Some of you may know that I was one of four crime writers who appeared recently at an in-conversation event during the inaugural Kirkcudbright Fringe festival (along with Jackie Baldwin, Ann Bloxwich and fellow Book Folks author Ian Robinson).

To feed the conversation, each of us selected a facet of writing to talk about and I chose the way…

Book Review - Nothing But Smiles by Linda Hagan (published by The Book Folks)

A truly enjoyable novel which sees Linda Hagan returning to Belfast for the seventh book in her popular Northern Irish crime series.

Characterised by the author’s customary economical style…

This event may interest

Castle Douglas Community Centre

Love Crime Fiction?

Curious how those plots are plotted?

Join us at an informal workshop

Exploring how crime novels take shape and

doing some plotting of our own

Thursday September 14^th…

Inkers, a long-established collection of writers of which I am a founding member and who gather fortnightly in person at the Friends’ Meeting House in Darlington, as well as online, have published their latest anthology.

A Thread of Raindrops and Other Stories contains short stories in various genres, many of them featuring a satisfying…