Recorded live at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2023

Rising international stars S.A. Cosby and Chris Hammer are two of the most vibrant and vital voices in crime fiction today.

Shawn Cosby rocketed to global prominence with two highly celebrated, award-winning novels. The stunning Blacktop Wasteland, a powerful and stylish slice of noir, was followed by the poignant and pugnacious Razorblade Tears which tackles the most important questions of our times head on. His new novel All the Sinners Bleed is much anticipated.

Chris Hammer enjoyed a celebrated thirty-year career as a journalist in his native Australia and internationally. His searing debut novel, Scrublands, was the Sunday Time Crime Book of the Year and won the CWA John Creasey Dagger. Four further novels, each gripping and meaningful, have cemented Hammer’s place as one of the world’s leading thriller writers.

Podcast music by Joseph McDade.