Crime Time FM
Regular crime, thriller & mystery interviews, features and reviews. Flagship weekly show - IN PERSON WITH PAUL hosted by Paul Burke & seasonal series #OnTheSofaWithVictoria hosted by best selling thriller writer Victoria Selman. Also festival coverage, award ceremonies and magazine shows hosted by Paul with Victoria and Crime Time editor/Financial Times crime critic Barry Forshaw. The monthly Review Show, what's hot in crime fiction. Further information can be found at crimetime.fm
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CWA SPECIALS 2025, Part 1, THE WHODUNNIT DAGGER
The Crime Writers Association Whodunnit Dagger
A CWA Specials Part 1
The Whodunnit Dagger celebrates books where the sex, swearing, and bloodletting take place offstage–books that focus on the intellectual challenge at the heart of a good mystery, and which revolve around often quirky characters. Books in this category include cosy crime, traditional crime, and Golden Age-inspired mysteries.
Interviews with all six shortlisted authors ahead of the prize announcement on 3rd July 2025.
SJ Bennett A Death in Diamonds
Andreina Cordini Murder at the Christmas Emporium
Lisa Hall The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl
Meeti Shroff-Shah A Matrimonial Murder
Laura Marshall A Good Place to Hide a Body
Jamie West Murder at the Matinee
Paul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network, Punk Noir Magazine (fiction contribution). He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2025. His first book An Encyclopedia of Spy Fiction will be out 2026.
Produced by Junkyard Dog
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Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023 & 2024 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,