An interview with N. J. Cooper

Mike Stafford interviews Natasha Cooper, the author of, among many others, Fault Lines, Prey To All and Out of the Dark. In 2002 she was shortlisted for the Dagger in the Library, an award that ‘goes to the author whose work has given most pleasure to readers’.

June crime round up

A selection of the best new crime fiction from the Bookdagger publishers for the month of June…

The Doctor of Thessaly Reading Group Guide

A story of envy and betrayal set on the beautiful Greek coastline featuring the charismatic Hermes Diaktoros – part Poirot, part Precious Ramotswe, but with a Mediterranean mystique (and rotundity) all of his own.

Win a Michael Jecks pen from Conway Stewart

To celebrate the publication of Michael Jecks’ King’s Gold, Simon & Schuster and Conway Stewart are giving you the chance to win a beautiful Michael Jecks pen worth £475, part of their new Detection Collection series!

Michael Jecks discusses King’s Gold

Watch Michael Jecks discussing medieval history, writer’s block, his main characters, and how he became a writer.

Win copies of Blue Monday [closed]

Win one of five copies of Blue Monday, the first in Nicci French’s new thriller series – published today by Penguin!

Video and extract clues are dotted around the Bookdagger website…

The June Competition [closed]

Enter or die!

For three Bookdagger readers: seven not-so-sunny titles from four publishers this month.

Courtesy of Bloomsbury, Faber, Headline and Simon & Schuster.

The Greek Detective – Stepping over the Boundaries

Anne Zouroudi introduces Hermes Diaktoros, the protagonist from her Mysteries of the Greek Detective series, the fourth of which, The Lady of Sorrows, was published via Bloomsbury only yesterday.

Watch out for June’s Bookdagger competition to win four titles from the recently reissued series!

Rosie

Watch Rosie’s trailer and read an extract from the first in a brilliant new thriller series by Nicci French, Blue Monday.

Look out for more trailers, and a competition to win copies of Blue Monday this Thursday on Bookdagger!

‘So What’s the Mystery?’

A Q & A with Sara Gran, Faber’s newest crime author, discussing her new novel City of the Dead.

Faber’s Angus Cargill does the grilling…

Bromley Literary Festival’s day of crime!

Looking some criminally good entertainment on Saturday 18th June? Come along to Crime Writers’ Question Time & Signing: 3-4.30pm, Bromley Library Hall, sponsored by Bookdagger.

A Q&A with Quintin Jardine

Some questions from Mike Stafford, some answers from Quentin jardine, author of Grievous Angel.

Craig Robertson on Snapshot

Listen to Craig Robertson’s podcast, wherein he discusses his latest thriller, Snapshot featuring police photographer Tony Winter, out this month via Simon & Schuster.

Alan

Watch Alan’s trailer and read an extract from the first in a brilliant new thriller series by Nicci French, Blue Monday.

Look out for more trailers, and a competition to win copies of Blue Monday later this month on Bookdagger!

Win a Kindle and bundles of books in the Bookswarm Treasure Hunt!

Sixty great prizes on offer, including an Amazon Kindle worth £111 and masses of great books, in the new Bookswarm Treasure Hunt!

Enter now

Read an extract from Just Business, by Geraint Anderson

Cityboy is back! Geraint Anderson, the bestselling author of Cityboy, which sold over 200,000 copies, returns with an explosive, edge-of-the-seat, no-holds-barred thriller of City corruption, scams and monstrously bad behaviour.

Read an extract from The Lock Artist

… you can call me Mike.

Prize-winning crime author Steve Hamilton tells the extraordinary story of a safe-cracker trying to unlock the key to his past.

Download the first chapter of The Lock Artist, published today by Orion.

Why I wrote The Lock Artist

Prize-winning crime author Steve Hamilton tells the extraordinary story of a safe-cracker trying to unlock the key to his past.

Read an extract from Grievous Angel, by Quentin Jardine

Edinburgh’s toughest cop, Bob Skinner, looks into his past to assuage his demons in Quintin Jardine’s thrilling new mystery.

Frieda

Watch Frieda’s trailer and read an extract from the first in a brilliant new thriller series by Nicci French, Blue Monday.

Look out for more trailers, and a competition to win copies of Blue Monday later this month on Bookdagger!