The greatest writer who ever lived turns spy… To be in with a chance of winning #ASerpentintheGarden by one of the nicest blokes in crime Howard Linskey Be sure to follow us, Canelo & Howard as well as RT-ing and liking this post. UK only, comp closes at 8pm BST 22/9/24.

Engrossed in this new one 10/10 from Nick Triplow Nick Triplow No Exit Press Bedford Square Publishers Nick Quantrill Hull Noir THE LAST DAYS OF JOHNNY NUNN

Just read (inhaled) this by Mark Billingham and it's as terrific as the first Declan Miller - hilarious, horrific and heartbreaking too. It's just a joy to read something that takes the crime seriously but doesn't cut out all of life's humour. (Thx so much for the gift Mary the Book fairy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 !)

It’s time for YET ANOTHER incredible ChilternKills announcement. And this one’s the opportunity that’ll last BEYOND a lifetime. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our festival patron and thriller living legend Frederick Forsyth, we can now offer you the opportunity to win

Two weeks today I'll be in lovely Blairgowrie to talk all things #JonasFlynt alongside superstars SG MacLean & Sally Magnusson as part of Bookmark. Take a trip to fabulous Perthshire & come see us! Canelo Bell Lomax Moreton Jo Bell Details here: bookmarkblair.com/events/s-g-mac…

There's plenty hasn't aged well, but there is plenty to make you wish you could be backing #BartletForAmerica with these great characters who want to make the world a better, fairer place. There's a fair chance I'll be watching this again in November... theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

growing up south of the border we didn't get all the scottish comedy shows... but i did see this one :-D

Bishop brings Medici Florence alive. His sense of the ever shifting power dynamics really brings a force to this series that makes it both fascinating and intriguing. A Divine Fury by D.V. Bishop (Cesare Aldo #4) CARNIVAL OF LIES Cesare Aldo returns 26.6.25 Pan Macmillan buff.ly/3MWtay6

New week and new #Decades for you to enjoy. This week it is my absolute pleasure to welcome Donna M - Author & Blogger Donna Morfett to my Decades Library Donna has selected five terrific books from five consecutive decades to add to the Library shelves grabthisbook.net/?p=7765

Victor Macilvaney and Barry McLeish, along with their alter egos Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson, are en route to Wigtown Book Festival. Tickets sold out rapidly but we thought fans might like to hear their thoughts on visiting Scotland’s National Book Town wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/from-kelv…

Mairi Kidd is launching her new novel at The Portobello Bookshop as part of PortyBookFest very soon...

Ah, Mr Osman I disagree: crime readers adore great plots but what we <really> want is writers who give us terrific series characters who happen to be involved in great plots. Characters we can see grow and change and evolve are the holy grail. theguardian.com/books/2024/sep…

Excellent news!

Over on the blog today I'm reviewing the latest in the Sam Shephard series - another great instalment in a highly recommended series

I'm launching LIVING IS A PROBLEM tonight at The Portobello Bookshop - come and be entertained, why dontcha?

Just back from The Portobello Bookshop for the official launch of the latest #Skelfs novel, Living Is A Problem, by Doug Johnstone (Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦), chaired by Mary Paulson-Ellis - some deep existential chat among the humour, plus songs! Love this series, glad to hear it is continuing 🎉🖤

Thoughtful interview with Ian Rankin ahead of the new Rebus novel being published bbc.com/news/articles/…

Last night, Doug Johnstone talked about things being thought of differently in the west as vs the east (animism, hearing voices). Michael Bennett, novelist & filmmaker spoke matter-of-factly yet movingly about matakite at Bloody Scotland. It all makes sense if you give thought to the world around us.

a new book from RP is always excellent news - a new series is even better news!