Half a billion thrillers were bought in the UK in the past 10 years. Can a visit to the Bristol CrimeFest – this year featuring GT Karber, creator of the world-conquering whodunnit series Murdle – help pin down why the genre is booming?
Sitting at the bar during a convention of crime writers at the Grand hotel in Bristol, nursing a pint, an exciting and inspired thought comes to mind: hey, wouldn’t this be a perfect setting for a murder mystery!
One thing that you learn quite quickly at a convention of crime writers, however, is this: there are no new murder mystery plotlines under the sun.
