November 2023 Blog Posts (3)

Revealing some of the crime fiction secrets

I am really looking forward to this event, which is part of Kirkcudbright Book Week, which runs in the Dumfries and Galloway town between March 4-10 2024.

 

Monday March 4   Ryan Stark Selkirk Arms High Street 2pm Tickets £6

Ryan Stark is a Midlands-based thriller writer and publisher. His Aidan Beckett and Daley & Whetstone…

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Added by John Dean on November 8, 2023 at 16:46 — No Comments

Crime writer to appear during book week

I am really looking forward to this event, which is part of Kirkcudbright Book Week, which runs in the Dumfries and Galloway town between March 4-10 2024.

 

Thursday March 7 An evening with Simpson Grears Selkirk Arms High Street 7pm £5 Supported by Scottish Book Trust through its Live Literature programme

The crime writer talks…

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Added by John Dean on November 8, 2023 at 16:41 — No Comments

An excellent start to a new series

Book Review The Ferry Port Mystery by David Pearson (The Book Folks)

What do you do if you are the author of a couple of popular crime fiction series but fancy a change? The answer is to create a new series with a new cast of characters, which is exactly what David Pearson has done with The Ferry Port Mystery.

The first in a new series…

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Added by John Dean on November 8, 2023 at 13:34 — No Comments

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