A different side of crime through Coroners

The Disappeared by M R Hall is the latest book I've been reading, much like A.K. Turner's look into the world of pathology, Hall's look into the world of the Coroner's court will highlight something that I was not aware of in much detail without this series. In the previous book, the coroner, Jenny, who …

Fact and Fiction

As I get close to the final unit of my crime writing course, I was initially struggling with what to read and had started 5-6 books. I think this was because of the size of my assignment at 2,000 words. Given the length of time that I've been writing it, I wanted to make sure …

Cross’s time as a Monk

The Monk is the 5th in the DS Cross series and is the most complex yet, mostly because it is 3-4 hours longer than his previous. After I spoke to him about it in his interview for my book on police procedurals, the number of characters means that there is now a lot to cover, …

Before Silent Witness

AK Turner's Life Sentence, the second in the Cassie Raven series, is somewhat reminiscent of the BBC's Silent Witness programme. A determined forensic pathologist, even if it is in Cassie's case, only an assistant, is something that I've been watching for years. But as a big fan of the series, this is what motivates me …

Pirie’s Latest

As we enter the new year Val's latest Karen Pirie book Past Lying deals with something that changed all our lives, that of Covid 19. This is a subject which a lot of authors have directly avoided or only mentioned in passing, but Val herself chose the historical route of her books 1979 and 1989 to …