British crime writers Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee bring to life history’s most intriguing murders, true crime and fictional, in the company of the world’s best known crime writers. They make murder . . . fun.
Episode 79 - Mark Wightman, a potted history of Singapore, Agatha Christie and the Old Swan, and the origins of the Singapore Sling
33 mins; July 31, 2022
Episode 78 - Luca Veste, Victoria Selman, the meaning of Scouse, and plagiarising C.S. Lewis
51 mins; July 17, 2022
Episode 77 - Imran Mahmood and Ayisha Malik, barristers on strike, the illusion of free will, and a world that just shuts up
39 mins; July 03, 2022
Episode 76 - David Fennell and serial killer thrillers, Jaipur Lit Fest and Borders Book Fest, and the man with no opposable thumbs
31 mins; June 19, 2022
Episode 75 - National Crime Reading Month, Sir Ian Rankin, Vanessa O'Loughlin/Sam Blake, the Platty Joobs and fun facts about the Queen
46 mins; June 05, 2022
Episode 74 - Stephanie Merritt & S.J. Parris, Storm and Giordano Bruno, and the world's worst teachers
29 mins; May 22, 2022
Episode 73 - Lord Jeffrey Archer, the Domesday Book, and the village of Great Snoring
52 mins; May 08, 2022
Episode 72 - British Book Awards special with Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Abigail Dean ... and Mahatma Gandhi
61 hours 49 mins; April 24, 2022
Episode 71 - David Baldacci and Dream Town, orang-utan blues, and the slap heard around the world
49 mins; April 10, 2022
Episode 70 - The British Book Awards shortlist, Janice Hallett and The Appeal, The Dying Day paperback, and epistolary novels
39 mins; March 27, 2022
Episode 69 - Maxim Jakubowski, The Perfect Crime, the "bad review", and 100 Shades of Brown
45 mins; March 13, 2022
Episode 68 - Anna Mazzola and The Clockwork Girl, war in Ukraine, and pole-dancing geckoes
33 mins; February 27, 2022
Episode 67 - Adele Parks and Alex Preston, Both of You and Winchelsea; from domestic noir to re-assessing the image of smugglers.
62 hours 11 mins; February 13, 2022
Episode 66 - Dean Koontz and Quicksilver, dude ranches, dogs in literature, and a canine quiz
44 mins; January 30, 2022
Episode 65 - Craig Robertson and Amy McCulloch, cleaning up after dead bodies and climbing into the "death zone"
51 mins; January 16, 2022
Episode 64 - A look back at 2021, a look forward to 2022, and a crime-writer's teapot
34 mins; January 02, 2022
Episode 63 - Antti Tuomainen and Finnish noir, Fenton's Faves, and the world pillow fighting championships
54 mins; December 19, 2021
Episode 62 - Stuart Turton and Seven Deaths, Imran Mahmood and BBC's You Don't Know Me, and where does the word 'tomfoolery' come from?
47 mins; December 05, 2021
Episode 61 - Mikhail Sen and an actor's life, The Shadows of Men, and the Hollywood great quotes quiz
43 mins; November 21, 2021
Episode 60 - Charles Cumming and spy fiction, Bay Tales, and how to reduce your carbon footprint
60 hours 48 mins; November 07, 2021
Episode 59 - Clare Whitfield, Jack the Ripper, the PG Tips tea chimps, and awkward plurals
38 mins; October 24, 2021
Episode 58 - Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den, ancient Pompeii, French literature and Abir's French junket
36 mins; October 10, 2021
Episode 57 - Tim Marshall and The Power of Geography, the best ever literary Scottish fiction, and a Bloody Scotland round-up
61 hours 49 mins; September 26, 2021
Episode 56 - Ann Cleeves & The Heron's Cry, Bloody Scotland live podcast, and wearing sliders and socks in public places
38 mins; September 12, 2021
Episode 55 - Orenda Books special with Karen Sullivan, Awais Khan, Will Carver and Lilja Sigurdardottir
50 mins; August 29, 2021
Episode 54 - S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears, a new Writing Crime Fiction course, and events that shouldn't be at the Olympics
54 mins; August 15, 2021
Episode 53 - Mark Billingham and Steve Cavanagh, Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival, and the meaning of altruism
53 mins; August 01, 2021
Episode 52 - The Dying Day, racism in sports films, and Fenton's Favourites
41 mins; July 18, 2021
Episode 51 - Amit Dhand, the horrors of Partition, Tariq Ashkanani, and the Capital Crime New Voices
47 mins; July 04, 2021
Episode 50 - Alex Michaelides, The Maidens, Imran Mahmood, I Know What I Saw, and judges with a sense of humour
49 mins; June 20, 2021
Episode 49 - Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Will Shaw, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, and why Truman Capote was jealous of Harper Lee
55 mins; June 06, 2021
Episode 48 - Richard Osman & The Thursday Murder Club, Rahul Raina & How to Kidnap the Rich, Ajay Chowdhury & The Waiter
72 hours 55 mins; May 23, 2021
Episode 47 - British Book Awards special with Lee Child & Andrew Child, Ian Rankin, Oyinkan Braithwaite, and Joy Ellis
72 hours 31 mins; May 09, 2021
Episode 46 - Mike Gayle, The British Book Awards and Count Binface
56 mins; April 25, 2021
Episode 45 - Felicia Yap, Godzilla v King Kong, a race report bombshell, and talking apes
43 mins; April 11, 2021
Episode 44 - Dean Koontz, The Other Emily, the biggest selling authors of all time, and a brief history of the Bible
53 mins; March 28, 2021
Episode 43 - Saima Mir, The Khan, royal shenanigans, Craig Sisterson, Australian & NZ crime fiction
67 hours 27 mins; March 14, 2021
Episode 42 - Chris Brookmyre, weird titles, the celeb writer phenomenon, and sci-fi film trivia
66 hours 52 mins; February 28, 2021
Episode 41 - Val McDermid, busted boilers, the Tebbit test, and the Great Scottish-India quiz-off
62 hours 29 mins; February 14, 2021
Episode 40 - Ausma Zehanat Khan, the Bosnian conflict, human rights law, and the strange animal facts quiz
52 mins; January 31, 2021
Episode 39 - Frank Zafiro, American crime, Idi Amin and other coups, and ruined sleep cycles
60 hours 38 mins; January 17, 2021
Episode 38 - New Year 2021, Putting 2020 on trial, Calendars from around the world and New Years resolutions,
47 mins; January 03, 2021
Episode 37 - Sadsacks Assemble, Books and TV of the year, and Brown Christmas shenanigans
50 mins; December 20, 2020
Episode 36 - Martin Edwards and Golden Age Crime Fiction, Great Christmas Novels, and the Great Craisin Controversy
50 mins; December 06, 2020
Episode 35 - Ragnar JĂłnasson, Icelandic crime fiction, fun facts about Iceland, and political chicanery on screen
55 mins; November 22, 2020
Episode 34 - Dan Smith, a political scandal from the sixties, How to Tame a Lion, and a tribute to Sean Connery
46 mins; November 08, 2020
Episode 33 - C.J. Tudor, The Chalk Man, In the Heat of the Night, and the greatest ever movie quotes
49 mins; October 25, 2020
Episode 32 - Antonia Hodgson, Georgian smut, whisky investing, and the curious relationship between authors and alcohol
47 mins; October 11, 2020
Episode 31 - Lucy Foley and The Guest List, David Headley and Goldsboro Books, This Green and Pleasant Land
59 mins; September 27, 2020
Episode 30 - Aziz Ibrahim & The Stone Roses, BBC radio broadcaster Amanny Mohamed, Farhana Shaikh… and our Desert Island Discs
97 hours 30 mins; September 13, 2020
Episode 29 - Tracy Fenton, The Book Club, great historical fiction, Waverley, Wolf Hall, & Shogun
57 mins; August 30, 2020
Episode 28 - Sanjida Kay, Naked Lunch, how to catch bees, and the world's worst poet
43 mins; August 16, 2020
Episode 27 - Career Criminals at Theakston Old Peculier Festival, Literary festivals, Mud Festivals, Phallic Festivals
54 mins; August 02, 2020
Episode 26 - Gillian McAllister, assault in fiction, The Accused, Lolita on trial, and a review of The Luminaries.
57 mins; July 19, 2020
Episode 25 - Mark Edwards, writing great screenplays, Trumbo, Casablanca, The Usual Suspects and Seven.
51 mins; July 05, 2020
Episode 24 - Imogen Robertson, more civil rights literature, fun facts about Martin Luther King Jnr, diversity in YA fiction
58 mins; June 21, 2020
Episode 23 - Mike Craven, The Curator, race protests, books about race, and facts about the civil rights movement that you didn't know.
55 mins; June 07, 2020
Episode 22 - Antony Johnston, mental health awareness week, books featuring mental illness, and Sigmund Freud on trial
62 hours 29 mins; May 30, 2020
Episode 21 - Mary Paulson-Ellis, books with dual timeline narratives, Ramadan and Hemingway, farewell to Irfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor
63 hours 4 mins; May 10, 2020
Episode 20 - Stephanie Scott, books about long walks, John Lennon on trial, Alex Hawley, online bookfest
66 hours 26 mins; April 26, 2020
Episode 19 - Ruth Tross - an editor's guide to publishing, alternate history fiction, books that foretold the future
59 mins; April 12, 2020
Episode 18 - Will Dean, post apocalyptic pandemic fiction, how to survive working at home
54 mins; March 29, 2020
Episode 17 - Kia Abdullah, political thrillers, John le Carre, and turmeric - the cure for all ills
61 hours 13 mins; March 15, 2020
Episode 16 - Tony Kent, dodgy boxers, the broken legal system, virtue signalling, and democracy on trial.
54 mins; March 01, 2020
Episode 15 - Amer Anwar, diversity initiatives on trial, Black Frankenstein, diversity in romance fiction
71 hours 48 mins; February 16, 2020
Episode 14 - Onjali Rauf, children's fiction from around the world, Lewis Carroll's jabberwocky words
53 mins; February 02, 2020
Episode 13 - Barry Forshaw, BBC’s new Dracula adaptation, gothic fiction, and Count Duckula.
69 hours 8 mins; January 19, 2020
Episode 12 - Natasha Pulley, New Year's resolutions and strange New Year's customs, and how not to use the phrase 'deus ex machina'
54 mins; January 05, 2020
Episode 11 - Dorothy Koomson, Christmas movies on trial, 'Brown Christmas', 2019 lowlights, Area 51 and a strange banana
51 mins; December 22, 2019
Episode 10 - Nikesh Shukla, Great Literary Themes with Dorothy Koomson, Your name in a novel competition, Bollywood battle: Mum v Alex
67 hours 9 mins; December 08, 2019
Episode 9 - Luan Goldie, Brownface on trial, Death in the East, Asia-set classics, the secrets to writing and pitching a new TV series.
63 hours 1 min; November 24, 2019
Episode 8 - Chris Whitaker, Introverts v Extroverts, a review of "Quiet" by Susan Cain, and how Bollywood took over the world
58 mins; November 10, 2019
Episode 7 - Patrick Gale, the CWA Dagger awards, weird Stephen King facts, fairytales on trial, and the greatest ever horror films
57 mins; October 27, 2019
Episode 6 - Elly Griffiths, Agatha Christie's disappearance, a fat bear contest, the Booker Prize, A Very Expensive Poison and book blurbs
63 hours 41 mins; October 13, 2019
Episode 5 - Bobby Seagull, who invented Zero, Bloody Scotland, Robert Burns, Capital Crime, Roald Dahl on trial and Quickreads
68 hours 26 mins; September 29, 2019
Episode 4 - Helen Jukes, how to keep bees, Bond on trial, visiting Jane Austen, "Blinded by the Light" review, and how to write screenplays
49 mins; September 15, 2019
Episode 1 - Ann Cleeves, Shakespeare on trial, Reality TV and the world's unluckiest parrot
61 hours 33 mins; September 02, 2019
Episode 2 - Ruth Ware, Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Festival, Rudyard Kipling on trial, and a play called Sweat
59 mins; September 02, 2019
Episode 3 - Clare Mackintosh, judging literary prizes, the Bradford Lit Fest, Escape Rooms, and a novel use for the hula
56 mins; September 02, 2019
Introduction to the Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast
