Extras

Interviews

Below are some links to a selection of interviews.

BookPage

BookPage asked Simon to pick his favourite twists in fiction. . .

Dead Good Books

Simon spoke to Dead Good Books about his inspiration for The Search Party . . .

Jean Book Nerd

Simon spoke to Jean about The Search Party, his influences, and life in lockdown. . .

Crime Review

The folks at Crime Review put Simon in the Countdown chair. . .

Red Carpet Crash

Simon talks to Red Carpet Crash about The Liar’s Room . . .

Guardian top ten

Simon’s top ten false identities in fiction, from Atwood to Shakespeare . . .

Off-the-shelf books

Simon’s favourite crime authors, movies, death scenes and more . . .

You’re Booked

Simon spoke to You’re Booked, the online community for crime writing, after his appearance at the Harrogate festival . . .

Guardian top-ten

Why lawyers make the perfect protagonists. (They’ve got to be good for something, right?)

Lovereading.co.uk

As part of Lovereading’s Guest Editor slot, Simon picked five of his favourite books . . .

Reader Dad

Simon chats with Matt Craig about reading, writing and The Child Who . . .

Scoop! Journalists in fiction

A Q&A from March 2011 for a blog devoted to journalists and journalism in fiction . . .

Edinburgh International Book Festival

Watch Simon with Karen Campbell at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in an edited, thirty-minute version of their discussion . . .