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One of my fave things about the #Skelfs novels by Doug Johnstone is how they include new ideas on funerals and the rituals that mark a death. (Do also read Mary Paulson-Ellis and AK Turner 🖤 to demystify some of the processes around death) #SkelfSummer theguardian.com/society/articl…

Two fabulous September Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦 Blog Tours #LivingIsAProblem Doug Johnstone #TheTorments Michael Malone (The J is silent)

So, it's #SkelfSummer week 4! Doug Johnstone Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦 Time to revisit Black Hearts: "While parts of the plot set the heart racing, it’s the parts in between that for me hold the greatest power; the introspective moments, the fracturing and rebuilding" crimebookgirl.com/2022/09/27/rev…

Stoked, chuffed and delighted to have won the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards for Best Novel with RITUAL OF FIRE! Congratulations to Jennifer Lane on winning the YA Award, and Claire Bayliss for the Debut Novel Award. Pan Macmillan Jenny Brown Pan Macmillan Aus

Picked this one off the TBR yesterday afternoon... finished by bedtime! Thanks Canelo for the proof, & Sarah Ward for the witchy-tinged plot with its terrific female protagonists - archaeology will never look the same! Out in Oct folks, watch for it #books #CrimeFiction

Week 5 of #SkelfSummer and we're at The Opposite Of Lonely Doug Johnstone Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦 - "There are shocking moments and painful realisations and things long buried arising... There are secrets, and people hiding their true selves." crimebookgirl.com/2023/09/22/rev…

That's a heck of a shortlist for this year's McIlvanney Prize - I enjoyed being a part of choosing the longlist but not sure I'd want to have to choose a winner... Good luck, judges! #books #CrimeFiction

Some unexpected but intriguing #BookPost today - thanks Corylus Books for the package! #books #CrimeFiction

New interview! Douglas Jackson (Canelo Bloody Scotland) tells us about his journey to publication: "I’m very conscious of the privilege I have of being able to use nothing but my imagination and a keyboard to make a living." crimebookgirl.com/2024/09/12/int… #books #CrimeFiction

Feature: A preview of Bloody Scotland which runs today until Sunday: "The only problem? There are so many brilliant authors appearing you may need to buy an extra bag to take home all the books you couldn't resist buying" crimebookgirl.com/2024/09/13/fea… #books #CrimeFiction #Stirling

2024 Bloody Scotland debut prize goes to Alan Gow for The Silent House Of Sleep 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

The Bloody Scotland #McIlvanneyPrize for Scottish Crime Novel Of The Year 2024 goes to Chris Brookmyre for the absolutely astonishingly brilliant The Cracked Mirror 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

For those yet to read The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre, the newly-minted #BloodyScotland #McIlvanneyPrize 2024 winner, I have a spoiler-free review on the blog! crimebookgirl.com/2024/07/22/rev…

More #BloodyScotland goodness today, including my most recent interview subject Douglas Jackson on the World At War panel this afternoon

Terrific Bloody Scotland panel with AJ West #AlwaysTogether David Greig and Eleni Kyriacou, chaired by CARNIVAL OF LIES Cesare Aldo returns 26.6.25 - entertaining, educational and surprisingly emotional. #books #CrimeFiction

Terrific to be part of the Ngaio Marsh Awards team, such a privilege - books by David and Michael should be on your TBR, and if you get the chance to see them at an event, grab it as they are thoughtful, funny and fabulous interviewees #books #CrimeFiction

That would be Saturday afternoon, obvs... Too easy to lose track of time at festivals 😂

An Antipodean Saturday evening Bloody Scotland - Terrific Kiwi Crime panel with Vanda Symon and Michael Bennett, novelist & filmmaker (chair Craig Sisterson), impromptu Ngaio Marsh Awards judges and winners gathering and a NZ/Iz dinner with added me and Ajay #books #CrimeFiction

Saturday nights are always good at Bloody Scotland - Erin Kelly #TheHouseOfMirrors with Mark Billingham followed by a little karaoke at the CurlyCooStirling and proof I was once again among the last ones standing... #books #CrimeFiction

Sunday is sad, last day of Bloody Scotland 😭 but EmmaChristieAuthor is #InHerShadow helen FITZGERALD and Doug Johnstone (chair Craig Sisterson) were funny and fascinating, and the stragglers' dinner included a glorious dessert along with good company - and a final Coo trip for a few drams...