We publish The Stolen Ones by Richard Montanari in Hardback and Ebook on 18th July this year. But you don’t have to wait until July to read it because we have ten advance reading copies to giveaway! Simply fill in your details and you will be entered into our prize draw, but do read our [...]

The Dying Hours is the brand new Thorne thriller from Mark Billingham, released on May 23rd 2013. We know that fans are really excited about the prospect of catching-up with their favourite Detective after his absence last year, but a lot has changed since Thorne’s last outing in Good as Dead.  We talked to Mark Billingham on location in South London to [...]

BULLET POINTS is a series of tips for aspiring crime writers direct from published Crime Vault authors. There will always be five of them and they will always be short and snappy, so if you find yourself staring in frustration at the blank page in front of you, we hope they provide the inspiration for you to start writing… Here, in [...]

I’m often asked what life was like for a Brit in the Royal Hong Kong Police.  Unfortunately, there’s no short answer to that. And of course, everyone’s story is different.        When I left U.K. in 1978 to join the Hong Kong Police, this country was still in the grip of the 3-day week.  Uncollected rubbish littered [...]

I first met my detectives in much the same way we meet people in real life – I got a glimpse of them from a distance, with a few basic impressions that told me very little about their true personalities. When I sat down to write the first book in the Cooper & Fry series, Black [...]

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. We are proud to publish The Dying Hours,  the brand new Thorne thriller from bestselling author Mark Billingham, on 23rd May 2013. THORNE is back. Back on the streets. Back in uniform.  Back in a place where he can trust no one. #Thornebackinmay !! We are also incredibly excited to [...]

The Crime Vault team at Little, Brown Book Group is delighted to have not one, not two, but three of our titles shortlisted for The International Thriller Writers’ 2013 Thriller Awards. Congratulations to nominees Gregg Hurwitz, Alex Marwood and C.J. Lyons. The winners will be announced at ThrillerFest in New York on July 13th, 2013. [...]

I’ve always been fascinated with abandoned buildings – hotels, schools, hospitals – anywhere that has played host to thousands of lives over the years. I believe an energy remains. But while the closing and razing of a theatre is one thing, what about churches?  What happens to the ground itself – once blessed in a [...]

Prologue The buzz in the street was like the humming of flies. Photographers stood massed behind barriers patrolled by police, their long-snouted cameras poised, their breath rising like steam. Snow fell steadily on to hats and shoulders; gloved fingers wiped lenses clear. From time to time there came outbreaks of desultory clicking, as the watchers [...]

‘Ever since I lived in the UK when I was twenty-two, it’s been a sort of home away from home for me. And fittingly enough, it’s been the same for my books.  English readers have embraced my thrillers with warmth and enthusiasm, and every time I get a publishing update from across the drink, I [...]