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Author Chat with Caroline Maston – UK Crime Book Club

Posted on January 15, 2025 in Bhopal, Losing Control

On Friday 10th January I had a one hour chat with Caroline Maston from the UK Crime Book Club.

You can see and listen to the recording here

Among many other things, we talked about my 6th novel Losing Control.

The first crime book I read in 2025 was Long Water by Stef Penney (Norway, Arctic Circle – missing teen. atmospheric!) and I’m currently reading Paul Hawkins The Blue Hour (Artists legacy secret – what secrets remain buried on a tidal Scottish island?). Both have wonderful older women as protagonists.

Some of the other books we discussed were Jane Jesmond s thrilling Jen Shaw series (#1 On the Edge, #2 Cut Adrift, #3 Gone to Earth (and stand alone A Quiet Contagion)),  William Shaw The Birdwatcher (prequel to the brilliant DS Alexandra Cupidi series) . Trevor Wood has an excellent new book – The Silent Killer.

The New Zealand books we talked about were Vanda Symon #Overkill from #Orenda and @MichaelBennett #BettertheBlood . Post Mortem insights from @DrRichardShepherd via #UnnaturalCauses and the wonderful Effie Merryl who helped with the police angle in ‘Losing Control’ has published a tremendous book #Maman

The UK Crime Book Club group are a tremendously welcoming facebook group with almost 30,000 members who actively read and discuss crime fiction by UK based authors.

Postscript: Caroline was half way through the book when we talked. After she finished it, she left me the most wonderful review!

‘The start of a sensational new series from the author of the chemical detective. I loved everything about this book, the fact it’s based partly on a real world disaster that the world should know more about. The new characters are fascinating and draw you in and make you want to keep reading to see what happens to them and the plot itself is outstanding. Set in teeside an area I don’t know well but feel like was a strong part of the novel, this is a book you won’t be able to put down. Definitely in book of the year material for me 5*‘