There was so much I didn’t manage to get to Granite Noir. I’d have loved to make Val McDermid being interviewed by our First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. I really wanted to hear Tina Baker discuss Make Me Clean and I’m really sorry to have missed Louise Swanson/Beech talking about her new book, End of Story.Continue reading “Granite Noir Part Two 23- 26 January 2023 @APARachel @GraniteNoirFest”
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From The Ashes (DI Eve Hunter Book #3) by Deborah Masson @deborah_masson @RandomTTours @HJ_Barnes
Source: Review copyPublication: 18 August 2022 p/back from Penguin. Out now in e-bookPP: 368ISBN-13: 978-0552178259 My thanks to Random Things Tours and Penguin for an advance copy for review purposes As the house burns, the hunt for a killer begins… In the dead of night someone starts a fire in a home for underprivilegedContinue reading “From The Ashes (DI Eve Hunter Book #3) by Deborah Masson @deborah_masson @RandomTTours @HJ_Barnes”
Out for Blood (DI Eve Hunter #2) by Deborah Masson @deborah_masson
Source: Review copyPublication: Out now in e-book. Paperback 10 December 2020 from CorgiPP: 368ISBN-13: 978-0552176514 My thanks to the publisher for an early review copy A young man, the son of an influential businessman, is discovered dead in his central Aberdeen apartment. Hours later, a teenage girl with no identification is found hanged in aContinue reading “Out for Blood (DI Eve Hunter #2) by Deborah Masson @deborah_masson”
Granite Noir 20 -23 February 2020 Less than a week to go. Do you have your tickets yet? @GraniteNoirFest @APArachel
With the very best in home grown and international crime fiction, a courtroom drama, poison cocktails, music and murder mystery escape games, Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s International Crime Writing Festival, returns to the city next week. Now in its fourth year, Granite Noir is inspired by the Granite city – its history, its atmosphere and itsContinue reading “Granite Noir 20 -23 February 2020 Less than a week to go. Do you have your tickets yet? @GraniteNoirFest @APArachel”
Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce @Harriet_Tyce @WildfireBks @JenniferLeech1 @annecater #GIVEAWAY #BloodOrange #Bookreview
Source: Review copyPublication: February 21st 2019 from Wildfire BooksPp: 336ISBN-13: 978-1472252753 Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise – she’s just been given her first murder case to defend. But all is never as it seems… Just one more night. Then I’ll end it. Alison drinks tooContinue reading “Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce @Harriet_Tyce @WildfireBks @JenniferLeech1 @annecater #GIVEAWAY #BloodOrange #Bookreview”
First Minister to Chair Granite Noir Festival event @GraniteNoirFest
Granite Noir – Aberdeen’s crime writing festival – has announced Scotland’s First Minster, Nicola Sturgeon as chair for one of the festival’s opening events, with Abir Mukherjee. A voracious reader since childhood, Nicola Sturgeon will chair an event with author Abir Mukherjee, the child of immigrants from India, who was bought up in the WestContinue reading “First Minister to Chair Granite Noir Festival event @GraniteNoirFest”
MacBride, Billingham, Mukherjee and Sigurdardottir to feature at Granite Noir 2019 @granitenoirFest @ApaRachel
The cream of crime fiction authors from around the world, a poisoned high tea party, Noir inspired cabaret and a specially commissioned Escape Room game are some of the highlights that audiences can expect in Aberdeen in February when the third annual Granite Noir festival gets underway. The festival line up promises more of the ScandiContinue reading “MacBride, Billingham, Mukherjee and Sigurdardottir to feature at Granite Noir 2019 @granitenoirFest @ApaRachel”
Stuart McBride to launch Granite Noir festival @GraniteNoir @APArachel
Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s crime writing festival is all set to launch its third festival programme at a special event at His Majesty’s Theatre this weekend. Highly renowned local crime novelist Stuart MacBride will join the team behind Granite Noir to share the secrets of the festival’s 2019 programme and mark its official launch. Granite NoirContinue reading “Stuart McBride to launch Granite Noir festival @GraniteNoir @APArachel ”
Burnout by Claire MacLeary @SarabandBooks @ClaireMacLeary #Burnout #Bookreview @grabthisbook
Source: Review copy Publication: 8th March 2018 from Contraband My husband is trying to kill me: a new client gets straight to the point. This is a whole new ball game for Maggie Laird, who is trying to rebuild her late husband’s detective agency and clear his name. Her partner, Big Wilma, sees the caseContinue reading “Burnout by Claire MacLeary @SarabandBooks @ClaireMacLeary #Burnout #Bookreview @grabthisbook”
Granite Noir 2018 – It’s A Wrap @GraniteNoirFest @Erica Banks
Saturday How to get ahead in publishing My friend, Scottish blogger Sharon Bairden from Chapter In My Life has blogged about the first session with Orenda Books publisher, Karen Sullivan and some other fab elements of Granite Noir here. Please do go and read. It was a packed house and a fascinating session thatContinue reading “Granite Noir 2018 – It’s A Wrap @GraniteNoirFest @Erica Banks”
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