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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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Ooh... Cover roughs for the first DI Bolam novel. Exciting! It's starting to look like a real book.

#amwriting #mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #PoliceProcedural #cats #mysterybooks #books
February 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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Arlo the cat has decided that the map of the fictional town where my DI Bolam series is set is the best place to sit when he's come in wet and muddy from the garden.
#NotHelpful #amwriting #mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #PoliceProcedural #cats #mysterybooks #books
3D map, courtesy of Arlo the cat
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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I'm running a couple of weeks behind on Landscape Artist of the Year, but here's my attempt at the setting of the first episode, Lake Derwent.
#LAOTY2026 #LAOTY #watercolour #watercolor #ink #pencil #pen #ink #WatercolourArt #art #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt
a not too great watercolour of Derwent Island
February 2, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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The Youth of Today by Nick Guthrie

Short crime fiction by an author fast becoming a regular in the world's top crime fiction magazines.

Full story at: urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/01/18/t...

#mysteryfiction #crimefiction #crime #thriller #authors #mystery #mysterybooks #books #bookextract
January 30, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Author copies! #mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #ahmm
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Nov-Dec 2025
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Passed 10k words on the second DI Bolam novel this afternoon, which is the target I'd set myself for the end of the week. Bonus words tomorrow! #amwriting #crimefiction #mysteryfiction
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Lovely to have a piece of flash fiction, "The Youth of Today", accepted and very rapidly published by Urban Pigs Press.
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#mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction
The Youth of Today – Nick Guthrie
Blocksberg gang by Ernst Barlach by lacma is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Some people… they’re asking for it really, aren’t they? I watch as the old lady hauls herself out of the car, pauses to check …
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January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Nick Guthrie's cracking short story, 'The Youth of Today,' kicks off @UrbanPigsPress' Revolt call-out. urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/01/18/t... #writingcommunity
The Youth of Today – Nick Guthrie
Blocksberg gang by Ernst Barlach by lacma is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Some people… they’re asking for it really, aren’t they? I watch as the old lady hauls herself out of the car, pauses to check …
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January 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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New: the January issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email covering new releases, extracts, events, news and other information from across the crime genre.
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#mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #publishing #PublishingNews
Dead East, January 2026 - lots of stuff about crime fiction
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Well that's a nice way to finish off the year - two short story acceptances. Details to follow in the new year. #writing #crimefiction #mysteryfiction
December 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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I’ve just booked accommodation for the 2026 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival - my first crime festival. Looking forward to it! #mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #publishing #TheakstonsCrime
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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New: the December issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email covering new releases, extracts, events, news and other information from across the genre.
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#mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #publishing #PublishingNews
Dead East: December 2025
News and features from the Anglian Crime Authors Collective.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Oops... I appear to have inadvertently started writing a novel.
#amwriting #mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #PoliceProcedural
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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News for writers: Hodder are open for a week to non-agented submissions, highlighting crime and thrillers as genres of interest:
www.hodder.co.uk/landing-page...
#CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #submissions #NovelWriting #crime #mystery #thriller #thrillers
HODDER & STOUGHTON OPEN SUBMISSIONS
Visit the post for more.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Thinking about next year, which crime festivals and other events should a UK-based writer try to get to? Which ones are your favourites?
#mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #CrimeFestivals
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Six of my favourite reads this year. Full reviews at drnickguthrie.substack.com Putting off writing? Me?
#amwriting #mystery #CrimeFiction #BookReviews #BookRecommendations #MysteryFiction #BestBooks
six top crime novels
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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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...
TikTok video by Nick Guthrie
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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