Blogs in May 2020

Quite Ugly One Morning 27th May 2020

Yeah, yeah, the usual. A crime. A corpse. A killer. Heard it. Except this stiff happens to be a Ponsonby, scion of a venerable Edinburgh medical clan, and the manner of his death speaks of unspeakable things. Why is...

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The Long Drop 27th May 2020

Glasgow, 1957. It is a December night and William Watt is desperate. His family has been murdered and he needs to find out who killed them. He arrives at a bar to meet Peter Manuel, who claims he can...

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Laidlaw 27th May 2020

‘If you only read one crime novel this year, this should be it’ Guardian ‘A bloody good read’ Val McDermid When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only one man stands a chance of finding...

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Watch Him Die 27th May 2020

ONLY ONE PERSON CAN SAVE YOU. AND HE WANTS YOU DEAD.  The LAPD find a man dead at home. Nothing suggests foul-play but elements of the victim’s house show that something is deeply wrong. Meanwhile, in Glasgow, DI Rachel...

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BONES IN THE RIVER 26th May 2020

The traditional Appleby Horse Fair hosts the largest gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe. The sudden influx of more than 40,000 visitors into the small Lakeland town has always caused its share of problems, with strained relations between...

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