In a rare visit to Brighton, bestselling author Elizabeth Haynes visits the University of Brighton on 7 March. She’ll be answering questions about her writing career and the inspiration behind her incredibly successful crime thrillers, the most recent of which is Never Alone. Continue reading “Bestselling author Elizabeth Haynes visits UoB”
Peter Squires, University of Brighton
A criminologist with a passion for crime fiction. It sounds a bit of a cliché, but crime thrillers may have started me on this career path to begin with. I’ve always told people that my interest in law and order was ignited by Z-Cars, when believable working class characters and realistic urban settings replaced the usual, old-fashioned cerebral sleuths in country houses. But then I’ve been reading mysteries and detective stories since childhood. I started, as did many, with the Famous Five and the Hardy boys, before gravitating on to more adult crime fiction and legal thrillers. Continue reading “Best summer crime fiction, as recommended by a criminologist”