If you want to avoid the Bank Holiday crowds & the train strikes, take a 'trip' to 1930s Glasgow instead, with Cast a Cold Eye, the 2nd Jimmy Dreghorn crime thriller, shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize – only 99p on Kindle for the month of May!
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This looks absolute quality.

If you want to avoid the Bank Holiday crowds & the train strikes, take a 'trip' to 1930s Glasgow instead, with Cast a Cold Eye, the 2nd Jimmy Dreghorn crime thriller, shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize – only 99p on Kindle for the month of May!
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Ooh! The White Death creators are back working together, and this looks an absolute banger! (Cc Charlie Adlard Robbie Morrison)

In 1884 four passenger ferries began operating on Clyde between Victoria Bridge and Whiteinch. The ferries were sold to Clyde Navigation Trust which also provided cross-river services including moving platform ferries at Finnieston and Whiteinch.
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My historical thriller RITUAL OF FIRE is just 99p this month on Kindle in the UK! amazon.co.uk/Ritual-Fire-Ex…

Recently rewatched two excellent Boston-set films based on novels by Dennis Lehane - Clint Eastwood's 'Mystic River' & Ben Affleck's 'Gone Baby Gone'. Authentic seeming settings & characters and some terrific performances.

If you're looking for your next read then give this a go. A faboulsy gritty and thrilling crime story set in 1930s Glasgow. Big themes covered and jaw dropping action. Rattles along at breakneck speed.

see that wee sign on the table? i wrote the review that quote comes from!!
you can read the full review here: scotsman.com/arts-and-cultu…

there's a longer version on my blog, should that be of interest: crimebookgirl.com/2023/04/27/rev…
& an interview with robbie: crimebookgirl.com/2023/09/13/int…

Heretic: Murder, madness and magic in a new historical thriller drawn by former Comics Laureate and artist of The Walking Dead Charlie Adlard, and written by yours truly💀🗡️😱

New prints in my store soon…
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Help, Police! Daylight robbery! Cast a Cold Eye, the second Jimmy Dreghorn crime thriller, set in 1930s Glasgow & shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize, is only 99p on Kindle for the entire month of May!
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Meet Sajid, an ordinary man who will go to any lengths to save his child.
#hunted Out May 6th (US & Canada) May 9th (UK and Ireland)
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Big tip of the hat to Waterstones from Jimmy Dreghorn, Bonnie Archie McDaid & me for having chosen Cast a Cold Eye as Scottish Book of the Month for April, with special thanks to all staff at the fab WaterstonesGla.

Don't worry, you won't have drag me out kicking & screaming😉

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This amazing Photograph, taken in 1956, shows The Amazing Violet Anderson, Glasgow’s only Woman Chimney Sweep.
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Very sad news about CJ Sansom, who didn't just write some of the finest historical crime fiction ever, but some of the finest fiction.
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Cyro Works, Sutcliffe Road, Temple, 1936.
Built in 1935, the Cyro Works produced typewriter accessories. Its Art Deco clock was local landmark. The factory was demolished in 1990s for new flats, but the timepiece was incorporated into new building,
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Cast a Cold Eye, the 2nd Jimmy Dreghorn mystery, out now in the US and Canada from Bantam Books Random House Group . . .

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Woolworths Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow 1936
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As April starts to wind down, Cast a Cold Eye has been looking mighty fine as Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month - Robbie Morrison, ya dancer! Window displays and suitcase props for a cracking read. Don't miss it.