This is the page where I post my monthly crime fiction round-up, as well as my other crime fiction blog posts.
Welcome to my new series
I’ve put together a series of short videos with writing tips, based on the questions I get asked a lot at book events. I hope you find them useful, and I’m kicking off with a set of three videos on how to use Scrivener.
Scrivener
Lots of writers use Scrivener, the software specifically for writing.… Read the rest
Welcome to the February round-up of crime fiction goodies. Download it here:
We might be in the middle of winter, not to mention in the midst of a pandemic, but there’s plenty to keep crime fiction fans busy and entertained.
There are some cracking new releases coming out. We’ve been lucky enough to have a sneak preview of Marion Todd’s new book, What They Knew, and it’s a cracker!… Read the rest
Welcome to the December round-up of crime fiction goodies. Download it here:
This month you’re in for a real treat, with the release of Banking on Murder, the first in JD Whitelaw’s new Parker Sisters Mysteries series. Our review of Banking on Murder will appear in the Red Dog book blog tour on 12th December, but take our word for it – you are going to love this book!… Read the rest
I was delighted when Angus Libraries invited me to put together a video for Book Week Scotland, and decided to do something a little bit different and (I hope) entertaining.
So, here is Crime Tails: losing the plot in lockdown, where our household pets, including celebrated tortoise Michelle, take part to give a more light-hearted look at crime fiction.… Read the rest
Welcome to the November round-up of crime fiction goodies! As COVID restrictions begin to tighten, there’s plenty to keep crime fiction fans happy at home. November sees the release of some cracking new reads, and Book Week Scotland offers a host of online crime fiction events for us to take part in.… Read the rest
Welcome to the round up of criminal goodies for October! This month there are more events to look forward to, and we feature the Portobello Book Festival on the front page.
There are plenty of new book releases to get your teeth stuck into.… Read the rest
Welcome to the round-up of September’s crime fiction goodies. August saw the end of an era, with the last of VNATB (for now). We put the spotlight on the phenomenal Victoria Watson and Simon Bewick, who brought us the the virtual get together week after week during lockdown.
There’s plenty of new reading material to choose from, with the much anticipated bonanza of book releases.… Read the rest
Welcome to the August round up of crime ficition goodies. Download it here:
This month is packed full of criminal reads and online events – so much, that you’ll want to stay in lockdown to get in on the action.
Running from 14th – 16th August, it’s the Reading Between the Crime online book festival, organised by blogger Lynsey Adams.… Read the rest
The Curator by MW Craven, published on 4th June
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I first heard Mike Craven read from his work when he appeared in a Bloody Scotland panel in 2019, and was blown away. His background is fascinating, and you can tell from his writing that he really knows his stuff when it comes to investigating serious crime.… Read the rest
Join me and my fellow crime writers Tana Collins, Lesley Kelly and Ian Skewis as we share tips for new writers, and our experiences of writing crime under lockdown.
We might be confined to our homes and our neighbourhoods, but crime writers have been getting together online to chat and share the crime fiction love!… Read the rest