Barbara Mutch, author of The Fire Portrait and The Girl from Simon’s Bay, is our Author of the Month for January 2022. To celebrate the paperback publication of The Fire Portrait this month we invited Barbara to share the background to her latest novel. I began to write soon after my family are I were […]
To celebrate the recent publication of Kingscastle by Sophia Holloway, and the end of the Kingscastle blog tour, we invited Sophia to share some thoughts on how marriage liberated women in the Regency era… Human nature does not change, but social attitudes do. The Regency romance in the twenty first century sits less easily than […]
Kevin Sullivan, author of The Figure in the Photograph and The Art of the Assassin, is our Author of the Month for August 2021. To celebrate the paperback publication of The Art of the Assassin in August we invited Kevin to reflect about his experience walking the West Highland Way and from Sarjevo to Visegrad. […]
To celebrate this month’s release of the latest Laurie R. King book, Castle Shade, Allison and Busby invite you to take part in a special giveaway where you can win some delightful goodies.
This month Allison & Busby publishes the final book from our long-time author, friend and popular novelist Alanna Knight who passed away in late 2020. Mystery at the World’s Edge demonstrates again the range and versatility Alanna demonstrated, as she published romantic and historical fiction, non-fiction and even a play throughout the course of her […]
All of the team at Allison & Busby were saddened to hear that our long-term author and friend Rachel Caine passed away on 1st November. A&B has published Rachel for over a decade and we have loved sharing her action-packed stories with the world and taking her on tour across the UK on multiple occasions. […]
As we enter the summer months, most of us will have to be content with armchair travelling. With that in mind, Richard Hopton’s The Straits of Treachery, set on the beautiful island of Sicily, is just one of our recent releases that can take you away to sunnier, and more thrilling, climes. We’re delighted to […]
This month, as we publish Daughter of the Sea by Sylvia Broady, we are pleased to host Sylvia to share some thoughts on the relationship between mothers and daughters, one she is often drawn to in her writing… Mothers and daughters have a special relationship. I speak from experience, both personally, and as a writer. […]
As part of #TheEvilWithin blog tour, we’re delighted to host author S.M. Hardy (a.k.a Sue Tingey) on the A&B blog with some back story to the creation of her first supernatural mystery The Evil Within. Check out the other stops for reviews and interviews with Sue this week. Even from an early age I had […]
We are delighted to welcome Monty Martin, Chair of the Ted Lewis Group, to the A&B blog as we start a special year for fans of the godfather of British Noir. Allison & Busby, publishers of the ground-breaking 1969 classic noir novel Get Carter (formerly Jack’s Return Home), are celebrating 2020 as the 50th anniversary […]
This month we are proud to publish the paperback of The Maltese Herring by L.C. Tyler, the eighth instalment in the Herring Mysteries series featuring crime writer Ethelred Tressider and his agent Elsie Thirkettle. Over the course of the series, Ethelred has solved a number of crimes and has been shot at, kidnapped, arrested, menaced, […]
As we near the start of the Christmas holidays, we’re delighted to welcome author Jim Kelly to the blog for his seasonal, crime fiction reflections. Sometimes a single line of fiction can change your life. For me it was this, on the third page of my (American first edition) of Dorothy L Sayers’ Fen masterpiece […]
Our latest guest post comes from acclaimed saga writer Susanna Bavin, whose latest novel, The Poor Relation, is now out in paperback. For Susanna, an unexpected character from the book has been embraced by her readers… When a writer starts getting feedback on a new book, there can be some surprises. For example, there might […]
November can be a busy time as we find ourselves hurtling towards Christmas, but even more so for aspiring writers who may have set themselves a #nanowrimo writing challenge. We’re delighted to have author Beryl Matthews on the blog today to share the process that works for her. Beryl’s latest novel Friends and Enemies is […]
Today we are delighted to welcome author Edward Marston to the blog as we prepare for the publication of the latest Railway Detective novel, Fear on the Phantom Special. Edward recently spent the day signing copies of a special edition with red sprayed page edges (fancy!) for Waterstones. Treat yourself or a loved one by […]
She’s continually writing and often travelling, so we are delighted that reader-favourite Anna Jacobs has found time to write for the A&B blog. Changing Lara (currently a Book of the Month with £2 off) is officially released in paperback today and before too long fans will also be able to get hold of Change of […]
For your chance to win one of three sets of Rachel Caine’s The Great Library series (5 books in each set), enter your details below. Giveaway ends midnight 2nd September 2019, open to UK residents only. Please read our Terms & Conditions here and our Privacy Policy here. Good luck and happy reading! THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.
Today we welcome our very own Editor, Kelly Smith, onto the A&B blog as she nears the finish line of her MA in Publishing Studies. The topic of her dissertation was publishing for dyslexic readers. As an industry perhaps we take for granted an eager enjoyment and consumption of books, and pay too little attention […]
For your chance to win one of five sets of Ashley Weaver’s Amory Ames mystery series, enter your details below. Please read our Terms & Conditions here and our Privacy Policy here. Competition closes midnight Friday 6th September. Good luck and happy reading! This competition is now closed.
Today is officially the First Day of Summer and to celebrate we are making available Margaret Kaine’s perfect summer read The Black Silk Purse ebook for just £2.99. To coincide with this, we are also delighted to welcome Margaret to the A&B blog to shed some light onto her path to publication and upcoming book. […]
This month we’re delighted to be publishing Stealing Roses, Heather Cooper’s sweeping historical debut novel set on the Isle of Wight. Ahead of publication, and with an exhibition honouring her father Eric Cooper a.k.a. ‘The Colditz Dentist’, just opened, we checked in with Heather for her thoughts on history, memory and family. We are all […]