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Steve Orme

Steve Orme is an award-winning journalist. He worked on newspapers and magazines before moving into radio and television. He has been fascinated with crime ever since he attended magistrates’ courts as a cub reporter. He published his first crime novel, Storm Deaths, featuring basketball-playing detective Miles Davies, in 2021. A second, Storm Bodies, was published in 2023 and he is writing the third in the series.

He is also a playwright. His first stage play, What’s Your Poison?, about the Victorian serial killer Dr William Palmer, toured the UK in 2023. He is writing two new plays with a crime theme, one which has been commissioned by an English theatre company.

Steve has been approached to ghost-write the true story behind two of the most baffling deaths in Scandinavia.

He lives in Derby, England with his wife Sue. They have a grown-up son.

Storm Bodies

By: Steve Orme

A grisly discovery by binmen on their round. A woman leaves her place of work but fails to arrive home. Is there a serial killer on the loose? Detective Inspector Miles Davies and his team need to find out.But with the Chief Constable urging Davies to come up with a way to get bored youngsters off the streets and the media eager for headline news, time is running out.Does a local basketball club hold the key? And how many more lives will be lost before Davies can make an arrest? The answers will leave you on the edge of your seat."Miles Davies is a terrific creation and the sense of place (as well as the grinding pressures of local journalism which I recognised from my dad's experiences) is ...

Storm Deaths

By: Steve Orme

A reporter is murdered, a television weather presenter inexplicably disappears. Are the cases linked? Detective Inspector Miles Davies is determined to find out. His attempts are continually thwarted by his boss who seems intent on ensuring that Davies doesn’t discover the truth. But why is Davies reluctant to investigate whether any of the members of the local basketball team are involved? Davies knows he has to weather the storm and find answers – before more bodies are discovered. “A cross between John Harvey and Stephen Booth”***** "A thrilling contemporary crime suspense that gripped me from the start." Julia Wilson***** "A well-written book that I couldn't put down." M Gre...