In Suspense
Hello and welcome to ‘In Suspense’, a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction, hosted by Lesley Kara and Nikki Smith. In each series we’ll be interviewing a wide range of authors, both established and debut, and focussing on a particular topic/theme. If there are any topics you'd like us to talk about, do get in touch on any of our social media platforms. Full length episodes are released every three weeks with occasional series of minisodes in between, where we hear from the experts on all manner of writing and publishing.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 128
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The Best and the Worst
Welcome to series 6, episode 4 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today, Lesley and Lauren chat about the best and the worst parts of being an author.
Minisode: Editing the saggy middle
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Here is our third minisode on the editing process with author and editorial director Phoebe Morgan. Today we’re c…
Carving Out Time to Write
Welcome to series 6, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We’re chatting to Amen Alonge about his debut novel - A Good Day to Die - and our topic to…
Minisode: Self-editing
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Here is our second minisode on the editing process with author and editorial director Phoebe Morgan. Today we’re …
The Next Deal - When, Where, How
Welcome to series 6, episode 2 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We’re chatting to best-selling author, Harriet Tyce, about her latest novel - It Ends At M…
Minisode: The role of the editor
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is our first of six minisodes on the editing process with author and editorial director Phoebe Morgan. Today…
Sex in Thrillers: How much is too much?
Welcome to our first episode of series 6 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Our topic today is Sex in thrillers: how much is too much? We're chatting to win…
Location, Location, Location with Phoebe Morgan
Welcome to series 5, episode 7 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Our topic today is Location, Location, Location, with author and editorial direction for H…
Minisode: Boosting Author Wellbeing
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is the sixth and final minisode with psychologist and author Philippa East.
Today we’re talking about buildi…
Finger on the pulse of themes with Sarah Vaughan
Welcome to series 5, episode 6 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Our topic today is Finger on the pulse of themes, and we're chatting to Sunday Times best …
Minisode: Building Confidence in your Writing
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is the fifth of our minisodes with psychologist and author Philippa East.
The minisodes will run in between …
Pushing the Genre Boundaries in Thriller Fiction
Welcome to series 5, episode 5 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Our topic today is Pushing the Genre Boundaries in Thriller Fiction with Kate Mildenhall, …
Minisode: Recognising stress and how to relieve it
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is the fourth of our minisodes with psychologist and author Philippa East. The minisodes will run in between…
A quick catch up!
A podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. In today's episode Lesley and Lauren catch up after appearing at the Bay Tales live event, and chat books and writing.
Minisode: Coping with public speaking & networking events
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is the third of our minisodes with psychologist and author Philippa East. The minisodes will run in between …
The Delights & Dangers of Podcasting ft Blood Brothers Podcast
Welcome to series 5, episode 3 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Our topic today is The Delights & Dangers of Podcasting with our amazing guests - Chris Mc…
Minisode: Dealing with negative reviews
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is the second of our minisodes with psychologist and author Philippa East. The minisodes will run in between…
Keeping Pace with Linwood Barclay
Welcome to series 5, episode 2 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Our topic today is Keeping Pace. Our guest today needs no introduction. It is the global b…
Minisode: Staying calm during submissions
Welcome to In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. This is the first of our minisodes with psychologist and author Philippa East.
The minisodes will run in between …
Putting the Thrill in Thrillers ft C.L. Taylor
Welcome to series 5, episode 1 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Our topic today is Putting the Thrill in Thrillers. We're chatting to the phenomenal C.L. …