Crime Time FM

DAVID MCCLOSKEY chats to Paul Burke about his new spy thriller London Station, Artemis Procter, TV and film development, The Rest is Classified, avoiding the polemic but hitting the geopolitical, the 'special relationship', narcissism and humour. David McCloskey is a former CIA analyst who worked in field stations across the Middle East and briefed senior White House officials and Arab royalty. His first novel, Damascus Station, was called ‘one of the best spy thrillers in years’ by The Times...

MARTIN EDWARDS chats to Paul Burke about his new novel and anthologies: Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife (Head of Zeus) Guilty Secrets: Beyond and Within (Flame Tree Press, CWA anthology) The Classic Crime Companion (British Library) Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery (with Lucy Rowland, British Library) Eat, Drink and Be Murdered: A Feast of Fatal Fare (British Library) Topics: humour, Golden Age, freshness, what makes a great short story, Rachel Savanake. Mentioned: Edward D Hoch, J...

The Review Show - new releases October 2026 Bad Company Sara Paretsky Chain Reaction Lee & Andrew Child Galway Edge Ken Bruen The Rouse China Mieville Murder in London Matt Avery Rear Window and Other Stories Cornell Woolrich Think of a Number Anderson Bodelsen The Killing Yards Jason Allison Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel Paul Burke is the presenter of Crime Time FM. His first book Spies on Screen will be published this month. Produced by Junkyard Do...

Sara Paretsky chats to Paul Burke about her new spy thriller Bad Company, Lily, CIA = bad dog, being a Chicago Pitbull and falling out of bed in Paris as inspiration for a novel. Bad Company The CIA forced Lily to retire before she was ready. She'd spent forty years as a field agent. She'd been skilled, resourceful, dedicated – everything that makes a good agent, but she'd rubbed too many of her bosses the wrong way. They jumped on a botched op as an excuse to fire her. Now in her seventies, ...

Tariq Ashkanani (Hollow Boys), Emma Styles (The Shark) and Essie Fox (Catherine/Dangerous) chat to Paul Burke about Underground fires, Byron and Vampires and Sharks in the mind and Capital Crime Festival. Paul Burke is the presenter of Crime Time FM. His first book Spies on Screen will be published in October. Apologies for mispronouncing Tariq Ashkanani names in the introduction. Produced by Junkyard Dog Crime Time Crime Time FM is the official podcast of Gwyl Crime Cymru...