Crime Time FM

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.
Photo copyright ©Paul Reich 
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Crime Time

Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,

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, waiting in a doctor's office, she reads a magazine article that startles her out of retirement. The story casts doubt on everything she believed about her first – and happiest – posting in Hayalistan, one of the old Soviet republics. Lily's angry, and she decides to find out what really happened when she was stationed there. As word of her investigation gets back to the CIA, the Company knows they must silence her. But Lily's aging body can't perform the feats it managed in her forties and fifties, and escaping their attempts on her life will test her physical and mental skills at a whole new level.
Mentions: Sally Carson, Ian McEwan, Saul Bellow, Ross Thomas, Dasheill Hammett, Raymond Chandler, The Sisterhood Liza Mundy
Sara Paretsky Called a "genius" by Lee Child and "one of the all time greats" by Karin Slaughter, Sara Paretsky transformed the role of women in the mystery world with her detective, V.I. Warshawski. V.I. is tough, feminine and vulnerable, but above all loyal to her friends and clients. Paretsky and Warshawski share a love of singing, Golden Retrievers and Italian reds. V.I. has escaped many near-death experiences, including drowning in Chicago's swamps (Blood Shot), falling down an elevator shaft (Burn Marks), and multiple attempts to shoot her down (Dead Land). Paretsky would have retired to the Umbrian Hills after one such event, but V.I. keeps coming back for more. Paretsky's passion for social justice is reflected in her novels but also in her support for reproductive health and the welfare of women and children. She founded Sisters in Crime, an international organization that advocates for women in the mystery/thriller field. She is one of four living writers to earn both the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers and Grand Master from the Mystery Writers of America.
Paul Burke's first book Spies on Screen will be published in October.
Produced by Junkyard Dog

Crime Time

Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,

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 Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,

David Fennell chats to Paul Burke about his new crime thriller/comedy novel All Killers Aboard, crime and comedy, Martha andAgatha Christie and Roger Ackroyd, Wuthering Heights 
ALL KILLERS ABOARD: On a luxury cruise from Southampton to New York, the annual gathering of the mysterious Midnight Chorus Society is in full swing. Unbeknownst to the rest of the innocent passengers, the deadly convention is made up entirely of serial killers, wannabes and their fans.
Travelling on board is Hollywood royalty Jacqui Dulac, star of the television show Lady Detective, and her latest ghost-writer, Martha Hammond. Yet when Martha witnesses a shocking murder on deck, with a single red button found near the crime scene, the quarrelling duo must put aside their differences to become real-life detectives...
But with a cruise liner full of the world's most notorious serial killers, they both know that when there's been one murder, another is sure to follow. And as a storm rocks the ship, can Martha and Jacqui identify the killer before it's too late?
DAVID FENNELL: was born and raised in Belfast during the Troubles. He left for London at the tender age of eighteen and jobbed as a chef, waiter and bartender for several years before starting a career as a writer in the software industry. He is now a full time novelist. David is the author of the multi award nominated SLEEPER series and the popular GRACE ARCHER crime series. His sixth novel, A VIOLENT HEART, won the 2025 Capital Crime Thriller of the Year award.
Recommend: Buckeye Patrick Ryan, The Devils Joe Abercrombie.
Paul Burke is the presenter of Crime Time FM. His first book Spies on Screen will be published later this year.
Produced by Junkyard Dog

Crime Time

Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,

Watching the Detectives authors In Person With Paul talking about their short story contributions to the anthology
Julie Anderson Party Time
Paul Durston A Place Like This
Caroline England I Always Win
Fiona Forsyth Ancilla
David Jarvis Dutch Courage
Roger RN Morris Take All Necessary Measures
Talk about the Watching the Detectives crime fiction anthology. From ancient Rome to modern day northern England, from spy to police procedural to golden age caper. What you can do with a short story as opposed to the novel. Is character still king?
Paul Burke is the editor of Aspects of Crime and the presenter of Crime Time FM. His first book Spies on Screen will be published later this year.
Produced by Junkyard Dog

Crime Time

Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,