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Sarah Vaughan on writing a seventy-year-old protagonist...
Mar 19, 2026
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Mar 27, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 3/19/26 | Sarah Vaughan on writing a seventy-year-old protagonist...✨ | crime fictionprotagonists+3 | Sarah Vaughan | In SuspenseBased On A True Story | — | Sarah VaughanBased On A True Story+3 | — | 46m 24s | |
| 4/24/25 | In Suspense with Jeremy Vine | Welcome to series 13, episode 7 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today is our final episode of this series and we’re chatting to Jeremy Vine about his debut crime thriller, MURDER ON LINE ONE, which is out today! We'd like to pass on our best wishes to Robert Waddington and we also have some amazing book recommendations for: It's Always The Husband - C L Taylor Some of Us Are Liars - Fiona Cummins The Appeal - Janice Hallett Mrs Sidhu - Suk Pannu Way Back - Sa... | 39m 12s | ||||||
| 4/17/25 | Writing books set in the USA with Anna Bailey | Welcome to series 13, episode 6 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to the fabulous Anna Bailey about her new novel OUR LAST WILD DAYS and writing books set in the USA. We have book recommendations for: A Beautiful Way to Die - Eleni Kyriacou This Motherless Land - Nikki May The Bodies - Sam Lloyd Beach Bodies - Sienna Sharpe The Wych Elm - Tana French The Lamplighters - Emma Stonex | 37m 46s | ||||||
| 3/27/25 | Our Listeners Q&A's answered! | Welcome to series 13, episode 5 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are answering some very interesting questions from our listeners - so tune in to find out whether authors regard each other as competition, how we feel about reviews, does AI pose a threat to authors in the future and so much more! | 56m 36s | ||||||
| 3/6/25 | Making a career out of crime with Mari Hannah | Welcome to series 13, episode 4 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are talking to Mari Hannah about her latest novel, Her Sister's Killer (out on 6 March), and our topic for today is making a career out of crime. Book recommendations are for: All The Colours of the Dark - Chris Whitaker When Shadows Fall - Neil Lancaster Her Many Faces - Nicci Cloake Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor Happy listening! | 54m 26s | ||||||
| 2/20/25 | The Art Of The Psychological Thriller - with Claire Douglas | Welcome to series 13, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are talking to the incredible Claire Douglas about her latest novel, The New Neighbours, and our topic for today is The Art of the Psychological Thriller. Book recommendations are for: It Should Have Been You (Andrea Mara), The Voices (Natalie Chandler) and The Return of Frankie Whittle (Caroline England). Happy listening! | 37m 15s | ||||||
| 2/6/25 | Juggling Multiple Roles - with Rob Parker | Welcome to series 13, episode 2 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting to the fabulous Rob Parker about his latest book; The Troubled Deep and our topic today which is Juggling Multiple Roles as an author. We have book recommendations for:- Son by Johana Gustawsson and Thomas Enger, The Tomorrow Project by Heather Critchlow, Memorial Park by Louisa Scarr, It Should Have Been You by Andrea Mara, The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey and... | 56m 08s | ||||||
| 1/23/25 | Why WhoDunnits never go out of fashion! | Welcome to series 13, episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to the fabulous Tom Hindle about his new book DEATH IN THE ARCTIC and why whodunnits never go out of fashion. We have book recommendations for:- All The Colours of The Dark by Chris Whitaker A Beautiful Way to Die by Eleni Kyriacou The Death of Us by Abigail Dean | 44m 23s | ||||||
| 12/19/24 | The Road to Disney+ : When your book becomes a screenplay with Alex Dahl | Welcome to series 12, episode 8 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today is our Christmas special and we’re chatting to Alex Dahl about her latest book Girlfriends and also her earlier novel, Playdate that has been adapted for the screen by Disney+. | 35m 29s | ||||||
| 12/5/24 | Finding the recipe for writing success with Orlando Murrin | Welcome to series 12, episode 7 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are chatting to Orlando Murrin - acclaimed food writer and now crime writer, whose book Knife Skills for Beginners was published in February 2024, and whose new book, Murder Below Deck will publish in March next year. | 1h 00m 19s | ||||||
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| 11/21/24 | Mining trauma for fiction with Jo Jakeman | 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. | 48m 23s | ||||||
| 11/7/24 | How to write uniquely original novels with Will Carver and Dom Nolan | 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. | 49m 24s | ||||||
| 10/24/24 | Does it help to have been a police officer when writing Crime....? | 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). | 48m 37s | ||||||
| 10/10/24 | Switching Genre - How easy is it to do and should you consider it to get another book deal? | 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 | 49m 26s | ||||||
| 9/26/24 | How to get a book deal | 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 | 44m 23s | ||||||
| 9/12/24 | From Self Starter to Big Five author with Mark Edwards | 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 Chr... | 53m 26s | ||||||
| 5/15/24 | Behind the Scenes with Stu Cummins and Charlotte Wilson | 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 | 42m 41s | ||||||
| 4/25/24 | Behind The Scenes with Rebecca Thorne | 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. | 35m 45s | ||||||
| 4/4/24 | Behind the Scenes with Alan Johnson | Welcome to Series 11, episode 4 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are going Behind the Scenes with Alan Johnson, whose new book Death on the Thames is out now! We also have some fabulous book recommendations for you: In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper, by Donald Henderson What We Did In The Storm, by Tina Baker Close to Death, by Anthony Horowitz | 43m 57s | ||||||
| 3/14/24 | Behind The Scenes with Ashley Elston | Welcome to series 11, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we are going Behind The Scenes with Ashley Elston whose new book First Lie Wins is out now! We also have some fabulous book recommendations for you - Lost to Dune Road by Kara Thomas, Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda, Finlay Rolls The Dice by Elle Cosimano, Every Step You Take by MA Hunter and Things Don't Break On Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins. | 30m 56s | ||||||
| 2/22/24 | Behind The Scenes with Tracy Sierra | Welcome to series 11, episode 2 of In Suspense, a podcast for fans and writers of crime and thrillers. Today we are going Behind The Scenes with Tracy Sierra and chatting about her amazing book NIghtwatching which is out now & getting rave reviews! We also have some other book recommendations this week which are: 27 Minutes by Ashley Tate, The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout and Our Holiday by Louise Candlish. | 32m 39s | ||||||
| 2/1/24 | Behind The Scenes with Robert Goddard | Welcome to series 11, Episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today, Lesley and Nikki are chatting to Robert Goddard about the latest in his Umiko Wada series, The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction. Book recommendations in this episode were: VANITY FAIR by William Makepeace Thackeray THE GUEST by B.A. Paris THE ORDINARY MAN by Christie J. Newport | 33m 41s | ||||||
| 12/14/23 | Modernising the crime writing Community | Welcome to series 10, episode 9 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today is our Christmas special and we’re chatting to Vaseem Khan about The Death of a Lesser God and our topic today which is Modernising the crime writing community | 57m 51s | ||||||
| 12/7/23 | Agent Minisode 7: Moving on from your agent | Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our final minisodes on agents, and we’re asking Agent Assistant, Alice Hoskyns from C&W, all of your questions from submitting to agents to that author-agent relationship. Today’s episode is on moving on from your agent You can find out more about Alice and C&W here: https://cwagency.co.uk/agent/alice-hoskyns | 8m 34s | ||||||
| 11/30/23 | True crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable? | Welcome to series 10, episode 8 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we’re chatting to Eleni Kyriacou & Emma Flint on the topic of true crime fiction – should you make the murderer likeable? Here are the books we recommend on today’s show: Eleni’s recommendations: House on Rye Lane by Susan Allott Antarctica by Claire Keegan Emma’s recommendations: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Frankenstein by Mary Shelley &... | 1h 00m 26s | ||||||
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