Special Guests: S.A. Cosby and Chris Hammer

Published: Dec. 20, 2023, 2:26 p.m.

Recorded live at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2023.\n\nRising international stars\xa0S.A. Cosby\xa0and\xa0Chris Hammer\xa0are two of the most vibrant and vital voices in crime fiction today.\n\nShawn Cosby rocketed to global prominence with two highly celebrated, award-winning novels. The stunning\xa0Blacktop Wasteland, a powerful and stylish slice of noir, was followed by the poignant and pugnacious\xa0Razorblade Tears\xa0which tackles the most important questions of our times head on. His new novel\xa0All the Sinners Bleed\xa0is much anticipated.\n\nChris Hammer enjoyed a celebrated thirty-year career as a journalist in his native Australia and internationally. His searing debut novel,\xa0Scrublands, was the Sunday Time Crime Book of the Year and won the CWA John Creasey Dagger. Four further novels, each gripping and meaningful, have cemented Hammer\u2019s place as one of the world\u2019s leading thriller writers.\n\nPodcast music by Joseph McDade.