Originally trained as a journalist, Anya now writes and produces documentaries and drama documentaries. She has worked on an eclectic range of programmes from Panorama to Scrapheap Challenge, with a rich mix of subject matter, from Leonardo da Vinci to plane crashes, paleo-anthropology to Italian gardens with Monty Don.

A Red Magazine BEST CRIME READ OF 2014 'Gripping.' - VAL McDERMID 'A taut twisty narrative with a fantastic pay-off.' - PAUL FINCH 'Crime fiction at its best - great characters, great plot, great read.' - JAMES CRAIG, author of London Calling 'Where the Devil Can't Go marked Anya Lipska out as a crime writer of bravura skills, and this latest book continues her upward trajectory. An edgy, visceral vision of modern London, Death Can't Take a Joke boasts complex protagonists, pungently realised locales and a keen social awareness.' - BARRY FORSHAW, author of Euro Noir - The Pocket Essential Guide to European Crime Fiction 'Pacy & enthralling, with Janusz already one of the best protagonists in the business.' - MALCOLM McKAY, author of The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter

Originally trained as a journalist, Anya now writes and produces documentaries and drama documentaries. She has worked on an eclectic range of programmes from Panorama to Scrapheap Challenge, with a rich mix of subject matter, from Leonardo da Vinci to plane crashes, paleo-anthropology to Italian gardens with Monty Don.

A Red Magazine BEST CRIME READ OF 2014 'Gripping.' - VAL McDERMID 'A taut twisty narrative with a fantastic pay-off.' - PAUL FINCH 'Crime fiction at its best - great characters, great plot, great read.' - JAMES CRAIG, author of London Calling 'Where the Devil Can't Go marked Anya Lipska out as a crime writer of bravura skills, and this latest book continues her upward trajectory. An edgy, visceral vision of modern London, Death Can't Take a Joke boasts complex protagonists, pungently realised locales and a keen social awareness.' - BARRY FORSHAW, author of Euro Noir - The Pocket Essential Guide to European Crime Fiction 'Pacy & enthralling, with Janusz already one of the best protagonists in the business.' - MALCOLM McKAY, author of The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter