ABOUT THE BOOK

EDWARD BUNKER - A criminal for 40 years who made the FBI's ten most wanted list

PATRICIA CORNWELL - Attended autopsies while working for Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia

JAMES ELLROY - Burgled rich neighbours and did drugs in seedy LA hotels

MARK TIMLIN - Met dodgy people in even dodgier pubs.

DEREK RAYMOND- Front man for London's villains and con-men in the swinging sixties

Also includes - ELIZABETH GEORGE - GWENDOLINE BUTLER - MARTINA COLE - WALTER MOSLEY - MICHAEL DIBDIN - LAWRENCE BLOCK - JOHN HARVEY - ANDREW KLAVAN - ELLIOTT LEYTON - JAMES SALLIS - PIEKE BIERMAN - JAKOB ARJOUNI - BEN ELTON...

They have all proved that crime does pay... by becoming the world's leading crime writers. Today's crime writers know what they are talking about and they are talking about murderers, con-men, burglars, serial killers, private eyes, cops and forensic scientists. Paul Duncan and the CrimeTime team have given all these writers the third degree - they want to know what makes them tick, and pursue them relentlessly until they give up the goods. These are entertaining, bizarre, ground-breaking interviews, backed up with informative articles and comprehensive biographies. Here is everything you need to know about crime writing today.