112 episodes

Hello and welcome to ‘In Suspense’, a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction, hosted by Lesley Kara and Nikki Smith. In each series we’ll be interviewing a wide range of authors, both established and debut, and focussing on a particular topic/theme. If there are any topics you'd like us to talk about, do get in touch on any of our social media platforms. Full length episodes are released every three weeks with occasional series of minisodes in between, where we hear from the experts on all manner of writing and publishing. 

In Suspense Lesley Kara and Nikki Smith

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Hello and welcome to ‘In Suspense’, a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction, hosted by Lesley Kara and Nikki Smith. In each series we’ll be interviewing a wide range of authors, both established and debut, and focussing on a particular topic/theme. If there are any topics you'd like us to talk about, do get in touch on any of our social media platforms. Full length episodes are released every three weeks with occasional series of minisodes in between, where we hear from the experts on all manner of writing and publishing. 

    Behind The Scenes with Rebecca Thorne

    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.

    • 35 min
    Behind the Scenes with Alan Johnson

    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

    • 43 min
    Behind The Scenes with Ashley Elston

    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.

    • 30 min
    Behind The Scenes with Tracy Sierra

    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.

    • 32 min
    Behind The Scenes with Robert Goddard

    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

    • 33 min
    Modernising the crime writing Community

    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 

    • 57 min

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