Sydney writer Christopher Hepworth’s Hollywood-paced international thrillers feature a 21st century “James Bond” hero, a high body count and lots of action in exotic settings. It’s Indiana Jones with high stakes conspiracy. Hi there: I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Christopher tells us why he loves the thriller genre and how growing up in […]

MK Tod began as many of us do – researching her grandfather’s involvement in two World Wars without any thought of where it might lead, and discovered herself as an author who now has three historic novels published and more on the way. Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: The […]

Mystery author Sybil Johnson loves to read and write “cozies” – the lighter side of the mystery genre. Firstly, for their sheer escapism. And secondly because – unlike in real life – justice always prevails. Hi there: I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Sybil is talking about why she dropped out of computer programming […]

Ellen Crosby’s Wine Country series mixes murder with the merlot in a romp through the affluent horse and hunt country of Northern Virginia. Demand for the books is attested by their prominence – Book # 8 – The Vineyard Victims – is out this week – Book # 9 near completion and Book # 10 […]

Sam Blake has had a great career helping many best selling writers get published.  Now she’s joined their ranks, with her Cat Connolly series about a Dublin detective that’s been described as “PD James meets Karin Slaughter.” The first book in the series – Little Bones – went to No 1 in the Irish Best […]

  Carrie Stuart Parks is an internationally recognised forensic artist and creator of the award winning Gwen Marcey suspense series featuring an FBI trained forensic artist who is always being thrust out of her studio into life and death action. Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How Carrie found her […]

Ian Hamilton’s feisty heroine Ava Lee tracks down white collar fraud and retrieves ill gotten gains with an ancient and deadly form of martial arts. Think Jackie Chan meets Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. And if the going gets a little rough sometimes, well Ava and her mentor Uncle like to think of themselves as […]

  Naomi Hirahara  turned to the mystery genre to tell the story of a grumpy old LA gardener and reluctant sleuth who is also a Hiroshima survivor. It’s a story that is central to her life, because it is also her Father’s  story. And as Naomi explains, mystery enabled her to tell the closely personal […]

Sue Ann Jaffarian holds down a full time job and writes more popular mysteries than many full time writers.  With a back list of 25 books ranging from cozy mysteries to paranormal and – more recently – adult romance, Sue Ann is the perfect example of a successful hybrid author.  She explains how she does […]