THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN COMPASS included among other great books on the 'Best crime and thriller books to read in October 2026' in the i newspaper. Q investigates the murder of a tech millionaire turned antique dealer. Thank you, Anna Bonet! Preorder here: geni.us/q-goldencomp...

A real family affair at @MaidLitFest yest. evening. We had parents, sisters, brothers in law, nieces, niece's friends... & Festival Dan. In the beautiful @waterstonesmaidstone & masterfully chaired by ace psych thriller writer @ajwills_author ... Thank you for a great night!

It's two weeks before THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN COMPASS, the 2nd Q mystery (featuring Q from the James Bond franchise). Q is asked to look into the murder of a tech millionaire. Signing beautiful hardbacks with sprayed edges at the factory. Preorder if sounds like your thing. geni.us/q-goldencomp...

I do like a library based event... @global.noir in Chorleywood. In support of the Wycombe Homeless Connection.

Who is the Mad Torso Killer? - In the latest episode of MURDER JUNCTION Abir Mukherjee and I discuss this infamous true crime from the 1930s - while learning a bit about about the city of Cleveland... Listen in here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Episode 197 - The Cleveland Torso Murderer and The Edge of Darkness

Podcast Episode · Murder Junction · 28 September · 30min

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It's paperback day for sixth Malabar House novel, THE EDGE OF DARKNESS. Set in the Naga Hills, a headless corpse is found inside a locked room at the Hotel Victoria... History, mystery, politics... A video to explain, complete with mood lighting... Buy options here: vaseemkhan.com/the-edge-of-...

This picture says a thousand words. Recording a deadly book duel for Joe Haddow @schmotime and BOOK OFF! with Charlie Higson ... I definitely look like the grown up in the room in this pic. Not sure what was just said but there was a horn on the table which someone may have tooted...

Time for a cup of tea and a shortbread biscuit at the Chiswick Book Festival after a morning event at the new Bradfield Lit Fest in Essex. A busy day. I'm thinking chocolate when I get home. A lot of it.

A talk yesterday evening in beautiful Winchester... I had time for a wander. I learned a lot about Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, King of the Anglo-Saxons and one of the founders of the Kingdom of England.

An excellent evening at Oxford University at the @sthildasoxford crime fiction weekend, presenting a lecture on Bond Villains with Abir Mukherjee @radiomukhers ... As you can see, we made an effort to dress for the occasion, complete with props.

horoughly enjoying the new James Bond novel KING ZERO by Charlie Higson ... Everything you'd want from a Bond book: action, intrigue, exotic locations and proper baddies... plus one of the coolest covers of the year.

Came across this very sci-fi sculpture today at Maynooth University, Ireland while speaking at the Historical Novel Society conference ... Looks like a time machine, which seems wholly appropriate for a history festival!

Ddirect from Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival @harrogatefestivals a special episode of The Book Club ... I'm up first, talking about Q, Daniel Craig's suits, and Jaws as a vacuum cleaner salesman... Murderously good fun! Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Radio 2 Book Club - A Crime Fiction Special: with David Baldacci, Anthony Horowitz, Ann Cleeves, Vaseem Khan and many more - BBC Sounds

Jeremy Vine visits the world's largest crime writing festival in Harrogate

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So... it's last day to vote for #TheakstonsAwards ... Quantum of Menace is shortlisted - along with some other brilliant books. If you've been delinquent & not voted yet, this is your chance to redeem yourself ... Voting takes a few seconds - vote here. Thx! www.harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com/vote

So... it's last day to vote for #TheakstonsAwards ... Quantum of Menace is shortlisted - along with some other brilliant books. If you've been delinquent & not voted yet, this is your chance to redeem yourself ... Voting takes a few seconds - vote here. Thx! www.harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com/vote

So... Quantum of Menace is shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year #TheakstonsAwards @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social Final award is partly decided by vote, so if you can bring yourself to vote for me again... you can vote here: www.harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com/vote

I'm at the beautiful Colchester Library for the @essexbookfest ... Ben, the lovely librarian, asked if I'd like a cup of tea. I said I'd rather have a massive bar of chocolate...Like Willy Wonka he magically produced one... Hopefully I won't eat it all and be sick before my talk.

In the latest episode of MURDER JUNCTION @radiomukhers and I dissect the history of skyscrapers and the most famous books and films featuring hi-rises... all in aid of Abir's 'towering' new book THE PINNACLE, out this week... Tune in now: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

When I was young many of my favourite books had the puffin logo (Puffin is the children's imprint of Penguin Books). Today, I saw a puffin in the wild for the first time. I was tempted to put on my David Attenborough voice... I resisted.

A full house at Shetland Noir for a thorough grilling by the ever warm and generous Ann Cleeves ... I may have wandered off topic once or twice but a stern look was enough to make me behave. Almost behave.

Do you love Outback Noir? On 20 July, I'll be in conversation with Garry Disher, "King of Australian Crime", for his first ever UK tour. We'll be chatting about murder, place & (possibly) Crocodile Dundee ... His latest: Mischance Creek ... Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/.../london-t...

At Hay Festival I was on live episode of BBC Front Row with Val McDermid, Jack Thorne (creator of Adolescence) and Welsh national poet Hanan Issa, marshalled by Samira Ahmed. I spoke about QUANTUM OF MENACE and may have mentioned Sean Connery's nether regions. Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

LAST DAY to vote ... for shortlisting for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. QUANTUM OF MENACE is longlisted... shortlist decided partly by a vote... If you'd like to vote for me, you can vote here: www.harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com/vote .... Thank you!

Currently at the Hay Festival in a sweltering Hay-on-Wye. Speaking later! Hay is one of the world's largest literary festivals and yet it takes place in a small and picturesque Welsh market town. Somehow they accommodate a huge influx of enthusiastic book lovers from all over the globe. Incredible!

Forget the Makerfield by-election! Vote to shortlist for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. My novel QUANTUM OF MENACE (featurg Q from the James Bond franchise) is longlisted - & here is Q's dog with the longlisting mug ... Vote here: www.harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com/quantum-of-m...

Last day... 20% off on pre-order of THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN COMPASS, 2nd in Q series. Q investigates the murder of a tech millionaire... Book is out Oct 22. Ordering from Bookshop.org supports local bookshops. USE CODE: PREORDER20 ..DEADLINE MIDNIGHT 17 MAY tinyurl.com/5ejxvcye

This is rather cool... Turning up to catch a train and seeing my book on a poster at the station (and on the train!)... And if you haven't read it yet, let this poster persuade you... Small town murder mystery featuring Q from the James Bond franchise. Go on, live a little... geni.us/quantumofmen...

1/2 - People often ask me: what was the book that inspired you to write? Well, it was this. Guard! Guards! by the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett. Came across it aged 15 in a library. Decided to write my own comic fantasy aged 17 and send in to agents...

Another shortlist for QUANTUM OF MENACE. Capital Crime FINGERPRINT AWARDS for Overall Crime Book of the Year ... always risky doing something new, so grateful for the way this one has been received. Award is decided by YOU! If you'd like to vote for me VOTE HERE: www.capitalcrime.org/fingerprint-...

Yes, it's temporary, but lovely to see QUANTUM OF MENACE at No. 1 in three categories - British Detective Stories, Espionage Thrillers and Cozy Mystery - perfectly captures the book - small town murder mystery, dry humour, with Q from the James Bond franchise. Options! geni.us/quantumofmen...