Crime Time FM

DAVID MCCLOSKEY chats to Paul Burke about his new spy thriller London Station, Artemis Procter, TV and film development, The Rest is Classified, avoiding the polemic but hitting the geopolitical, the 'special relationship', narcissism and humour.
David McCloskey is a former CIA analyst who worked in field stations across the Middle East and briefed senior White House officials and Arab royalty. His first novel, Damascus Station, was called ‘one of the best spy thrillers in years’ by The Times; his second, Moscow X, was a Sunday Times Thriller of the Year. His third, The Seventh Floor, was a Sunday Times bestseller, as was his fourth, The Persian. He is the co-host of the podcast The Rest is Classified, and lives in Texas.
Mentions: Rafik Schami The Dark Side of Love, The Wager David Grann, Samar Yazbek Where the Wind Calls Home, Elmore Leonard Swag, Stick, Paul Vidich The Poet's Game.
Paul Burke is the presenter of Crime Time FM, the fiction editor of Spybrary and his first book Spies on Screen is out now.
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Crime Time

Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,

MARTIN EDWARDS chats to Paul Burke about his new novel and anthologies:
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife (Head of Zeus)
Guilty Secrets: Beyond and Within (Flame Tree Press, CWA anthology)
The Classic Crime Companion (British Library)
Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery (with Lucy Rowland, British Library)
Eat, Drink and Be Murdered: A Feast of Fatal Fare (British Library)
Topics: humour, Golden Age, freshness, what makes a great short story, Rachel Savanake.
Mentioned: Edward D Hoch, John Bude, Mavis Doriel Hay, ECR Loric, Agatha Christie, Anthony Barclay, John Bingham, Henry Wade, Dorothy L Sayers, Shelley Smith, Julian Symonds. DM Devine, Freeman Wills Croft.
Martin Edwards is a multi award winning, bestselling author of novels and anthologies. He is the editor of the CWA short story collections and a consultant to the British Library Classic Crime books. He is a CWA Diamond Dagger Winner for a life time contribution to Crime Writing.
Paul Burke is the presenter of Crime Time FM and his first book Spies on Screen is a aoble now.
Produced by Junkyard Dog

Crime Time

Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,

The Review Show - new releases October 2026
Bad Company Sara Paretsky 
Chain Reaction Lee & Andrew Child 
Galway Edge Ken Bruen 
The Rouse China Mieville 
Murder in London Matt Avery 
Rear Window and Other Stories Cornell Woolrich
Think of a Number Anderson Bodelsen
The Killing Yards Jason Allison 
Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel
Paul Burke is the presenter of Crime Time FM. His first book Spies on Screen will be published this month.
Produced by Junkyard Dog

Crime Time

Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,

Sara Paretsky chats to Paul Burke about her new spy thriller Bad Company, Lily, CIA = bad dog, being a Chicago Pitbull and falling out of bed in Paris as inspiration for a novel.
Bad Company The CIA forced Lily to retire before she was ready. She'd spent forty years as a field agent. She'd been skilled, resourceful, dedicated – everything that makes a good agent, but she'd rubbed too many of her bosses the wrong way. They jumped on a botched op as an excuse to fire her. Now in her seventies, waiting in a doctor's office, she reads a magazine article that startles her out of retirement. The story casts doubt on everything she believed about her first – and happiest – posting in Hayalistan, one of the old Soviet republics. Lily's angry, and she decides to find out what really happened when she was stationed there. As word of her investigation gets back to the CIA, the Company knows they must silence her. But Lily's aging body can't perform the feats it managed in her forties and fifties, and escaping their attempts on her life will test her physical and mental skills at a whole new level.
Mentions: Sally Carson, Ian McEwan, Saul Bellow, Ross Thomas, Dasheill Hammett, Raymond Chandler, The Sisterhood Liza Mundy
Sara Paretsky Called a "genius" by Lee Child and "one of the all time greats" by Karin Slaughter, Sara Paretsky transformed the role of women in the mystery world with her detective, V.I. Warshawski. V.I. is tough, feminine and vulnerable, but above all loyal to her friends and clients. Paretsky and Warshawski share a love of singing, Golden Retrievers and Italian reds. V.I. has escaped many near-death experiences, including drowning in Chicago's swamps (Blood Shot), falling down an elevator shaft (Burn Marks), and multiple attempts to shoot her down (Dead Land). Paretsky would have retired to the Umbrian Hills after one such event, but V.I. keeps coming back for more. Paretsky's passion for social justice is reflected in her novels but also in her support for reproductive health and the welfare of women and children. She founded Sisters in Crime, an international organization that advocates for women in the mystery/thriller field. She is one of four living writers to earn both the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers and Grand Master from the Mystery Writers of America.
Paul Burke's first book Spies on Screen will be published in October.
Produced by Junkyard Dog

Crime Time

Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,

Tariq Ashkanani (Hollow Boys), Emma Styles (The Shark) and Essie Fox (Catherine/Dangerous) chat to Paul Burke about Underground fires, Byron and Vampires and Sharks in the mind and Capital Crime Festival. 
Paul Burke is the presenter of Crime Time FM. His first book Spies on Screen will be published in October. 
Apologies for mispronouncing Tariq Ashkanani names in the introduction. 
Produced by Junkyard Dog

Crime Time

Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023-2026 & National Crime Reading Month
& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 2024
2024 Slaughterfest,