Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2017

Very excited to be appearing at Theakstons again this year, with Mark Billingham, Steve Mosby, Belinda Bauer and Melanie Raabe. From the programme:

"How did they think of THAT…? Unpick the criminal masterminds behind the bestsellers. Known for being an all-round lovely chap, Festival favourite Mark Billingham chairs a panel who are also rather lovely. So what inspires their murderous meanderings? Unpick the ‘dark mind’ behind the charming façade of Sarah Hilary whose brutal but deeply moral books have garnered awards and acclaim. Steve Mosby, the tattoo’d crusader, does disturbing brilliantly. He studied philosophy and did a series of admin jobs (Excel spreadsheets can drive you to murder) before writing full time. The Independent said of award-winning Belinda Bauer that she took ‘the psychological thriller into new territory’. That says something in a well-trod ground. Where does she get her ideas? Finally, get ensnared with Melanie Raabe, the unique premise of her in-demand debut The Trap caused a stir amongst Hollywood producers."

Book your tickets here.

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A Stab in the Dark

This is the best fun I've had chatting about murder. With Belinda Bauer and Mark Billingham, who asks all the important questions such as country vs. city crime, and which biscuit is best?

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No Other Darkness on special offer

Barry Award finalist, No Other Darkness (Marnie Rome book 2) is a snip in June as part of the Kindle Monthly Deal. Do spread the word!

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2017 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year

I'm thrilled and honoured to find Tastes Like Fear on the longlist for the Theakstons Crime Novel of Year!

Congratulations to all the amazing authors and books on the list which includes so many of my writing heroes.

2017 was an epic year for crime fiction. Hunt down all 18 of these titles, and devour them!

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Bristol book event with CL Taylor

I dare you to join Cally Taylor and me at Foyles in Cabot Circus, Bristol, for an author reception on 11 May. We'll be chatting about books, doing a spot of reading and generally enjoying ourselves in a lovely local, independent bookshop. It's free, so do come!

Quieter Than Killing review - vivid and eerie

 

"As ever, Hilary has an uncanny knack for conjuring up a scene or a character in a few words – the face of the pugilistic wife beater “like the skin setting on custard”; the miserable high-rise block “smelling of chip fat and orange ammonia”. As ever, Rome manages to be both vulnerable and tough, charismatic and brimful of gut feeling. And as ever, Hilary belts out a corker of a story, all wrapped up in her vivid, effortless prose. Long may Marnie Rome walk the streets of our capital." 

Alison Flood writing in the Guardian, March 2017, where Quieter Than Killing is Thriller of the Month 

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Quieter Than Killing is the Observer's Thriller of the Month!

Celebrating this week, with my launch party at Toppings on Thursday where Alison Graham, TV Editor of the Radio Times, will be interviewing me about Marnie, TV crime dramas and more. And woke to the fantastic news this morning that Alison Flood in the Observer has picked Quieter Than Killing as her Thriller of the month. Alisons are my heroes!


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