In this podcast, Richard Jerram talks about lessons learnt writing The Makoto Murders, his writing routine, what defines success, and much more. About Richard Jerram Richard Jerram was raised in th…

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In this podcast, Richard Jerram talks about The Makoto Murders, living in Tokyo, Japan, winning the Crime Writers’ Association’s Debut Dagger Award, and much more. About Richard Jerram Richard Jerr…

The Makoto Murders is the product of my MA in crime fiction at the UEA, where your thesis is a full manuscript. It’s a great course that’s produced lots of successful crime writers, and three of my dozen classmates already have publishing deals. I’ve always read a lot of crime fiction and often found it frustrating. Sometimes the plot only moves forward when the intelligent protagonist does something stunningly stupid. Or the ending requires a sequence of implausible coincidences. I wanted to see if I could produce something more rounded, more coherent, so I signed up with the UEA.

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Listen to the audiobook The Makoto Murders, written by Richard Jerram, narrated by David Lee Huynh.