of vermin control


Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Dougie Brimson

The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. My name is Dougie Brimson and I’m a former serviceman who fell into writing largely by accident. As a full time author and screenwriter, I’ve produced all kinds of books a...


Crime Writers in Residence – at home with JG Harlond

The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. After many years living and working in different parts of Europe I am now settled in a rural Andalucía with my Spanish husband. Ten years ago I gave up a safe and successful ...


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