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38. Patricia Cornwell on Sharp Force & advice for authors
Episode 38
Monday, 20 October, 2025
38. Patricia Cornwell talks to We'd Like A Word co-hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan about her new thriller Sharp Force, plus how she writes, advice for new writers, the extreme lengths she goes to for research, & what she's working on next. She compares police hats with Steve & makes Paul an offer he does not refuse. We also discuss AI, DNA. identity theft, authors Ernest Hemmingway, Chris Whitaker and Agatha Christie - & why writing is a relationship.We'd Like A Word is a podcast & radio show from authors Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan. (And sometimes Jonathan Kennedy.) We talk with writers, readers, editors, agents, celebrities, talkers, poets, publishers, booksellers, & audiobook creators about books - fiction & non-fiction. We go out on various radio & podcast platforms. Our website is http://www.wedlikeaword.com for information on Paul, Steve & our guests. We're on Twitter @wedlikeaword & Facebook @wedlikeaword & our email is wedlikeaword@gmail.com Yes, we're embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear from you - questions, thoughts, ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word to chat, review or read out passages from books.Paul's new book is Murder In Moonlit Square, the first in his Irish-Indian cosy crime series set in Chandni Chowk in contemporary Delhi. It's out now and published by the No Exit Press / Bedford Square Publishers & Penguin India.We can also recommend Cockerings, the comic classic by Stevyn Colgan, and his hugely popular YouTube channel @Colganology
