Well this is pretty amazing value! The whole Wyndham & Banerjee series, including a hardback of the new book, The Burning Ground, on sale for under £30. Could make a great Christmas present! Only a few left in stock. amazon.co.uk/Wyndham-Bane...

Next stop on #TheBurningGrounds tour: Bradford, with the legend that is @aadhand. Thanks @WaterstonesBD1 for hosting tonight’s sold out event!

Met some lovely people in Bath last night!

Cambridge folks! I'll be chatting to the amazing @annamazz.bsky.social tonight at Bodies in the Bookshop . You can get tickets here: [email protected] . We start at 6.30pm. Hope to see you there!

A new look for a splendid book with @radiomukhers.bsky.social

A fantastic night @borderlinesfest with the legend that is @MWCravenUK, talking about #TheBurningGrounds to a packed house. And thanks to Jo Craven for the fantastic chocolates from @Castle_Chocs . Next stop: Newcastle and Gateshead!

I had the best time chatting to @radiomukhers.bsky.social on the podcast today, as we discussed his splendid new book #theburninggrounds. Listen here: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...

The Burning Grounds tour continues. Off to the Borderlines Book Festival in Carlisle to talk crime, calcutta and Cumbria with the one and only @MWCravenUK.

Signed some books for the lovely folks at Goldsboro Books.

Knew he’d been kicked out of his house but had no idea he was in Canada.

I'll be in Glasgow on the 9th November 7.45 at the Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite talking about my new book with Lindsay Johnstone! Tickets still available, join us! www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/poyu...

Wife came in and gave me a big hug earlier. Asked her what it was for. She said she's embracing her mistakes. New book out next week. Buy it now please. Otherwise more jokes. Signed edition from @waterstones here: waterstones.com/book/the-bur...

Two weeks of events coming up, and what a way to start - Words and Whisky at @Hatchards tonight with the fabulous John Sutherland @policecommander . Come along and have a dram! #TheBurningGrounds

My editor: 'Congrats. This book is timeless.' Me: 'Really?!' My editor: 'Yes. You've missed every deadline we set.' New one - The Burning Grounds - is out next week. Order a signed copy now and I'll stop the jokes. waterstones.com/book/the-bur... #TheBurningGrounds

Don't miss Bloody Scotland board members @radiomukhers.bsky.social and @gordonjbrown.bsky.social as well as McIlvanney Prize winner @tariqashkanani.bsky.social at this year's Aye Write festival in Glasgow...https://glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye-write?eventtype=Crime%20and%20Thriller

Good people of Yeovil! Come along to Westlands tonight at 6pm! I’ll be talking all things India and crime and it’s going to be funny! Click on the link for tickets! www.yeovilliteraryfestival.co.uk/whats-on/all...

Come along to this free online event! I’ll be quizzing @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social about how and what he writes! societyofauthors.org/event/how-i-...

Due in November, @radiomukhers.bsky.social's latest, THE BURNING GROUNDS reunites Wyndham and Bannerjee... Their sharply drawn friendship remains a huge draw to the series as they investigate a death connected to 1920s Indian cinema... a crackingly vibrant and emotionally affecting mystery. Go read.

The fabulous Mark Billingham and I will be appearing at Richmond Old Town Hall on 23rd October. We'll be talking humour and crime fiction and it's going to be very funny, I promise! Click on the link below for tickets: www2.richmond.gov.uk/richmondbook...

Good people of Norwich! I’ll be interviewing the one and only @RoryClements6 about his brilliant new novel, Evil in High Places, next Tuesday (16th). Come along to @NorwichStones. Get your tickets online

Two months till the launch of The Burning Grounds, the new Wyndham & Banerjee novel! I'll be going round the country, chatting with some stellar writers. There'll be laughs, tears, wine, more tears and murder (possibly). It's gonna be great! Hope to see you there!

I am so excited that we have our first anthology coming from Raven Books this autumn! A collection of 9 short stories inspired by the monsters & mythical demons that have stalked Great Britain, from authors including the brilliant @janicehallett.bsky.social, @radiomukhers.bsky.social & Stuart Turton

Still a lot of work to do to get it right, but it’s always wonderful to write those last two words. #Book8

LIMITED TIME ONLY! A Rising Man is 99p on Kindle. Read it before the new one comes out! www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Man-S...

Online tickets to St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend give you full access to all sessions inc live Q&As & the chance to win our Whodunnit starring @radiomukhers.bsky.social @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @williamryan.bsky.social 8-10th Aug www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...

NEXT THREE DAYS ONLY! Till the end of July, the good people at Waterstones are offering 25% off pre-orders of signed copies of THE BURNING GROUNDS! Order yours now using code SUMMER25 ! www.waterstones.com/book/the-bur...

The next time the West tries to press a country on human rights, they will point to our silence at the crimes being committed upon the people of Gaza and rightly call us hypocrites.

Hunted won the Crime Novel of the Year at the #theakstonsawards last night. A heartfelt T hank you to all of you who voted for it!

Just four days left to have your say... who gets your vote? #theakstonsawards  Cast your vote 👉 https://bit.ly/VOTETOP25 @waterstones.bsky.social @brookmyre.bsky.social @mwcraven.bsky.social  @ellygriffiths.bsky.social @radiomukhers.bsky.social

Proof copies of the new Wyndham & Banerjee just dropped. It’s out 13th November, but you can preorder a signed copy at @waterstones here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-bur...

Weird writer rule?  I can only write fiction while sitting on a bed. I can only write non-fiction at a desk. Is that weird? Probably. Am I changing it? Not a chance. Read the interview & vote for your top pick for Crime Novel of the Year!  https://bit.ly/AMukherjee25 @radiomukhers.bsky.social

Me. Right now.

I’m impressed Marisa hasn’t murdered him by now. Go along to the event and find out how.

Vote for Pedro! (i.e. me…I’m Pedro)

🗳️ Which one gets your #theakstonsawards vote? Have your say on who takes home crime fiction's most coveted award! 👉 https://bit.ly/VOTETOP25 @waterstones.bsky.social @brookmyre.bsky.social @mwcraven.bsky.social @ellygriffiths.bsky.social  @radiomukhers.bsky.social

“If the house is, in Le Corbusier’s famous phrase, a machine for living in, then the room, in crime fiction, is a box for murder” @liammcilvanney.bsky.social cases the Architecture of Scottish Crime Fiction, from RL Stevenson to @radiomukhers.bsky.social 3/8 www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/more...

Chuffed to have made the #TheakstonsAwards shortlist. Thank you to everyone who voted for it. I’d be grateful if you could all vote for it again on the link below. Cheers!

I'll be interviewing two of the finest and funniest writers in the business - Cally Taylor and Mark Billingham - about their new books, in Wantage on Fri 20th June. Come along if you're in the area. Scan the QR code or call the number below for tickets. It's going to be great!

Proudly announcing that I'll be Abir's Serbian publisher (finally)! 🥳🤩

The full programme for St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend is now online. Join @valmcdermid.bsky.social & a host of spectacular speakers in Oxford and online. www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-... @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @brookmyre.bsky.social @radiomukhers.bsky.social

Wow.

Literary fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestine in London tonight: WILLIAM BLAKE IN WORDS AND SONG has an amazing line-up with actors Julie Christie, Will Keen, Khalid Abdalla & historian William Dalrymple. music by Susheela Raman and Sam Mills. livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/4Ft0NGJ...

I invented a cocktail called the Bengal Fizz for the new Wyndham and Banerjee novel, and the good folks at the Kaunas Festival of Books brought it to life!

At the airport, en route to Lithuania, and halfway through this beauty by @gojabrown . Simply brilliant.

Former New Blood pick and #theakstonscrime special guest Abir Mukherjee receives a nomination for his timely thriller 'Hunted'. Find out more & listen to Abir's podcast 👇 https://bit.ly/HIFPLAYERAWARDS @express.co.uk @waterstones.bsky.social @radiomukhers.bsky.social @vintagebooks.bsky.social

CALLING ALL HEXAM PEOPLE! I'll be at the Hexam Literary Festival next Sunday, chaired by the fabulous Vic Watson. We'll be talking crime, thrillers, historical mysteries and a lot more besides. Get your tickets here: www.hexhambookfestival.co.uk/event/abir-m...

Do it. Do it now!

So! HUNTED has been longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year! It’s a book that speaks to all the dreadful stuff that’s happening right now- populism, polarisation, terrorism. If you enjoyed it, I’d love you to vote for it. Vote here: harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com

Go on, you know you want to!

The boys are back in town… New Wyndham and Banerjee - book 6 - out 13th November 2025