This post is a little late, as I came home and went straight down with the lurge, an ancient Scottish post festival tradition, and am only just beginning to feel some semblance of normality. Not an issue though, I would gladly suffer for my Bloody Scotland going, such is the sheer pleasure it bringsContinue reading “BLOODY SCOTLAND 2018 @BloodyScotland @McDevitt_Bob @Brownlee_Donald #BloodyScotland”
Monthly Archives: September 2018
#Guestpost Lying and Dying by Graham Brack @GrahamBrack @SapereBooks
I am delighted to welcome Graham Brack to my blog today to tell us about his detective, Joseph Slonsky. First though, a little about the book which has been receiving very positive reviews. What do you do when the poison comes from within…? The body of a young woman is found strangled by the sideContinue reading “#Guestpost Lying and Dying by Graham Brack @GrahamBrack @SapereBooks”
The Tattoo Thief by Alison Belsham @AlexxLayt @AlisonBelsham @Tr4cyF3nt0n @TrapezeBooks #TheTattooThief
Source: Review copy Publication: 20th September 2018 from Trapeze Pp:384 ISBN-13: 978-1409175131 A policeman on his first murder case A tattoo artist with a deadly secret And a twisted serial killer sharpening his blades to kill again… When Brighton tattoo artist Marni Mullins discovers a flayed body, newly-promoted DI Francis Sullivan needsContinue reading “The Tattoo Thief by Alison Belsham @AlexxLayt @AlisonBelsham @Tr4cyF3nt0n @TrapezeBooks #TheTattooThief”
What Was Lost by Jean Levy @JeanELevy @EmilyGlenister @DomePress #WhatWasLost
Source: Review Copy Publication: 13 September 2018 by Dome Press Pp: 464 ISBN-13: 978-1999855963 Sarah has no memories. She just knows she was found, near death, on a beach miles from her London home. Now she is part of a medical experiment to see whether her past can be retrieved. But bad thingsContinue reading “What Was Lost by Jean Levy @JeanELevy @EmilyGlenister @DomePress #WhatWasLost”
BLOODY SCOTLAND 2018 MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR GOES TO LIAM MCILVANNEY @BloodyScotland @LiamMcIlvanney @Brownlee_Donald
In the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling, a packed crowd eagerly awaited the announcement of the winner of the Scottish Crime Book of the Year. Chair of the Judges, Craig Sisterton announced the winner as a huge round of applause broke out. Liam McIlvanney’s The Quaker is set in Glasgow in 1969. In theContinue reading “BLOODY SCOTLAND 2018 MCILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR GOES TO LIAM MCILVANNEY @BloodyScotland @LiamMcIlvanney @Brownlee_Donald”
Bloody Scotland 2018 – Meet the Authors: Q&A with Liam McIlvanney @Bloody Scotland @LiamMcIlvanney @Brownlee_Donald
I am so excited! Tonight I will be in the Church of Holy Rude in Stirling, waiting for the announcement of the book that will win the Scottish Crime novel of the Year – the McIlvanney Prize. I cannot wait to see who will win and begin the weekend of the year at Bloody Scotland.Continue reading “Bloody Scotland 2018 – Meet the Authors: Q&A with Liam McIlvanney @Bloody Scotland @LiamMcIlvanney @Brownlee_Donald”
The Cold Summer by Gianrico Carofiglio @GianricoCarof @bitterlemonpub @annecater #TheColdSummer
Source: Review copy Publication: 13th September 2018 from Bitter Lemon Press Pp: 276 ISBN-13: 978-1912242030 The summer of 1992 had been exceptionally cold in southern Italy. But that’s not the reason why it is still remembered. On May 23, 1992, a roadside explosion killed the Palermo judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three policeContinue reading “The Cold Summer by Gianrico Carofiglio @GianricoCarof @bitterlemonpub @annecater #TheColdSummer”
TEAMS REVEALED FOR BLOODY SCOTLAND V ENGLAND CRIME WRITERS FOOTBALL MATCH TAKING PLACE SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2018 @BloodyScotland #grudgematch #nomudbloods
Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival 21-23 September 2018 ‘They have really tried to find new ways of doing things.They decided to institute a football match which was Scottish writers versus writers from the rest of the world, they hired rooms in a nearby pub so authors could do cabaret or turns and that’s extra-curricular.Continue reading “TEAMS REVEALED FOR BLOODY SCOTLAND V ENGLAND CRIME WRITERS FOOTBALL MATCH TAKING PLACE SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2018 @BloodyScotland #grudgematch #nomudbloods”
The Corset by Laura Purcell @spookypurcell @BloomsburyRaven #TheCorset
Source: Netgalley Publication: 20th September 2018 from Raven Books Pp: 416 ISBN-13: 978-1408889619 Dorothea and Ruth. Prison visitor and prisoner. Powerful and powerless. Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder. When Dorothea’s charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she is delighted withContinue reading “The Corset by Laura Purcell @spookypurcell @BloomsburyRaven #TheCorset”
Down To The Woods by M.J. Arlidge (D.I. Helen Grace #8) @mjarlidge @MichaelJBooks #DownToTheWoods
Source: Netgalley Publication: 20 September 2018 from Michael Joseph PP: 480 ISBN-13: ISBN-13: 978-0718183875 The last thing Tom Campbell remembers is camping in the New Forest with his girlfriend, Melissa. Now he is helpless, alone and consumed by fear, hunted through the woods by a sinister, masked figure… When Tom’s body is found, displayedContinue reading “Down To The Woods by M.J. Arlidge (D.I. Helen Grace #8) @mjarlidge @MichaelJBooks #DownToTheWoods”
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