Blogs in January 1970

The Bullet Trick 1st January 1970

The protagonist here is a Glaswegian conjurer who has seen better days. Those who know their literature of the Gothic (and Louise Welsh is certainly of that number!) will no doubt spot that the author has christened her anti-hero...

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Morbid Relations 1st January 1970

Robert Argyll is a failing stand up comedian. To make matters worse, he drinks too much, can’t hold down a relationship and is going nowhere fast. When he gets the news of his mother’s death, he reluctantly makes the...

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Yours is Mine 1st January 1970

Kate, is mourning her Father’s death. She agrees to an identity exchange, seemingly as part of a PhD study, and another girl moves to Kielder in Northumberland. Beware Anna, is all that can be said!

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The Lewis Man: Book Two of the Lewis Trilogy 1st January 1970

A MAN WITH NO NAME. An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog: the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. A MAN WITH NO MEMORY. But this islander, Tormod...

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Creatures of the Pool 1st January 1970

Gavin Meadows’ is a tour guide in Liverpool, and enjoys taking his tourist clientele through the darker sides of his home town. His life, however, is thrown off kilter when his Father disappears without a trace – shortly after...

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