Carry on Sieging
A quick tongue-in-cheek look at part of the history of Dunottar Castle on Scotland’s north east coast – sieges, torture, and general unpleasantness – adapted from my book ‘Devil’s Gallop’...
Blood begets blood – and revenge can bring a heavy price
I’m Douglas Skelton – a crime writer who specialises in fiction and non-fiction from the darker side of our world. My non-fiction charts the true life exploits of murderers, criminals and cause celebres. The settings for my crime fiction range from the tough streets of my home town of Glasgow to the wildness of the Scottish highlands.
A missing teenager should be an easy job for Dominic Queste - after all, finding lost souls is what he does best. But sometimes it's better if those souls stay lost.
Davie McCall has darkness inside him. A darkness that haunts him, but also helps him do despicable things to those trying to cause him and his friends harm.
Dark, black, hearts, valentines, Indian Peter and all true from Scotland.
Douglas Skelton's final Davie McCall book "Open Wounds" is listed for the McIlvanney Prize 2016 as best Crime Book of the Year at this year's Bloody Scotland
A quick tongue-in-cheek look at part of the history of Dunottar Castle on Scotland’s north east coast – sieges, torture, and general unpleasantness – adapted from my book ‘Devil’s Gallop’...
Douglas Skelton and the strands linking his fiction Four different series. Plus one standalone (that wasn’t meant to be a standalone, but that’s another story). That’s my writing output since...
Many months ago I published here an account of a riot in Glasgow that prefigured the more famous 1919 Bloody Friday in George Square. I promised then I would publish...
Last February author Denzil Meyrick passed away. He was a friend to many. He was a friend to me. We spoke nearly every day. He advised, guided, cajoled me into...
The second part of my look at the life, and the crimes that surrounded it, of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. (Image above: Murder of Rizzio By Jean Lulves –...
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, is a major figure in Scottish history – and indeed the romance of its past. Here is my take on her story. It’s a long...
I was reading a magazine this morning and found a somewhat disappointing article about journalism in films, mourning the lack of romanticism in filmic depictions of the trade. The author...
Douglas once wrote a weekly column for the Sunday Mail called You the Jury, which took real-life cases from American and beyond, presented the basic facts and invited the reader...
Those who know me are aware of my love of westerns. Even some who don’t know me, and who perhaps have attended any of my events, will be aware because...
Douglas is looking forward to returning to Moffat for the first time in eleven years for this recently revived festival.