It’s always a pleasure to pick up a book featuring another adventure with your favourite detective. Or is it? Do writers ever feel trapped by the popularity of their fictional detective creations? Arthur Conan Doyle, for instance, tried unsuccessfully to kill off Sherlock Holmes. Hear Michael Robotham, creator of Joe O’Loughlin, Cyrus Haven and others, Tim Ayliffe whose journalist hero John Bailey has just had his fifth outing and Amanda Hampson who has created the unique tea lady Hazel Bates talk detectives and death with Kate Evans.
BAD turns 10 in 2026
let’s celebrate!
