Nick Guthrie's Work

Novels

The Custodian (November 2026, No Exit Press): the first novel in the DI Bolam Suffolk crime series

Title to be confirmed (summer 2027, No Exit Press): the second novel in the DI Bolam Suffolk crime series

Short Fiction

"Thirty-three percent"
A DI Bolam story, to appear in Merry Murders on Bedford Square edited by Maxim Jakobowski (October 2026)

"Old Friends"
Guilty Secrets, a Crime Writers' Association anthology edited by Martin Edwards (Flame Tree Press, July 2026)

"In the Ruins"
Cold Caller (May 2026)

"It's Complicated"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Mar/Apr 2026)

"Wrong Notes"
Black Cat Weekly (Issue 232, 8th February 2026)

"The Youth of Today"
Urban Pigs Press (Jan 2026)

"Where's Pete?"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Jan/Feb 2026)

"From Grace"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Nov/Dec 2025)

"Protection"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Nov/Dec 2024); an audio version of this story is available on Rabia Chaudry's podcast, The Mystery Hour

Non-fiction

My crime fiction book reviews regularly appear in the Dead East newsletter.

"From a Window", an essay on the inspiration behind my story "It's Complicated", on the Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine blog, Trace Evidence.

An essay on the personal context for my story "Where's Pete?", on the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine blog, Something is Going to Happen.

Enjoying the Books We'll Never Write, an essay on not writing (there's a theme here!) due to appear soon on the Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine blog, Trace Evidence.

In July 2025 I was interviewed at Cold Caller.

I have another essay about Not Writing over on the Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine blog, Trace Evidence.

My non-fiction has also been published in the Crime Writers' Assciation's Red Herrings magazine.