Oliver Harris's Blog

Kane 3 - The Shame Archive - out June 4th.

'Captivating and horrifying at once, a completely plausible evocation of the putrid morass that is the British Establishment and its craven capitulation to Russian money - or indeed, any money. Oliver Harris is squarely in the territory of the greats: Greene and le Carré but also the modern masters, Mick Herron and Adam Brookes. There can be no higher accolade' Manda Scott

The fourth instalment of the Nick Belsey series will be available on July 7: 'A Season in Exile':

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/oli...

The Hollow Man and Deep Shelter will both be available as audiobooks from tomorrow, 19th November.
Check them out and download them over at Audible >> http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Crime-Thr...

The 2nd in the DC Belsey series is out in Germany on Monday. Called London Underground (Deep Shelter in the UK), this installment sees Nick Belsey chasing a dangerous criminal determined to lure him down into London's secret network of underground tunnels. But why?

You can read more about it here: http://oliverharris.co.uk/index.php/d... and find the German publication's page here: http://www.randomhouse.de/Buch/London...

The 2nd in the London crime thriller series featuring DC Nick Belsey is out now in the US!

Find out more about Deep Shelter, a gritty London thriller featuring cold war tunnels and a complex murderer on the loose, over at its GoodReads page >> https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Oliver will be at Noirwich Festival this Wednesday evening to talk about his second novel in the DC Belsey series. Other writers featured include Val McDermid and Sophie Hannah. The festival, and Oliver himself, have been featured in this round up of the hottest book festivals this season >> http://www.high50.com/culture/article...

For more details on the Noirwich crime fiction festival, check out this link: http://www.writerscentrenorwich.org.u...

A new review giving Deep Shelter 4 out of 5 is up over on the Raging Biblioholism site:

"One of the more interesting successes of a novel can be when it teaches the reader something. Not in a pedantic way (not necessarily anyway) – but when the reader, intrigued by what they’ve been reading about, decides even to do a cursory Googling of a particular concept. For example: deep shelter sites in London. Oliver Harris pulls off this feat of melding a history lesson (about a relatively unknown thing) with a terrific crime/mystery plot and barely has to sacrifice any of the things that made the first Nick Belsey novel such a refreshing twist on the genre."

Read more here >> http://ragingbiblioholism.com/2014/08...

Harper Perennial currently has a special sale on with The Hollow Man and a range of other great reads for only $1.99 until 25th August - just 5 days left!

Check out their Facebook page for more info:
https://www.facebook.com/HarperPerenn...

Back in 2013, I was asked to contribute to Harvill Secker's crime writing masterclasses in partnership with the Telegraph.

I gave my thoughts on the art of brilliant beginnings for crime fiction - you can still catch the video interview and article of tips by clicking below:

www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/cri...