TIM SULLIVAN talks to Aspects of Crime

TIM SULLIVAN talks to Aspects of Crime

Tim Sullivan talks to Paul Burke about his new George Cross crime thriller, THE TAILOR [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPHBJFVP/?bestFormat=true&k=the%20tailor%20tim%20sullivan&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-ww_k0_1_10_de&crid=3GFGKAOIVNYGM&sprefix=the%20tailor], Josie Ottey, autism, film, becoming a bestseller, Simenon and The Dagger in the Library. The Tailor [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPHBJFVP/?bestFormat=true&k=the%20tailor%20tim%20sullivan&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-ww_k0_1_10_de&crid=3GFGKAOIVNYGM&sprefix=the%20tailor]: Measure twice. Cut once. A bespoke tailor boards the 10:00 train from Bristol to London. Before it reaches Bath, he's found dead in the toilet, his throat slit and a plastic bag pulled over his head. DS George Cross deduces that this wasn't a robbery - nothing about the killing is random. It's an execution. George's investigation brings him dangerously close to a cold and merciless world. And is it his imagination or is he being followed? With the highest conviction rate of any officer in the force, someone will do anything to stop George from getting to the truth. This time, the next cut could be meant for him... Tim Sullivan is an acclaimed screenwriter. He originally read English and Law at university - the latter forced on him by his Dad - but instead he wriggled free of those parental ambitions and pursued his own, to make films. His writing credits include A HANDFUL OF DUST, starring Kristen Scott Thomas, WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, starring Helen Mirren and Helena Bonham Carter, JACK AND SARAH (which he also directed) starring Richard E Grant, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen and LETTERS TO JULIET, with Amanda Seyfried. He is also a Television director whose credits include SHERLOCK HOLMES and COLD FEET and CORONATIONSSTREET. He has written extensively in Hollywood in both live action and animation, working with Ron Howard, Scott Rudin and with Jeffrey Katzenberg on the fourth SHREK movie. He has now embarked on a series of crime novels featuring the autistic, and brilliantly persistent DS George Cross. He self-published the first two books and once they'd achieved over 200,000 downloads he came to the attention of Head of Zeus publishers. So thanks to all his readers for this success and their shared love of George. The novels are set in Bristol in the south west of England, Cross’ methods often infuriate his colleagues and superiors “not so much a thorn in my side as a pain in my arse,” according to his boss DCI Carson. But his conviction rate, thanks to his dogged persistence and attention to detail, is the best in the force. Tim has now written the first four in the series with The Patient being published on March 3rd 2022. Tim feels confident in his claim that he is the only crime writer around who has also co-produced and written a My Little Pony movie for Hasbro. MY LITTLE PONY - A NEW GENERATION is now available on Netflix. Tim lives in North London with his wife Rachel, the Emmy award-winning producer of THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA and PIONEER WOMAN. Their daughters live near by. Recommended: Northanger Abbey Jane Austen, Ripley Patricia Highsmith, John le Carré, TV – The Pitt. Paul Burke is the editor of Aspects of Crime. His first book Spies on Screen will be published later this year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

SAIMA MIR talks to Aspects of Crime

Saima Mir talks to Paul Burke about the Khan trilogy, DELIVERANCE [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deliverance-Saima-Mir/dp/1836431899/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2D7TRVZBI0MPL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.l79Rn4YQMfnnw2wCWGloYw.g6YXfeSiqyPngbjz0rZi9TdPndq5c9T8SDOBlqn7NQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=deliverance+saima+mir&qid=1783000208&sprefix=Deliverance+sa%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-1], Jia Khan, bringing up boys, patriarchy and toxicity in modern society, writing gangsters, optimism for the future. DELIVERANCE [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deliverance-Saima-Mir/dp/1836431899/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2D7TRVZBI0MPL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.l79Rn4YQMfnnw2wCWGloYw.g6YXfeSiqyPngbjz0rZi9TdPndq5c9T8SDOBlqn7NQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=deliverance+saima+mir&qid=1783000208&sprefix=Deliverance+sa%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-1]: She makes the rules, and God help anyone who dares to break them… Jia Khan has seized a power most only dare to dream of. In a world dominated by self-posturing men, she gave women a voice, and built a criminal empire that spans the globe. But now the time has come to legitimise her business. To protect the people she loves, she must escape the very chains her life was forged from.Freedom, however, is never easily won. Her blood runs too deep in the underworld, and powerful enemies have no intention of letting her walk away. When one of her own is murdered, the danger becomes more real than ever. Forced into uneasy alliances with those she once despised, Jia faces enemies pressing in from every side. Is her reign destined to end in blood? For Jia Khan, life has always been a fight, but this is the one battle she cannot afford to lose. Recommended: Honey - Imani Thompson Paul Burke is the editor of Aspects of Crime. His first book Spies on Screen is published this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

GR HALLIDAY talks to Aspects of Crime

GR HALLIDAY talks to Aspects of Crime about FROM THE SHADOWS [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadows-Major-Drama-Monica-Kennedy/dp/1836432887/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SY8WWRFH4BZK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.546nQdYL-OpJpwPW_ejCjxgmNUMGkZCCJ9TvzA3bSzrGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.4QsEhdBLmtn8GQI-PjzR6wdUNRFpIHxyaD9jtcnQkb0&dib_tag=se&keywords=from+the+shadows+g+r+halliday&qid=1782402205&sprefix=G+r+halliday%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-1], new ITV series THE DARK [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadows-Major-Drama-Monica-Kennedy/dp/1836432887/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SY8WWRFH4BZK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.546nQdYL-OpJpwPW_ejCjxgmNUMGkZCCJ9TvzA3bSzrGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.4QsEhdBLmtn8GQI-PjzR6wdUNRFpIHxyaD9jtcnQkb0&dib_tag=se&keywords=from+the+shadows+g+r+halliday&qid=1782402205&sprefix=G+r+halliday%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-1], the Highlands, psychological thrillers, ghosts and the supernatural. FROM THE SHADOWS [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadows-Major-Drama-Monica-Kennedy/dp/1836432887/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SY8WWRFH4BZK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.546nQdYL-OpJpwPW_ejCjxgmNUMGkZCCJ9TvzA3bSzrGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.4QsEhdBLmtn8GQI-PjzR6wdUNRFpIHxyaD9jtcnQkb0&dib_tag=se&keywords=from+the+shadows+g+r+halliday&qid=1782402205&sprefix=G+r+halliday%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-1]: Seven days. Four deaths. One chance to catch a killer. Sixteen-year-old Robert arrives home late. Without a word to his dad, he goes up to his bedroom. Robert is never seen alive again. The discovery of a body on the coast of the Scottish Highlands plunges Detective Inspector Monica Kennedy into a murder investigation that won't begin and end with one death. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Nichol has been missing for seven days. His last message was to social worker Michael, who can't quite shake the suspicion that something is terribly wrong. As Monica is faced with catching a murderer who has been meticulously watching and waiting, Michael keeps searching for Nichol, desperate to find him before the killer claims another victim. G.R. Halliday was born in Edinburgh and grew up near Stirling in Scotland. He spent his childhood obsessing over the unexplained mysteries his father investigated, which has been a major inspiration for his writing. He now lives in the rural highlands outside Inverness, where he is able to pursue his favourite pastimes of mountain climbing and swimming in the sea, before returning home to his band of semi-feral cats. Recommended book - Happy Like Murderers Gordon Burns. Streaming - Should I Marry a Murderer? Paul Burke is the editor of Aspects of Crime. His first book SPIES ON SCREEN will be published later this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

AoC Summer Reads Special

Aspects of Crime Summer Reads Special featuring Richard Foreman, Mark Ellis, Jane Thynne and Paul Burke. A selection of crime and spy reads, fact and fiction. Thomas Waugh Time to Kill Anthony Horowitz A Deadly Episode  Ragnar Jónasson  Simon Mason A Dangerous Stranger & The Finder series. John Nichol Blitz Richard Weston Daniel Defoe Marc Mierowsky A Traitor Amongst Us Daniel Defoe A Tour Through the Islands Antonia Senior Stalin's Apostles  Emmerich Pressburger The Glass Pearl Blunt: Master of Lies Piers Blofeld  Charles Beaumont A Spy at War Mark Ellis A Death in Mayfair Robert Verkaik The Writer and the Traitor Edith Daria Santini (Edith Tudor Hart) Alan Bennett An Englishman Abroad & A Question of Attribution Jane Thynne Appointment in Paris Trent Park Listening Station - new museum. Sönke Neitzel Soldaten Philip Kerr Metropolis (TV Berlin Noir) Peter Straughan screenwriter Charles Cumming Icarus 17 David Jarvis Jan the Dutchman CJ Merritt Octagon Chris Lloyd The Art of Occupation   Paul Burke Spies on Screen: From Silent to Streaming - Sept '26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

A Violent Masterpiece, Jordan Harper on Aspects of Crime

Jordan Harper talks to Aspects of Crime about his new Art-Pulp thriller A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE [https://www.nch.com.au/software/thanksforusing.html?software=MixPad&appname=MixPad&version=7.45&appbits=32&base=mixpad&domain=nch&buyoffer=mixpad&pclass=plus&rgst=1&instby=dl&iid=4ST5q192W8g&help=0&ostype=101&svar=MIXPADEnabletracklevelduckingv2offLLIBControloffLLIBSplimage1offMIXPADSplashv2onLLIBSpllnkulonLLIBSpltxtfadeoffMIXPADGhostlinesv2offMIXPADProjectoverviewmapbookmarkv4offMIXPADClearselectionbuttonv2onMIXPADGhostlinestbbtnonMIXPADClipstartendeditinlineonMIXPADMixerdockonMIXPADPitchcorover30secoffMIXPADVoiceEffectsReorganizeoffMIXPADToolpanelloopiconmatchv2offMIXPADMidichannelrenamev2offMIXPADTtbhamwithmainv2offMIXPADWelcomeoffMIXPADWaveformViewSeparateChannelonMIXPADFadePointUShapeonMIXPADNotifyuserhightracksfreeoffMIXPADPromptbeatmatchbubbletiponMIXPADBSFPoffMIXPADCurveTypeonMIXPADFadePointVerticalAndHorizontalGuideLinesonMIXPADComptooltbbtnoffMIXPADMixtapetbbtnv2offMIXPADAutoarmonLLIBSetflatbuttonresetlabelon&usage=119C02&usagestats=spDS(2)&days=368&runs=397], LA, America, Hollywood, She Rides Shotgun... A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE [https://www.nch.com.au/software/thanksforusing.html?software=MixPad&appname=MixPad&version=7.45&appbits=32&base=mixpad&domain=nch&buyoffer=mixpad&pclass=plus&rgst=1&instby=dl&iid=4ST5q192W8g&help=0&ostype=101&svar=MIXPADEnabletracklevelduckingv2offLLIBControloffLLIBSplimage1offMIXPADSplashv2onLLIBSpllnkulonLLIBSpltxtfadeoffMIXPADGhostlinesv2offMIXPADProjectoverviewmapbookmarkv4offMIXPADClearselectionbuttonv2onMIXPADGhostlinestbbtnonMIXPADClipstartendeditinlineonMIXPADMixerdockonMIXPADPitchcorover30secoffMIXPADVoiceEffectsReorganizeoffMIXPADToolpanelloopiconmatchv2offMIXPADMidichannelrenamev2offMIXPADTtbhamwithmainv2offMIXPADWelcomeoffMIXPADWaveformViewSeparateChannelonMIXPADFadePointUShapeonMIXPADNotifyuserhightracksfreeoffMIXPADPromptbeatmatchbubbletiponMIXPADBSFPoffMIXPADCurveTypeonMIXPADFadePointVerticalAndHorizontalGuideLinesonMIXPADComptooltbbtnoffMIXPADMixtapetbbtnv2offMIXPADAutoarmonLLIBSetflatbuttonresetlabelon&usage=119C02&usagestats=spDS(2)&days=368&runs=397]Los Angeles, right now. America with its back up against the wall. This Frankenstein's monster of crimes and lurid dreams sewn together into something like a city.     A city ready to explode: A Hollywood pedophile is arrested, and is ready to tear down the city to get his freedom. A young woman goes missing—and men in black rubber gloves who look like cops clean out her apartment in the middle of the night. And the serial killer known as the LA Ripper is on the loose, leaving tragic/graphic/brutal crime scenes in his wake. Three people trying to keep their heads above the dirty water will find themselves coming together to unite these strands into one enormous, unspeakable crime ...    Jake Deal is a gonzo live-streaming nightcrawler, beaming the city's chaos straight to his audience of blood-hungry subscribers, giving them the view from the top of the mushroom cloud—until a job he can't refuse drags him back into his old life of Hollywood glamour, drugs, sex and sleaze. Armed with cameras and hidden mics, he'll infiltrate private clubs, gather high-class dirt—and stumble onto a conspiracy woven into the center of LA's most powerful men, who call themselves “The Kids in the Candy Store.”    Doug Gibson is a street lawyer, who fights for his clients against the army of cops, prosecutors and judges—he is the knife they bring to the gunfight. But when he's hired by a Hollywood pedophile ready to sell out his friends for a chance for freedom, he'll take on a fight bigger than he could have imagined. And when his client “commits suicide” in prison, Gibson will have to stop being a weapon—and become a warrior.     Kara Delgado works for an underground private concierge company—a make-a-wish foundation for the terminally rich. She scores drugs, makes connections, and plans multi-million dollar sex parties.She has learned the secret truth of this world: there are no rules, only prices. Her best friend Phoebe has gone missing, and Kara's the only person who knows that Phoebe's place was wiped clean of evidence by men in black rubber gloves. But when she begins to unravel the mystery of what happened to Phoebe, and its connection to the killer known as the LA Ripper, it will drag her into the dark heart of the city.    As Jake, Doug and Kara all investigate these crimes, they'll encounter ketamine-addled sitcom stars, bloody riots, homeless gangsters, a killer cop on death row, secret vaults in Beverly Hills, tech-bro orgies, medical cannibals, true crime junkies, private security wet-work teams, reality shows, street takeovers, car chases, coyotes, a sadistic Tarzan, and a three day, fifty million dollar wedding, before everything is revealed and they must each make their choice about how to fight back in this violent world before the bloody, blazing conclusion. Jordan Harper was born and educated in Missouri. He now lives in Los Angeles where he works as a writer and producer for television. See She Rides Shotgun on streaming. Paul Burke is the editor of Aspects of Crime. His first book Spies on Screen will be published in September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]