This new series challenges six celebrities to learn how to write a block-busting crime novel with the expert tuition of best-selling author Minette Walters. Brendan Cole, Sherrie Hewson, Kelvin MacKenzie, Matt Allwright, Angela Griffin and Diarmuid Gavin experience life on the frontline of murder detection. They train with the police, pathologists and firearms experts and meet real criminals and victims.

Series mentor, judge and “executioner” Minette Walters asks the celebrities to follow a series of rules and complete punishing tasks, and then use what they’ve learnt to complete daily writing assignments. Read more & comment »