Nick Guthrie

Nick Guthrie on “Where’s Pete?” In this terrific essay, Nick Guthrie discusses how being in a rock band and being raised by a jazz-loving father inspired his latest story, “Where’s Pete?” from our Jan/Feb issue …

Over on the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine blog I have a post on the background to my story "Where's Pete?": somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/03/06/n...
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20,000 words into a first draft and I very nearly used my first exclamation mark. Then I thought better of it. #amwriting

And all of a sudden it's March, which means I have a story in the current issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine!
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…signed a two-book deal today. Which is nice.

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A Busy 2026 Ahead Writing News from Nick Guthrie

Book deals, short stories in the big mystery mags, book reviews, a barn owl and the Northern Lights - my newsletter is out. drnickguthrie.substack.com/p/a-busy-202...
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Interview with – Nick Guthrie Nick Guthrie’s short story, The Youth of Today, kicked off our ‘Revolt’ series. Here Nick tells us about the story, which is about a new kind of vigilante force on the streets of the UK, and what h…

A quick-fire Q&A with crime writer, Nick Guthrie
urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/02/17/i... @nickguthrie.co.uk
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New: the February 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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Out now: my short story "Wrong Notes", where recollections of Les Dawson help solve a murder. Published in Black Cat Weekly Magazine. Available from blackcatweekly.com/b/5RDQo
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Ooh... Cover roughs for the first DI Bolam novel. Exciting! It's starting to look like a real book.

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3D map, courtesy of Arlo the cat

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.
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a not too great watercolour of Derwent Island

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.
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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...

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Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Nov-Dec 2025

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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

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 …

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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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 …

Nick Guthrie's cracking short story, 'The Youth of Today,' kicks off @UrbanPigsPress' Revolt call-out. urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/01/18/t... #writingcommunity

Dead East, January 2026 - lots of stuff about crime fiction

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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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

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

Dead East: December 2025 News and features from the Anglian Crime Authors Collective.

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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It's the second in a crime series - murder and corruption in a Suffolk seaside town.

Oops... I appear to have inadvertently started writing a novel.
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HODDER & STOUGHTON OPEN SUBMISSIONS Visit the post for more.

News for writers: Hodder are open for a week to non-agented submissions, highlighting crime and thrillers as genres of interest:
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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?
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six top crime novels

Six of my favourite reads this year. Full reviews at drnickguthrie.substack.com Putting off writing? Me?
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Silent Bones by Val McDermid A book review

Silent Bones - the new DCI Karen Pirie novel by Val McDermid reviewed. open.substack.com/pub/drnickgu...
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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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Hindsights

Available now: Hindsights
A collection of the final seven collaborations between Eric Brown and Keith Brooke.
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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

Everyone tells me I should be doing things on TikTok, so... www.tiktok.com/@nickguthrie... #crimefiction #booktok

I never, for a moment, imagined that I'd manage three in a row, but that's what's happened:

"From Grace" in the Nov/Dec AHMM.
"Where's Pete?" in the Jan/Feb EQMM.
"It's Complicated" in the Mar/Apr AHMM.

I'm quite chuffed with this, to say the least!