My progress in writing true crime has been boosted by my writing partnership with ex-detective, Stuart Gibbon, and this month I'm celebrating the publication of our follow-up book, Being a Detective, which pairs with The Crime Writer's Casebook (both from Straightforward Books).
I also have my new book from Scratching Shed out, Murder in MInd, and I'll be talking about both new books at the Huddersfield Literature Festival on 30 March, when I'm speaking with famous forensic expert, Prof. Angela Gallop.
So it's a perfect time to ask the question: why does our fascination with the genre continue to grow? It's not only the influence of gory television dramas; no, in a secular age, an age of confusion regarding our beliefs, death is the inescapable symbol of our fear of the unknown, and murder lives next door to the Man in Black, who is the unseen anti-hero of every crime drama.