Copycat killers, small town murders, missing people – sinister as these stories may be, crime fiction well and truly has us in its thrall.

What better way to explore the darkness that can suddenly shadow our waking days then from the safety of a book – but why exactly are we drawn to these stories? How do these authors plot such page-turning twists and turns in the first place … and if they tell us, will they still let us get out alive?

Only one way to find out, as diabolical masterminds Shelley Burr and JP Pomare lure Stuart Coupe into the dark heart of crime in a conversation sure to make you lock your doors and windows …