A book signing due to be held by author John Dean as part of Kirkcudbright Book Week has been expanded to include fellow crime writer Ryan Stark.

John, who lives in Dumfries and Galloway, will sign paperback copies of his recently-published novel The Meek Shall Inherit (The Book Folks), which will be available to purchase…

This is where writing comes perilously close to madness but I am a strong believer that fictional characters, if allowed their head, can tell their own stories and all the author has to do is type!

It does not happen every time you write, which is why authors must value it when it does, but it happened to me today when writing an account of a…

Book Review The Red Shoes Mystery by David Pearson

David Pearson continues to delight his many fans with his latest crime novel, in which his investigators O’Shea and Maguire face their most challenging case yet—the mysterious death of Maria Hyka.

As Maguire and her team dig deeper, they uncover connections to a…

Book Review - Murder in the New Forest by Carol Cole (The Book Folks).

It’s always a moment laden with anticipation when a new crime series emerges onto the scene and Carol Cole does not disappoint with Murder in the New Forest (The Book Folks).

At the heart of the novel is a new central character, DI Callum MacLean,…

The central message of this blog may seem an obvious one but it's important to remember - do your research and get your facts right.

The reason is that it can be all too easy to go with what you think you know. As someone who worked as a journalist for 40 years, I know never to assume but I still do it on occasion.

As a…

I am becoming increasingly intrigued by the creative process. Surely, I hear you cry, you're an author you always were?

Well, yes and no. You see, writing is such a technical skill - and although it might sound to some people like an odd thing to say I absolutely love the craft, the forensic focus on each word - much more than the…