Mike Craven is celebrating his tenth anniversary in crime fiction. The Final Vow is an absolute humdinger of a book with which to celebrate.

His long standing sleuth Washington Poe is back with Tilly Bradshaw as a random sniper's on the loose across the UK. It's a pulse raising heart stopper of a thriller and in this interview we discuss Mike's extensive research for each novel; why women' s pubes make good flyfishing ties and his next venture into the world of James Bond, for 9-12 year olds.

We're honoured to have one of Britain's finest writers join us on Bestsellers this week: Irvine Welsh. The man who brought us Trainspotting three decades ago is back with a brand new novel which follows on immediately after Trainspotting and Renton legging it with the cash.

They're all here: Renton, Spud, Begbie, Sick Boy...Trying to turn into Men in Love.

Enjoy!

We kindly thank Irvine Welsh for permission to use two tracks from the accompanying album to this book: Men in Love - Irvine Welsh and the Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra:

You Gotta Be Strong - Irvine Welsh, The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra, Louise Marshall.

A Man in Love With Love - Irvine Welsh, The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra, Shaun Escoffrey

Phil spent last weekend in Harrogate at the Old Swan hotel for the world famous Theakstons Crime Writers Festival. The Old Swan is where Agatha Christie emerged, after going missing in 1926, so what better place to stage a Crime Writing festival.

This is a shorter than usual ep just to give you a flavour of how well the writers get on with each other and the lovely atmosphere in The Drinking Detective outdoor bar, as writers and crime fans mingle freely.

This episode features cameos from Shari Lapena, CL Taylor, Vaseem Khan, MW Craven, Luca Veste and Doug Johnstone.