<a href="http://davidhewson.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/9781849015677.jpg"><img class="wlDisabledImage" style="display:inline;border:0;" title="9781849015677" src="http://davidhewson.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/9781849015677_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="9781849015677" width="163" height="244" align="right" /></a>I’m flattered to tell you that I’ve been picked for inclusion in the 2011 Best of British Crime anthology edited by Maxim Jakubowski. The book <a href="http://www.constablerobinson.com/?section=books&amp;book=the_mammoth_book_of_best_british_crime_8_9781849015677_paperback" target="_blank">will be published by Constable and Robinson</a> on April 24 next year. My story is <em>The Circle</em>, a curious tale about a journey on the London underground.

I will be in some pretty swish company I must say. The full list of contributors is as follows: Sheila Quigley, Nigel Bird, Jay Stringer, Paul D. Brazill, Adrian Magson, Colin Bateman, Gerard Brennan, Matthew J. Elliott, Andrew Taylor, Lin Anderson, Christopher Brookmyre, Ray Banks, Declan Burke, Liza Cody, Simon Kernick, Stuart MacBride, Allan Guthrie, Ian Rankin (two stories, including a new Rebus), Nick Quantrill, Edward Marston, Nicholas Royle, Zoe Sharp, Robert Barnard, Simon Brett, Peter Lovesey, A.L. Kennedy, Roz Southey, Phil Lovesey, David Hewson, Amy Myers, Marilyn Todd, Peter Turnbull, Keith McCarthy, Alexander McCall Smith, Stephen Booth, Denise Mina, Mick Herron, Kate Atkinson and Louise Welsh.

Coo!