This new one from @MarkLeggatt6, longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize, is a remarkable read. Love the main character, Hector Lawless, a man whose OCD command of details & how he uses them makes him as memorable as Sherlock Holmes -but unique. But the Edinburgh setting is magical

Here is my delayed review for this fabulous book, Penitent by Mark Leggatt and published by ⁦@FledglingPress⁩. Check out my review on the link below ⬇️ ⁦Suze Clarke-Morris⁩ ⁦Love Books Tours⁩ ⁦Kelly Lacey - Love Books Tours⁩ #BookTwitter #Ad #LBTCrew goodreads.com/book/show/1793…

Mhairi Black turned PMQs into Burns Night with this beautifully brutal reply to Oliver Dowden. Politics needs people like her, now more than ever. She’ll be such a loss. #PMQs

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Bethanne Patrick #FridaReads is always necessary, now more than ever! I’m blessed to read #Pentitent by @MarkLeggatt6 up for #TheMcilvanneyPrize Bloody Scotland!

The Mull of Galloway lighthouse, designed by Robert Louis Stevenson’s grandfather. Beginning to see where RLS got the idea for the staircase episode in Kidnapped…

⁦Nicola Sturgeon⁩ Cannot recommend Penitent by Mark Leggatt highly enough to all bookworms. Published by ⁦@FledglingPress⁩ and set against the gothic splendour of Edinburgh, the main character, Hector Lawless is as complex and compelling as the town that made him.

Brilliant!

As marketing tactics go, this is… bold. But it is a hell of a book and you might ad well go out happy…

One of the most immersive books I've read, and I already admire Mark's writing. I can't recall feeling more "in" a character than I did with Hector, and as uncomfortable as it was to "be" him at times, seeing his story through to an end was so, so, rewarding. Highly recommended.

Aye mate, just a return to Crossmywoof please.

I do love it when authors pop in to sign books! Lovely to - quickly - meet @MarkLeggatt6 ! Shame queue starting forming right then but delighted to display a signed copy of the #Penitent on face out! #crime #Literature #edinburgh #books #bloodyscotland #bookfestival #stirling

Colin

#Penitent by @MarkLeggatt6 is a pacy read with a dark theme and a protagonist that gets under your skin. A great read for staff and seniors. ❤️ Edinburgh setting ❤️ Hector - more please @FledglingPress ⚠️ Has themes of sexual abuse and political corruption

Woman of the Day Mary Lily Walker (1863-1913) of Dundee. One of the first women to be educated with men at university, her focus was on the poor. Dundee then had the highest infant mortality rate in the UK; one in five babies died before their first birthday. Mary used her own

Wee lambs! ❤️👏

Thank you to the lovely lady I met in #Dundee who kindly gifted me pocket money. Veteran took me to the #doggie tuck shop and let me browse and choose my own treats! Yum yums!

⁦Keir Starmer⁩ Why don’t you use the Union flag when campaigning in Scotland? Change? Aye right.

Colin.

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