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.

Alan Bradley Q&A

Jennie Blake interviews Alan Bradley, author of the Flavia de Luce historical thrillers, the latest of which, A Red Herring Without Mustard, is out now via Orion.

Win copies of Michael Connelly’s new thriller The Reversal [closed]

Courtesy of Orion Books, five Bookdagger readers will win a hardback copy of Michael Connelly’s new novel.

Ian Rankin discusses Doors Open

Ian Rankins Doors Open has been shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2010. Bookhugger gives you the chance to read the first chapter, watch the author discuss the book, and find out more about the book’s location.

Listen to an extract from A Simple Act of Violence by R.J. Ellory

R.J. Ellory’s novel A Simple Act of Violence has been shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2010. Bookhugger gives you the chance to read the first chapter, listen to an extract and find out more about the author.