Crime Writing

In her first novel 'A History of Crime - The Southern Double-Cross', Dinah Holman takes us back to the New Zealand of the 1880s when dubious land deals were being done by unscrupulous speculators and… Audio

Adam Brookes is a former BBC foreign correspondent whose debut thriller novel, Night Heron, has just been published. The jumping-off point for the story is one of Adam's real-life experiences as a… Audio

Just what is it about Sweden and crime writing? One person who is a star in the genre is Camilla Läckberg. She has sold more than 10 million books in 55 countries, outselling even Steig Larson of the… Audio

Crime pays for a growing number of New Zealand writers. Dr Jenny Lawn has read more Kiwi crime stories than most, and she says it's darkly funny and ingenious in the way people get knocked off here… Audio

Ben Atkins has just had Random House publish his first novel - he's just 19 but you wouldn't know it from his noir crime-story set in the Prohibitionist Depression-era USA. It's called Drowning City.

Dunedin-based Scot Liam McIlvanney talks about the difference between crime and detective novels, why Scotland produces so much great crime writing, his own literary detective creation who's in fact a… Audio

Christchurch author Paul Cleave has written six internationally bestselling crime novels. His seventh novel, Joe Victim (Penguin, ISBN: 9788-0-143-57042-4), is the sequel to his 2006 debut, The… Audio

The British star screenwriter who calls New Zealand home. Creator of hit detective series 'Luther' and gritty spy drama 'Spooks', Neil Cross is one of the hottest properties at BBC TV. So much so, his… Audio

Ben Sanders is young writer in a hurry. At the tender age of 22 he's already published two best-selling crime novels and his third was released just this week. Called 'Only the Dead', it continues the… Audio

Ian Rankin talks to Lynn Freeman about his novel, "Standing in Another Man's Grave", which brings back the man who has been described as "one of the most beguiling characters in the history of crime… Audio

Writer for screen and page Donna Malane on writing crime fiction, tackling the troublesome second novel, and her latest on-screen project, a drama about conscientious objector Archibald Baxter. Audio

Neil Cross talks about his Emmy-nominated series Luther, his episodes of Doctor Who, winning the country's big crime writing award this year, and why he calls New Zealand home. Audio

Legendary British crime writer, whose latest book is called Death Comes to Pemberley, published by Allen and Unwin. Audio

Three of New Zealand's most prominent crime writers - Paul Cleave, Vanda Symon and Paul Thomas - discuss how their stories are affected by their distinctly New Zealand setting. Audio

Traces of Red: Television ratings have dropped and glamorous television journalist Rebecca Thorne has lost her edge. In a bid to save her flailing career she begins to dig into the case of a convicted… Audio

Former Hong Kong barrister who returned to New Zealand to write about crime, and has just published So Brilliantly Clever: Parker, Hulme and the Murder that Shocked the World. Audio

American crime writer based in Montana and Louisiana; his thirtieth novel is Feast Day of Fools. Audio

The familiar voice of Dame Ngaio Marsh – leading crime fiction writer and Shakespearian producer. She sends a personal message on an acetate disc and reveals the tricks of her trade as a dramatist and… Audio, Gallery

Author Michael Connolly is a former police reporter for the Los Angeles Times. After three years on the crime beat in LA he began writing his first novel. He is the author of the acclaimed Harry Bosch… Audio

Roger Ellory was orphaned at 7 and arrested for poaching at 17. He lost contact with his brother and it was the public profile his career as a crime writer gave him that led to them reconnecting. He… Audio