Welcome to Series 12, Episode 6 of In Suspense, a podcast for fans and writers of crime and thriller fiction. Today we are interviewing Jo Jakeman on the topic of mining trauma for fiction, and discussing her brilliant new novel, One Bad Apple.

Welcome to series 12, episode 5 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are talking to Will Carver and Dom Nolan about how to write uniquely original novels.

Welcome to series 12, episode 4 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to Neil Lancaster about whether it helps to have been a police officer when writing crime. Neil's latest book, The Devil You Know is out now in hardback, and out in paperback on 21 November. His book recommendations this week are Midnight & Blue (Ian Rankin) and The Siege (Ben Macintyre).

Welcome to series 12, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are joined by Anna Mazzola and Barbara Copperthwaite to talk about whether switching genres is a good idea.

Book recommendations that we mention in this episode are:
Estella's Revenge - Barbara Havelocke
Notes on a Drowning - Anna Sharpe
Costanza - Rachel Blackmore
The Burial Plot - Elizabeth MacNeal
Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall
Unlawful Killing / Rough Justice - Wendy Joseph KC

Welcome to series 12, episode 2 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to Roxie Key, the debut author of The Deadly Spark about how to get a book deal.
We also have some book recommendations:-
One Perfect Couple - Ruth Ware
The Ice House - Ruth Kelly
Making a Killing - Cara Hunter
Long Time Dead - TM Payne
Sick to Death - Chris Bridges

Welcome to Series 12, episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to the brilliant Mark Edwards about his newest book, The Darkest Water and about his long career starting as a self-published author and ending up with a Big Five deal. Some great book recommendations this week: The Winner by Teddy Wayne, The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue, One Wrong Turn by Chris Ewan, The Fury by Alex Michaelides, All The Colours of The Dark by Chris Whitaker and Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney.

Welcome to Series 11, Episode 6 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today, on our final episode of this season, we are going behind the scenes with book bloggers, Stu Cummins and Charlotte Wilson, to chat about what's involved in being online book reviewers.

Recommendations this week include:

'Dark Matter' by Blake Crouch
'The School Reunion' by Shalini Boland
'One of the Good Guys' by Araminta Hall
'The Search Party' by Hannah Richell

Welcome to series 11, episode 5 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are going Behind The Scenes with Rebecca Thorne to chat about her book The Grief House, and we also have book recommendations for The Other Tenant by Lesley Kara, A Good Place to Hide A Body by Laura Marshall, The Sea Cemetery by Aslak Nore, The Last Murder At The End of The World by Stu Turton and A Killer In The Family by Gytha Lodge.