@niccifrench.bsky.social
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Frightening people for a living
Our new book, a story of friendship and betrayal, is now crazy cheap on Amazon Kindle
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Quick Book Reviews Podcast
2 months ago
I had the best time chatting to
@niccifrench.bsky.social
on the podcast and you can listen to our chat right now! Links:
podfollow.com/quick-book-r...
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Our tale of reunions, lost youth and revenge is published in the US today. We’re so excited for people to read it
about 2 months ago
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Our story of lost youth, reunions and revenge is now published in the US.
about 2 months ago
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Our story of lost youth, of reunions and revenge is published today!
about 2 months ago
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Is there anything scarier than a reunion with old friends? Our story of reckonings with the past and lost youth is published this Thursday
2 months ago
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Quick Book Reviews Podcast
2 months ago
Today you can hear my interview with
@niccifrench.bsky.social
as we discuss their brand new book What Happened That Night. You can listen to the discussion here:
podfollow.com/quick-book-r...
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Is there anything scarier than a reunion with old friends? Our story of reckonings with the past and lost youth is published this Thursday
2 months ago
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Hitchcock made some strange films but Rope is one of the very strangest. We tried to make sense of it in a conversation with David Runciman
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4 months ago
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Past Present Future Podcast
4 months ago
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today is the 1st in our series of live eps recorded at the Regent St Cinema in London: David talks to crime writers Nicci Gerrard & Sean French (aka
@niccifrench.bsky.social
) about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), based on Patrick Hamilton’s play. Find us at...🎧
ppfideas.com
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It’s always a thrill. Our new book has arrived! Out in February
4 months ago
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At a time when not much seems funny, this is genuinely funny:
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
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The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
https://www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/national-affairs/olivia-nuzzi-rfk-jr-ryan-lizza-explained-book-scandal
4 months ago
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Ben Fletcher-Watson
4 months ago
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
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An utter masterpiece. It couldn’t be more different from our work, but it’s one of our great inspirations. It’s now on BBC iplayer and not to be missed!
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5 months ago
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What an extraordinary (and terrifying) statistic!
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5 months ago
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A child seems to have witnessed a murder. But there doesn't seem to be a victim. Puzzled? You can find out the truth on Kindle for less than a pound.
5 months ago
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Tomás Murray
6 months ago
Today is Angela Lansbury’s 100th birthday. 📸 Yousuf Karsh (1946)
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James McKenzie
7 months ago
There’ll be lots of people queuing up to say nice things about Danny Thompson but for me it’s those double bass contributions on the life changing Spirit of Eden . Cheers Danny
youtu.be/HSfGvuiFOWI?...
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Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988) FULL ALBUM
YouTube video by lazlo74
https://youtu.be/HSfGvuiFOWI?si=5is24Fu-XsQRViPN
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Danny Daly
7 months ago
Excellent evening
@regentstcinema.bsky.social
for a screening of
#Rope
, followed by
@ppfideas.bsky.social
live podcast recording with
#DavidRunciman
and
@niccifrench.bsky.social
👏
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Rope is one of Hitchcock's weirdest, most disturbing works - which is saying something. We'll be talking about it with David Runciman for the
@ppfideas.bsky.social
podcast.
www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/ropeli...
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Rope + Live Recording of Past Present Future Podcast with David Runciman, Nicci Gerrard, Sean French
Rope (1948): Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, this psychological thriller explores crime as an intellectual exercise. Based on the notorious real-life case of Leopold and Loeb,...
https://www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/ropelive-recording-of-past-present-future-podcast-with-david-runciman-nicci-gerrardsean-french/
8 months ago
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Past Present Future Podcast
8 months ago
🔔 First in our ‘Films of Ideas’ live recordings coming up next Friday. Join us, we’d love to see you there! ⬇️
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'Believe nothing, trust no one'. We're talking about our bleak philosophy of fiction and of life at 2.30 Saturday 13 September at the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling.
8 months ago
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Edge of Darkness
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8 months ago
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You can get The Memory Game, our very first book, for just 99p on Kindle. So old it has no mobile phones, no internet, no AI and the female protagonist smokes like a chimney. We're still rather proud of it, though.
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Rope is one of Hitchcock's weirdest, most disturbing works - which is saying something. We'll be talking about it with David Runciman for the
@ppfideas.bsky.social
podcast.
www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/ropeli...
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Rope + Live Recording of Past Present Future Podcast with David Runciman, Nicci Gerrard, Sean French
Rope (1948): Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, this psychological thriller explores crime as an intellectual exercise. Based on the notorious real-life case of Leopold and Loeb,...
https://www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/ropelive-recording-of-past-present-future-podcast-with-david-runciman-nicci-gerrardsean-french/
8 months ago
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A really illuminating piece
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8 months ago
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Sam Freedman
8 months ago
New post: "The Radicalisation Spiral" Why are so many people becoming radicalised? Is there any way to stop it? With an antivaxxer running the US health dept + extreme discourse dominating politics it's an increasingly pressing question. (£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
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The radicalisation spiral
Why does it happen and can it be stopped?
https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/the-radicalisation-spiral?r=72szy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Rian Johnson
9 months ago
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
RIP to a true GOAT
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Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
https://youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?si=NjIFgRnZznaXb8nn
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Why would you clean up a murder scene? The Lying Room is now so cheap on Kindle that we're virtually paying you to read it.
9 months ago
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Forget your enemies. What if it’s your friends and neighbours you can’t trust? Out now in paperback!
10 months ago
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You can now 'buy' our recent book, Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?, for basically no money at all.
11 months ago
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It's not your enemies you should be frightened of, it's your friends. Our new book is now available for less than the price of something that costs a pound.
about 1 year ago
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We did a Q and A about our new book, us and more
thenerddaily.com/nicci-french...
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Q&A: Nicci French, Author of 'The Last Days of Kira Mullan' | The Nerd Daily
Nicci French is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, and so we chat with the duo about their new release The Last Days of Kira Mullan, which is a chilling new ...
https://thenerddaily.com/nicci-french-the-last-days-of-kira-mullan-interview/
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Big shout out to ALL authors shortlisted in
#BritishBookAwards2025
but esp crime/thriller nominees
@radiomukhers.bsky.social
@richardosman1.bsky.social
@niccifrench.bsky.social
Claire Douglas, Chris Whitaker &
@susiedent.com
Thrilled
@express.co.uk
is involved
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2023...
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Gillian Anderson's saucy tales in running for top book award
The Crown star is among authors shortlisted for the British Book Awards 2025 for her collection of female erotic fantasies from around the world
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2023720/Book-Awards-2025-Gillian-Anderson
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Chris Brookmyre
about 1 year ago
Heading to Aberdeen tomorrow for Granite Noir. Marisa and I will be talking
@ambroseparry.bsky.social
with
@niccifrench.bsky.social
on Saturday night at the Music Hall, and there are still tickets to see the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers on Sunday night:
www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/gra...
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Granite Noir 2025: The Fun Lovin' Crime Writers | Aberdeen Performing Arts
https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/granite-noir-2025-the-fun-lovin-crime-writers/
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Hear us tomorrow talking about two of our favourite books.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French
The husband and wife writing duo pick favourite reads.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027t6l
about 1 year ago
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Dorian Lynskey
about 1 year ago
RIP Marianne Faithfull. Four years I ago I sat in on a conversation between her and Courtney Love. She was very ill but indomitable.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Marianne Faithfull and Courtney Love talk romantic poetry, cheating death and the joys of sober sex
Friends since the '90s, two of rock's grandes dames gather to discuss Faithfull's new album, “She Walks in Beauty,” and their near-death experiences in 2020.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-27/marianne-faithfull-courtney-love-poetry-cheating-death-sober-sex
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Bowled over by Alison Flood's review of The Last Days of Kira Mullan in this week's Observer
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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Crime and thrillers of the month – review
Nicci French’s latest gem; an unsettling brainteaser from Japanese enigma Uketsu; the tensions that mar the maiden voyage of an airship; and a sojourn on a scary Scottish island
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/21/and-thrillers-of-the-month-review-nicci-french-last-days-of-kira-mullan-uketsu-strange-pictures-tom-hindle-death-in-arctic-alice-feeney-beautiful
about 1 year ago
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In all good bookshops now!
about 1 year ago
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What if your friends were also your enemies? Published tomorrow!
about 1 year ago
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In bookshops on Thursday!
about 1 year ago
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What if you had visions and one of them was of a murder? People don’t believe you. Can you even believe yourself? Our new book is published next week.
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
Let’s end the year with my top five books of 2024, all reviewed for
@crimefictionlover.bsky.social
- and they’re all crackers! Congratulations to AK Turner
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
@anncleeves.bsky.social
@niccifrench.bsky.social
and Marie Tierney.
crimefictionlover.com/2024/12/deat...
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DeathBecomesHer: Top five books of 2024 | Crime Fiction Lover
Our long-time contributor Sandra Mangan – AKA DeathBecomesHer – has a stellar list of UK crime reads for you this year
https://crimefictionlover.com/2024/12/death-becomes-her-top-five-books-of-2024/
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Nicola Shelley
over 1 year ago
2024 - My Year in Books
@claremackwrites.bsky.social
@ellygriffiths.bsky.social
@carysgreenauthor.bsky.social
@mwcraven.bsky.social
@nikkismithauthor.bsky.social
@ruthwarewriter.bsky.social
@gillymacmillan.bsky.social
@jodipicoult.bsky.social
@carolwyer.bsky.social
@gillianmauthor.bsky.social
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How on earth do two people collaborate? One of us (Nicci Gerrard) writes about it.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘It’s like having an affair’: Blackadder, the Beatles, Gavin & Stacey . . . the chemistry of successful writing duos
The long-awaited return of Ruth Jones and James Corden’s hit BBC sitcom represents the latest in a long line of successful creative duos. An author who writes with her husband examines why partnership...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/22/its-like-having-an-affair-blackadder-the-beatles-gavin-stacey-the-chemistry-of-successful-writing-duos
over 1 year ago
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Ready for a hard morning’s signing
over 1 year ago
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Signe Johansen
over 1 year ago
Happy Santa Lucia to all who celebrate today ✨ Sharing a flashback to a Lucia mini procession in an Oslo kindergarten, for some reason I was trusted with the Lucia crown and lit candles 🫠 If anyone fancies baking lussekatter (Lucia saffron buns) this weekend I’ll gladly share a recipe 🎄🧑🏻🎄🥨🇳🇴👸
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Really good and absolutely terrifying movie!
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over 1 year ago
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Lovely to see this in Alison Flood’s thrillers of the year in today’s Observer New Review
over 1 year ago
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Can you solve the crime you’re accused of from inside prison? Find out on Kindle for less than a pound.
over 1 year ago
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