Guy Fraser-Sampson’s Hampstead Murders series has been described as “An enticing blend of elegance and darkness… of which the finest Golden Age writers would have been proud” (Nicola Upson). Guy Fraser-Sampson is an established writer, previously best known for his ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels, which have been featured on BBC Radio 4 and optioned by BBC television.
John Nightingale’s David Knight novels play with some of the conventions of detective fiction and have been described as “the most teasingly pleasurable crime mystery” (The Times). The Appearance Of Murder (first in the David Knight series)featured as one of the books of the year 2015 in The Times, was identified as one of 10 Best Books of 2015 on AskMen UK and was chosen by Ian Rankin for his Christmas stocking in December 2015.
Chaired by Nicola Upson