Writes about books and the like for the Telegraph and the like. Mainliner of crime fiction.

Joined July 2011
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The full programme for the 33rd St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend with guest of honour @AndrewJRTaylor and a stellar cast of speakers is now online! In Oxford and online, 4-6th September. Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/asset/cfw… Tickets: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/20… #hcfw26
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Huge thanks to @JakeKerridge for including Paperboy in this list - The 21 best crime and thriller novels of 2025. Some incredible authors on here. I'm a big fan of Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir series, it's a trip to be listed along with it! @PushkinPress telegraph.co.uk/books/crime-…
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An online ticket to @HildasCrime gives you full access to all sessions inc live Q&As. Plus the chance to win our Whodunnit starring @radiomukhers @Anna_Mazz @RuthWareWriter William Ryan and @JakeKerridge 8-10th August st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/20…
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Huge thanks to @JakeKerridge for including PAPERBOY in his round up of the best new crime and thriller books of 2025! "a vision of Glasgow as a technicolor hellhole of corruption, reminiscent of James Ellroy’s Los Angeles" - that really made my day! share.google/8u6nrtLhy3uRtKq…
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The Peacock and the Sparrow @isberryauthor is @JakeKerridge's THRILLER OF THE YEAR @TelegraphBooks & a TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR! 'the advent of a writer who has both the insider knowledge & the literary chops to convey the flavour of 21st-century espionage' Thanks, Jake!
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What were the best crime thrillers of 2024? 📚 This year saw a bumper crop of flawed and villainous heroes, some more traditional cops and the thrilling advent of a new spy-writing talent... Read @JakeKerridge 's picks here: telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t…
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…”Harkaway’s new recreation of the Smiley milieu is note-perfect”. “Readers will respond to KARLA’S CHOICE with pure gratitude”. Stellar Sunday Telegraph review by Jake Kerridge of Nick Harkaway’s KARLA’S CHOICE, dramatising a few missing events from George Smiley’s life.
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📚The 2024 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Han Kang, has been praised for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas". Read @JakeKerridge 's reaction here: telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t…
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'Librarians: extensively trained professionals whose role in connecting people with books & providing information cannot be supplanted by machines or volunteers' - great to have a chance to input to this article @JakeKerridge @TelegraphBooks @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/books/young-…
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'Berry has all of le Carré’s cynicism about Western intelligence services & outsoars him in her ability to convincingly evoke a love affair against an espionage backdrop. This is a star in the making' Thanks @JakeKerridge @TelegraphBooks The Peacock and the Sparrow is out 24 Oct
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Head over to @Shotsblog to read an extract from #ACaseOfMatricide by @GMacraeBurnet wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com… Catch Graeme at @WaterstonesTraf this Thursday at 7pm in conversation with @JakeKerridge, tickets available here waterstones.com/events/a-cas… We hope to see you there!
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🚨And dear LONDON FOLK, lest you feel left out of the matricidal festivities, a week today (10th), I'll be in conversation with the mighty @JakeKerridge at @WaterstonesTraf 🚨 Would love to see you there!🍷 waterstones.com/events/a-cas…

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ICYMI, I was incredibly lucky to visit HMP Bullingdon with #SlowHorses creator Mick Herron to mark 25th anniversary of @PRG_UK for #ExpressFeatures. With 5,000 reading group sessions over 25 yrs, PRG is doing amazing work. Thanks to all involved at Bullingdon, PRG & @MoJGovUK 👏
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‘P. D. James is the crème de la crème of crime authors.’ Ian Rankin Feast your eyes on our beautiful new editions of P. D. James's bestselling mysteries starring Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. The first five reissues are available now 📚 linktr.ee/adamdalgliesh
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@RevRichardColes is in the @HildasCrime #spotlight today. wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com… which artists would he invite to dinner & which concert would he like to attend again? @gigicroft @hilda_beastoxf @sthildas_events @sarah_hilary @JakeKerridge @CrimeReaders @AndrewJRTaylor #HCFW24
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