A Christmas Story (Part 1) by Alan Roderick

Part 1 of a 3 part Christmas story courtesy of Alan Roderick for Crime Cymru Crime Cymru This year, Santa’s little helpers have been more than generous and we’ve got a bumper crop of wonderfulChristmas short storiesfor you – from the dark to the whimsical and all stops in between. So put your favourite ChristmasContinue reading “A Christmas Story (Part 1) by Alan Roderick”

A Christmas Story by Sally Spedding

Another Crime Cymru Christmas Story, for you to read, with your pet by your side. Crime Cymru This year, Santa’s little helpers have been more than generous and we’ve got a bumper crop of wonderful Christmas short stories for you – from the dark to the whimsical and all stops in between. So put your favourite ChristmasContinue reading “A Christmas Story by Sally Spedding”

A Christmas Story by Phil Rowlands

Another Christmas story courtesy of Crime Cymru, this one by Phil Rowlands Crime Cymru This year, Santa’s little helpers have been more than generous and we’ve got a bumper crop of wonderful Christmas short stories for you – from the dark to the whimsical and all stops in between. So put your favourite Christmas jumper on, pourContinue reading “A Christmas Story by Phil Rowlands”

A Christmas Story by Eamonn Griffin

Christmas stories are here again from Crime Cymru Crime Cymru This year, Santa’s little helpers have been more than generous and we’ve got a bumper crop of wonderful Christmas short stories for you – from the dark to the whimsical and all stops in between. So put your favourite Christmas jumper on, pour yourself aContinue reading “A Christmas Story by Eamonn Griffin”

BOOKCASE – The Unravelling by Thorne Moore

I get to talk about The Unravelling on the Crime Cymru blog. Crime Cymru In this series, we invite our Crime Cymru authors to showcase an excerpt from one of their books. This week, Thorne Moore talks about researching the recent past and resurrecting childhood memories when writing The Unravelling. My crime books are psychologicalContinue reading “BOOKCASE – The Unravelling by Thorne Moore”

Location, Location: Devil’s Acre

I’ve spent a lifetime researching my family tree. It was never in the hope of finding an aristocrat, statesman, general or explorer among my ancestors. I just wanted to connect with generation upon generation of ancestors, probably all ditch-diggers and swineherds, who had clung on through thin and thinner, back into the mists of history.Continue reading “Location, Location: Devil’s Acre”

One Giant Leap in Profits: Space and the Corporations

In 1957, a 2’ wide aluminium globe made it into orbit around Earth. It was called Sputnik and I remember it well, not because I was interested in Space as a toddler, but because my brother called his guinea-pig Sputnik. Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union. Four years later, Yuri Gagarin became the firstContinue reading “One Giant Leap in Profits: Space and the Corporations”

Six of One with Judith Barrow

Understanding a fellow author can be enlightening, but also painful, as Judith Barrow’s account proves. Crime Cymru In this feature, we ask our Crime Cymru authors to name six things that influenced their life and shaped them as a writer. This week, Wales Book of the Year Award shortlisted author Judith Barrow writes an extraordinarilyContinue reading “Six of One with Judith Barrow”