Looking back can be a bad habit

Sometimes looking back is not a good idea. Just ask Lot’s wife.

The terrors of a new book

The new book will be published on April 27. I hope it entertains. I hope it enthrals. I hope it makes you at least smile. I hope, this time, it scares you.

Libraries must be protected

Libraries must be protected. Here I present a love letter I wrote to my favourite Glasgow library

Marking five lustrums

I made an astonishing discovery this morning in the shower.

Reaction to The Dead Don’t Boogie

A look back at reactions to the first Dominic Queste thriller

MY SCOTLAND: 1. Away with the Fairies

My Scotland is one of dark deeds and dark tales. Stories of ghosts and demons, of battles and massacres, of murder and mayhem. In the first of an occasional series telling some of these yarns and sharing my pictures, I talk of the Reverend Robert Kirk, who legend tells us found himself away with the fairies.

Character building

How much of himself/herself does an author put in his/her characters?

Stirling work from all involved at Bloody Scotland

Another tremendous weekend of crime writing

As one series ends, another begins

After four Davie McCall books, I decided a change of pace was called for.

Reviews – Books from Luca Veste and Russel D. McLean

Reviews of 'Then She Was Gone' and 'And When I Die'