The Crime Writers’ Association

2017 winning story

Box Clever - Sam Hepburn I’ve always been a dreamer – the nerdy kid hunched over his Playstation dreaming of being popular, the geeky teenager in sweaty boxers dreaming of hitting the big time with his latest bit of software, the broke student...


2016 winning story

A Box-Shaped Mystery - Peter Guttridge ‘The Mystery remains box-shaped, at once a prison and a refuge. Its four walls are, roughly, a Crime, a Mystery, an Enquiry and a Conclusion with an Element of Satisfaction in it.’ Margery Allingham P...


2016 shortlisted story

The Blockage - Ian Cowmeadow Fine drops of rain bloomed on the van’s windscreen. The engine clicked as the heat drifted from it and Shelly Wrench was beginning to feel the cold. Across the street, a strip light flickered behind a frosted window ...


2015 winning story

Game Over - Lesley Mace The feel of the skateboard rumbles up through the bones of his feet. He is enclosed within the sound of wheels. He concentrates on contracting muscles, on making his body into the correct shape to fly over the top of the co...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis from 12th July through to 19th July at North Shore Hotel to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled - 'DEAD HEAT' published by Severn House Publishers. North Shore Hotel is a very special pl...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on June 4th at Southwell Racecourse to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled - 'DEAD HEAT' published by Severn House Publishers. Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn reluctant sle...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on May 17th at North Shore Hotel to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled - 'DEAD HEAT' published by Severn House Publishers. North Shore Hotel is a very special place for Glenis as he wr...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on from 2nd - 3rd November at Lowdhams, to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled - 'DEAD HEAT' published by Severn House Publishers. Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn reluctant...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on Saturday 11th May at Bingham Library to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled – ‘DEAD HEAT’ published by Severn House Publishers. Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn rel...


Glenis Wilson – Dead Heat (A Harry Radcliffe Mystery)

Join Glenis on May 25th at Radcliffe-on-Trent Library to discuss his latest Horse Racing Mystery in the Harry Radcliffe Series: No.4, entitled – ‘DEAD HEAT’ published by Severn House Publishers. Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn r...


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