Diamond Crime

04/09/2024

Thinking back to Jacqueline Harrett - Author’s brilliant talk at Rhydypennau Library last month 👏📚

Jacqui will be at Cardiff Central Library Hub this Saturday 7th September, along with many other great authors, for a free event full of everything crime fiction. Book at www.ticketsource.co.uk/cardiff-hubs-libraries

02/09/2024

Deadly Protocol - the ultimate medical conspiracy.
Roger Corke’s debut novel is to be published on September 10th. Stay tuned.

01/09/2024

Come along to Cardiff Central Library Hub on Saturday 7th September 10am-4:30pm for Crime Scene: 4 FREE crime fiction events.

Make sure to book your place - not many left! https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cardiff-hubs-libraries

31/08/2024

“A psycholgical thriller with surprises in abundance and as the reader you will find the outcome the biggest surprise of all.”

Thanks to Smorgasbord Book Reviews for the fantastic review of Bethulia by Thorne Moore

Read the full review here: https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2024/07/13/smorgasbord-book-reviews-psychological-thriller-bethulia-by-thorne-moore/

You can get your own copy of Bethulia from our website diamondbooks.co.uk or Amazon.

26/08/2024

Get ready for a brand new Diamond Crime novel coming very soon…

25/08/2024

Nothing better than spending Sunday with a great book and a coffee. ☕️

📖 The Fortieth Step: Legacy by Stephen Timmins

12/08/2024

Phil chatting to great friend and author, Stephanie Matthews, on the Launch of her True Crime Novel, The Drummond Affair, co-authored by Daniel Smith, at Penarth Literary Festival back in June, at All Saints Church. Fantastic Venue, brilliant author, terrific book, great chat. Thanks to the wonderful Griffin Books

The Drummond Affair - 1950s France. A British establishment figure. A shocking crime. A miscarriage of justice. The search for truth.

12/08/2024

03/08/2024

Interested in finding out more about the joy of publishing? Have a listen to The Hobcast Book Show episode #178, where Diamond Crime founder Phil Rowlands Author makes a guest appearance.

https://shows.acast.com/the-hobcast-book-show/episodes/178-the-joy-of-publishing-with-phil-rowlands-diamond-books

What does it take to be a small publisher?

26/07/2024

Diamond Crime’s signature red spine.
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15/07/2024

In Crime Cymru blog, Thorne Moore discusses building atmosphere and developing the plot through the use of setting in books; as well as the potential themes which reside in different settings.

Read here: https://crime.cymru/2024/06/28/location-location/

Location, Location: Thorne Moore Every book needs a setting, that’s obvious, and it is possible to have settings that are nothing more than flat stages with a few strategic props. But in the books …

23/06/2024

Detective in a Coma: Vile City - the first novel of a great series by Jennifer Lee Thomson.

09/06/2024

Come along to Wythall Library this Saturday 15th June for a free author talk by Paul Durston. We hope to see you there!

🗓️ 15th June, 2:15-3:15pm
📍 Wythall Library, B47 5JW
🎫 FREE entry

05/06/2024

If you’re looking for a quick read, look no further than Paul Durston’s Detective Inspector Burton short story which you can find in full on his website www.pauldurston.com/di-burton-series

Paul will be at Wythall Library next Saturday 15th June 2:15-3:15pm for a free author talk. Don’t miss out!

01/06/2024

“If gritty crime is your thing, you’ll enjoy this book.
I did, particularly the deliciously, dark twist at the end.”
~ 5⭐️ Amazon Review of Detective in a Coma: Vile City by Jennifer Lee Thomson

Read this novel and the rest of the Detective in a Coma series for yourself, by getting a copy from our website diamondbooks.co.uk or Amazon.

30/05/2024

A bookshelf filled with some fantastic titles including ‘The Nesting Place’ by Jacqueline Harrett - Author; and Steve Timmins’ ‘The Fortieth Step’ series.

27/05/2024

“When it comes to crime, I love a tale that keeps me turning the pages. This book does exactly that.”

📖 Bethulia by Thorne Moore.

Get your own copy of this from our website diamondbooks.co.uk or Amazon.

25/05/2024

Jennifer Lee Thomson is featured as a special guest on The Hobcast Book Show Episode 174 where she discusses the creative power of longhand writing, her new novel Vigilante City, and more!

Interested in listening? Find the podcast at https://shows.acast.com/646f7fb53c7f5e001173a62e/episodes/174-the-joy-of-longhand-writing-with-jennifer-lee-thomson

Listen to 174: The joy of longhand writing - with Jennifer Lee Thomson from The Hobcast Book Show. So much of publishing of the publishing process has been sped up by waves of digital technology over the past three or four decades, so it's rare to meet an author who believes in the creative power of...

24/05/2024

Here at Diamond Crime we are passionate about the , , and books we publish 📚

Take a look at our full selection of over 20 published novels on our website diamondbooks.co.uk

22/05/2024

“Set in 1950 in Bristol, Jeff Dowson’s One Fight at a Time is a terrific read and in US GI Sergeant Ed Grover, he has created a character that is empathetic, tough and moral but happy to break the rules if necessary.” - Goodreads review

Find out more about Jeff Dowson’s Ed Grover thriller series on our website diamondbooks.co.uk

19/05/2024

With the weather improving, it’s always nice to make the most of the warm weather by reading outside. Do you prefer to read inside or outside? ☀️🏡

15/05/2024

Interested in finding out what it’s like to be an author at a book festival? GB Williams shares her experience at CrimeFest 2024 in her newest blog post.

Read here: https://gbwilliamscrimeblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/13/crimefest24/

This weekend just gone saw me at CrimeFest 2024 in Bristol. This is one of the best crime devoted festivals in the UK. Before I say more about the festival, I want to share this photograph. More th…

14/05/2024

If I Were Me by Paul Durston.

The only person who can free Charlie from this nightmare, is herself. But what will she find on the far side of her memory?

12/05/2024

Happy Sunday, what books have you been reading this weekend?

If you’re looking for a new book to pick up, how about ‘The Nesting Place’ by Jacqueline Harrett - Author, the 1st novel of the DI Mandy Wilde series!

10/05/2024

Two voices – one author. Janet Laugharne and Jacqueline Harrett coauthored their debut novel, What Lies Between Them, published by Dixi Books in 2022, as well as stories in anthologies and online. What Lies Between Them is one woman’s struggle to deal with her past while juggling the demands of work and a dying parent. The setting is a fictional university in Cardiff.
They also write and publish individually. Jacqueline has three crime novels published by Diamond Books UK. The Nesting Place, The Whispering Trees and With Grave Consequences are police procedurals set in Cardiff with DI Mandy Wilde the maverick detective.
Janet’s debut poetry collection, Greenscapes… and other poems was published by erbacce press after it came runner up for the erbacce poetry Prize which attracted over 15,000 entries.

10/05/2024

Here's our first author Thorne Moore who writes crime, domestic noir, historical mysteries, science fiction. Here's a little info about her; she grew up in Luton and studied history at Aberystwyth. She later moved to north Pembrokeshire, to run a restaurant and a craft business, studying Law through the OU before retiring to write full-time. Her crime novels and historical mysteries are mostly set in West Wales, with a couple set in a fictional version of Luton, and include A Time For Silence (finalist for the People’s Book Prize and Bookseller Top Ten best seller). She has also written the science fiction trilogy Salvage. She is a member of Crime Cymru and the Crime Writers Association.

05/05/2024

In Crime Cymru’s latest blog post Thorne Moore discusses how combinations of person and tense in writing can create different meanings. 💭

Read more here: https://crime.cymru/2024/05/03/i-she-and-two-tenses/

01/05/2024

Happy publication day to Jennifer Lee Thomson 🎉

Detective in a Coma: Volume Three - Vigilante City is out now!

Get your own copy - https://diamondbooks.co.uk/book/detective-in-a-coma-vigilante-city/