DIVE a totally gripping, breathlessly twisty crime mystery

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I read a lot of Roald Dahl and Terry Pratchett, and because I loved movies I read a lot of novel adaptations for the films I enjoyed at the time. It felt like the perfect setting for a thriller, and an opportunity to explore perspectives I’d not seen in crime fiction before.

That mix of science fiction and science fact and fast-paced action just ticked the boxes for me at that time in my life. ly/3ZvpdFq Two interviews are available this week, from Curtis Brown Creative and The Bearded Bookseller. I’d spent four years working on Dive on-and-off at that point, so it was hard not to take it personally. A tense and interesting thriller, I genuinely enjoyed the twists and turns in this well-executed novel.It’s one of the UK’s biggest crime scenes in that bodies surfacing is a daily occurrence, but it’s also used to traffic drugs and launder money, traffic people illegally and broker organs.

I also wanted to tell a story that wasn’t strictly procedural or a mystery, but something else, something people haven’t read before. Fans of Robert Bryndza, Patricia Gibney, Angela Marsons, Biba Pearce and Line of Duty, prepare to dive into your new favourite read!

I try to remember what is in my control, and ultimately, the only thing I have true sway over is the quality of the written word. Each time David pulls a new body out of the water, he fears it's his estranged fifteen-year-old daughter Lex. But there were also definitely things I fought tooth and nail for and I honestly can’t say why, except the sense of having one shot to get the book right. If you liked Luther, Line of Duty, Heat, Chinatown, No Country for Old Men, Serpico, The Long Goodbye, Welcome to the Punch or The Long Good Friday, you might enjoy this. But suddenly it becomes personal and David is afraid the next body that is brought up could be his daughter.

Jon works freelance as a reader and editor for TLC, BFI, and independent production companies with a focus on genre-led storytelling. Stephen King has a great quote in On Writing that I can relate to: “Writing is not life, but sometimes, it can be a way back to life. I was excited by the potential of this murkier world of policing that puts the Thames at the heart of the action. Dive sat dormant on my laptop until July 2019, when, following Kerry Hudson’sbrilliant one-time-only Breakthrough Festival, I was encouraged to finish. I won’t pretend I spent all 8760 hours of that time editing one manuscript, but it honestly felt like it at times.In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I'm talking to Jon Barton about his crime novel Dive. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.