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Nick Guthrie
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Nick Guthrie is a crime writer based in East Anglia, in the United Kingdom. Under other names, he is the author of more than twenty books. Represented by LBLA. https://nickguthrie.co.uk/
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Silent Bones - the new DCI Karen Pirie novel by Val McDermid reviewed. open.substack.com/pub/drnickgu...
#mystery #crimefiction #ValMcDermid #KarenPirie #bookreviews
Silent Bones by Val McDermid
A book review
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November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Dead East: a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in the East of England. New releases, extracts, events, news and other information from across the genre.
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#mystery #crime #crimefiction #mysteryfiction
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Available now: Hindsights
A collection of the final seven collaborations between Eric Brown and Keith Brooke.
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#scifi #sf #ScienceFiction #ShortStories #ShortSF
Hindsights
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Everyone tells me I should be doing things on TikTok, so... www.tiktok.com/@nickguthrie... #crimefiction #booktok
From cozy mystery to macabre murder, the authors at Dead East write novels and short fiction to tease, puzzle and chill. All of our authors are fully accredited members of the Crime Writers Associatio...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Over on the Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine blog I have a piece about all the stories we'll never write: trace-evidence.net/2025/11/14/e...
Enjoying the Books We’ll Never Write (by Nick Guthrie)
There’s no getting away from it. Writing a novel or a short story is a strange thing to do.  You spend long periods of time inside your head, but that’s not claustrophobic, because inside your…
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November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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New: the November issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK. New releases, extracts, events, news and other information from across the genre.
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woman looking at empty swings
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Out now: my short story "From Grace", published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Nov/Dec issue). Available from alfredhitchcockmysterymagazine.com
#mystery #crimefiction
Home - Alfred Hitchcock
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November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Another quick sketch after writing. Watercolour, acrylic, ink and pencil, 8cm x 8cm.
#watercolour #watercolor #ink #pencil #WatercolourArt #art #minatures #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #artwork
sun low over scribbly trees and water
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Just heard that I have stories in three consecutive issues of AHMM and EQMM: a story in the Nov/Dec issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, one in the Jan/Feb Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and then another in the Mar/Apr Hitchcock’s! #mystery #crimefiction #mysteryfiction
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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After a break from art, I finally found time for a quick sketch after writing yesterday. Watercolour, ink and pencil, 8cm x 8cm.
#watercolour #watercolor #ink #pencil #WatercolourArt #art #minatures #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #ArtistOnInstagram #instaart #artstagrams #artwork
Crooked house on a crooked hill, behind a crooked wall
October 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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I'm at that stage of plotting a new book again where my notes consist of "Stuff happens". #amwriting #crimefiction #mystery
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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My latest review: The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin. open.substack.com/pub/drnickgu...
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The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin
Book review
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October 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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New: the October issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK. New releases, events, news and information for writers from across the genre.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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New: the September issue of the Dead East newsletter. Original crime fiction by Heather Peck, an extract from Julia Stone's new novel The Expert Witness, plus news and writers' links from across the crime fiction genre.
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Dead East: September 2025
News and features from the Anglian Crime Authors Collective.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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New: the August issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available. Features by Julia Stone and PN Johnson, a back issue spotlight on Keith Brooke and Eric Brown's crime-sf novel Wormhole, plus news and writers' links from across the crime fiction genre.
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Dead East: August 2025
News and features from the Anglian Crime Authors Collective.
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August 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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A stormy day on the Suffolk coast.
horizontal bands of clouds, horizon, sea, beach, mostly in grey; very upbeat...
August 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Non-fiction this time: my feature on the crime writers' collective, Dead East, is in this month's Red Herrings.
A page from Red Herrings
August 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I'm very pleased that the excellent Cold Caller magazine has interviewed me:
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July 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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2000 words into a new short story...
July 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Sunrise at Iken.
#AcrylicArt #acrylics #acrylic #art #painting #textures #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #sunrise #suffolk #iken #snape #artwork
Sunrise over the river, reflected in the water. Dark and smudgy.
July 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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New: the July issue of the Dead East newsletter, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive mystery and crime fiction content.

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July 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Delayed Sowing of the Seeds: the joy of fixing the things we've got wrong
Delayed Sowing of the Seeds
You know that feeling when you’ve watched what might have been a really good TV series or movie, but instead of thinking about all the good bits you end up dwelling on what they might have done differ...
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July 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Not a typical view of Orford Ness, but I love the details too. Sea-weathered wood and lichen by the jetty.
Gnarly wood with crusts of lichen
June 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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It's Independent Bookshops Week, and we're lucky to have some fantastic indies here in East Anglia. On the Links page of the Dead East Substack site we've done our best to compile a list of these: deadeast.substack.com/p/links
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June 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Published today: the first issue of the Dead East newsletter, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK.

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#mystery #CrimeFiction #crime #suspense #writing #publishing
A bunch of book covers that should convince you to sign up for the free Dead East newsletter
June 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM