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
Episodes
450 episodes
ANDREA MARA In Person With Paul
ANDREA MARA chats with Paul about her new psychological thriller
Matthew Carr In Person With Paul
Matthew Carr chats to Paul Burke about his latest historical crime thriller
THE REVIEW SHOW April 2026
Paul Burke looks at new releases on the screen and fiction for April, 2026. TV/StreamingTehran - AmazonThe Capture - BBCGone - ITVxHidden Assets - BBCBooks:Letter to My Judge - George Simeno...
ANTONIA SENIOR In Person With Paul
ANTONIA SENIOR chats to Paul about her new history of the Cambridge Five
HEIDI PERKS In Person With Paul
HEIDI PERKS chats to Paul Burke about her new Psychological thriller IT ENDS HERE, getting published, rejections an...
Samantha Dooey-Miles In Person With Paul
Samantha Dooey-Miles chats to Paul Burke about her debut thriller UNDER THE HAMMER, satire, the housing crisis, daytime TV, para-social relationships, marketing, stalkers, rage and humour.UNDER THE HAMMER Jemma would...
NEIL LANCASTER In Person With Paul
NEIL LANCASTER chats to Paul about his new police thriller
THE REVIEW SHOW March 2026
New crime fiction reviews for march 2026 by Paul Burke. The Harvey Girl Dana StabenovBeattie Cavendish and the Highland Hideaway Mary-Jane Riley Stephen Leather Underdogs Sharks Simone Buchholz trans. ...
NADINE MATHESON In Person With Paul
NADINE MATHESON chats to Paul Burke about her new crime thriller THE SHADOW CARVER, being the Chair of the...
TRACY SIERRA In Person With Paul
Tracy Sierra chats to Paul Burke about her new Psychological thriller ...
LOUISE WELSH In Person With Paul
Louise Welsh chats to Paul about her new novel The CUT UP, Rilke, Glasgow, Scottish PEN, The Cutting Pen, academia and being decent people.THE CUT UP: It's hard to be good when living is expensive. And times are tough on the streets thes...
SIMON BECKETT In Person With Paul
SIMON BECKETT chats to Paul Burke about his new Dr. David Hunter novel
BRIAN PRICE In Person With Paul
BRIAN PRICE chats to Paul Burke about FATAL SHOT, Mel Cotton, Chemistry, Biology and the Science of Crime, Terry Pratchett and common science mistakes by crime writers.Fatal Shot: Pleasure or murder? Was journalist J...
IAN RANKIN & MARK BILLINGHAM #OnTheSofaWithVictoria
SEASON 9 - EPISODE 5: SIR IAN RANKIN (John Rebus) & MARK BILLINGHAM (Tom Thorne) discuss the perks and pitfalls of series fiction & what they might have done differently if they had their time again.Desert Island books:The...
Holly Seddon, Steve Cavanagh & SR Masters #OnTheSofaWithVictoria
Season 9, Episode 5: Holly Seddon 59 mins, Steve Cavanagh Eddie Flynn series & SR Masters The Drop #OnTheSofaWithVictoriaVICTORIA SELMANSundayTimes bestselling author of
VASEEM KHAN & GARETH RUBIN #OnTheSofaWithVictoria
SEASON 9 - EPISODE 4: VASEEM KHAN (Quantum of Menace) & GARETH RUBIN (Holmes & Moriarty) discuss the highs and lows of writing literary spin offs.Desert Island Books Vaseem Khan Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie<...
AA Dhand & Alex Dahl #OnTheSofaWithVictoria
SEASON 9 - EPISODE 3: AA DHAND (Harry Virdee) & ALEX DAHL (Playdate/Stolen Girl) discuss what it's like seeing your novel come to life on the screen and tips for wannabe script writers.Desert Island BooksAmit Dhand The ...
ABIGAIL DEAN & JENNIE GODFREY #OnTheSofaWithVictoria
Season 9 Episode 2: ABIGAIL DEAN (Girl A) & JENNIE GODFREY (The List of Suspicious Things) discuss true crime, second book syndrome and what it's like to have a smash hit debut.VICTORIA SELMANSundayT...
Phoebe Morgan & Jack Butler #OnTheSofaWithVictoria
OnTheSofaWithVictoria - Season 9, Episode 1: Industry Insiders.Phoebe Morgan (Simon & Schuster) & Jack Butler (Little Brown) discuss the trends coming out of the Frankfurt Book Fair.VICTORIA SELMANSundayTimes bestse...