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I am completely delighted to let you know that Tarnished is book of the month at You’re Booked – the online community for crime readers and writers over at the Harrogate International Festivals Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival site. Not only that, but they are running a competition to win . . . → Read More I recently wrote On Getting Stuck for Shots e-zine. It’s a heartfelt post about the difficulties that can sometimes beset writers… Shots is great! It’s full of news, interviews and reviews from the crime and thriller writing/reading community. If you’ve not visited the site before, it’s well worth a nose around while . . . → Read More  Photo by Darren Cool for CONNORS BRIGHTON It’s a funny old business, publication day. Particularly when it’s your third book and you’re writing a fourth, and the deadline is looming. For your first novel you go out and have a long, boozy lunch, ‘possibly’ followed by an ill-advised walk along the seafront. Your second . . . → Read More 
OK, so I know it doesn’t look much different to the book in the photograph on my last but one post, but believe me, this is a different thing altogether. They arrived a couple of days ago, a big box of them: beautiful, pristine, gorgeous and smelling as brand new books should. It’s the finished trade . . . → Read More Photo by Darren Cool for Connors Brighton Last week I ran a three-hour MA class on plotting at City University. Apart from being one of the scariest things I have ever said yes to (and I admit this as a constant yes-person), planning the session coincided with a small sea-change in my working . . . → Read More 
This is one of the most thrilling moments in the life of an author. Well, I suppose winning a major literary prize – say the Booker – might almost be up there… It’d be good to find out. But really! Back down to earth, Crouch. This is the moment. You have spent the past year grappling with . . . → Read More  Here’s to a restful holiday and a peaceful, yet exciting, new year. Crouch family card. Inspired by . . . → Read More  The Street in Tankerton Last week, Rosanna Ley tagged me in her blog for this, which is a sort of chain blog thing, where you answer questions about your next book and tag five other writers to take up from you. It’s a great idea, but I’m suffering from mathematics, because practically everyone I know . . . → Read More |
Just click on the suitcase to hear the music that inspired and accompanied the writing of Cuckoo. (you'll need a free Spotify account)
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