Tom Mead

I receive roughly 1 trillion AI generated emails a day--this one did make me laugh though.

More adventures in Bookland! It was an honour to attend the launch of Katie McCrory's WHERE THE HEART IS at Daunt Books. Katie is the daughter of my dear friend (and former creative writing lecturer) Moy. Also, enjoy a bonus pic of @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social and I at the The Ivy--because why not?

Lol! Make sure you get some decent mileage out of that. So glad you came, Em

A great (and hectic!) night on the town last night with lovely @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social , starting off at BookBar in Chelsea for the launch of my friend Louise Hare's extraordinary new book THE HOUSE OF FALLEN SISTERS

2025’s Dream Reprint: Tom Mead’s Nomination Bright and early we are kicking off 2025’s Dream Reprint. What’s that you say? Last month I published an open call for bloggers (and readers) to nominate an out-of-print classic crime f…

Huge thanks to Kate Jackson of "Cross Examining Crime" for inviting me to nominate my dream reprint for 2026!

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Love this pic from my event with Victoria Dowd! Thank you Amanda Lees for snapping a fun candid shot

I love this photo! Really captures the fun and friendly spirit of the Bloody Barnes festival. Thank you Graham Bartlett for letting me share it. Left to right: Graham, Trevor Wood, @barbaranadel.bsky.social , moi, @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social

Another gem of an event at Bloody Barnes--this time I had my interviewer hat on as I chatted to a pair of formidable Queens of Crime: Sam Blake and S.J. Bennett!

I have had the absolute time of my life at the inaugural Bloody Barnes crime fiction festival! Here are some lovely audience photos from "Abracadabra--It's Murder!" with Victoria Dowd.

Thank you to the enthusiastic and engaged audience, and a special shout-out to REAL-LIFE magician Luke Lamont!

She wants a cinnamon bun, what should I say?

Brilliant @barbaranadel.bsky.social , @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social and Mark Ellis in conversation with Anne Mullins

Another lovely crime fiction discussion with Trevor Wood and Graham Bartlett chatting to Bernard O'Keeffe

Fabulous interview event with three lovely writers-- Victoria Dowd chatting to Antony Johnston and Martin Edwards

Only just arrived at Bloody Barnes and I have two new BFFs, wonderful Dan and Zippy, retired police dogs from the Thin Blue Paw Foundation! Huge thanks to their lovely handler Jenny for taking this photo!

Today my Spector short story "Call of the Natterjack" is published in Hayakawa Mystery Magazine, translated by Yu Nakayama. I hope Japanese readers will enjoy it!

This is how you make people understand Shakespeare. I met Sir Ian once, he was every bit as lovely as you would hope.

Jonathan Creek fans unite! The BAFTA-winning TV mystery is back in book form! To celebrate, I've put together a special author newsletter featuring my Top 10 episodes, plus an ALL-NEW, EXCLUSIVE interview with series creator David Renwick!

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Likewise!

What a wally! 😂

Bloody Barnes Literary Festival | Annual Crime Writing Festival 7-8 February 2026: Bloody Barnes Literary Ferstival is an exciting NEW Annual Crime Writing Festival at the OSO Theatre in Barnes London. Bringing murder, mystery and mayhem to the gentlefolk of Barne...

www.bloodybarnes.com/home I'm going to be speaking at this on Saturday 7th February at 6pm.

Fabulous, I'm so pleased you are having fun with it!

Cover of Cabaret Macabre

@tommeadauthor.bsky.social I am now reading the 3rd of the Spector 📚 & snicker at “ The only solutions Flint could come up with were at best wildly impractical, and at worst comical. The least ridiculous of them required a trebuchet.“
Thx for writing & Criminally Good Books(York)to recommend them.

Me too, Richard!

Just announced! I can't wait to get back to the British Library for "Bodies From The Library" on June 20th. I'll be joining Golden Age Mystery mavens Victoria Dowd, Martin Edwards and Jim Noy.

Find out more, and book tickets, here:

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A belated PLR post--yesterday I got my Public Lending Right statement and want to say a big thank you to the 7000+ people who have borrowed my books from UK libraries in the last year! It means I can keep on spoiling this gorgeous girl in 2026...

It was recently announced in The Bookseller, but anyway here's the lineup so far for Coastal Crime in September! I'll be chatting whodunits with luminaries @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and @alexpavesi.bsky.social!

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Does this bode well for the new Spector book, or no?

In reverse order, my top 10 reads of the year:

1. THE CLOCK HOUSE MURDERS, Yukito Ayatsuji

In reverse order, my top 10 reads of the year:

2. POLICEMAN'S EVIDENCE, Rupert Penny