You Will Die Facing the Monument, part 3
Glasgow’s judicial industry was now well-established at the foot of the Saltmarket, with prisoners being kept in the south prison, either ahead of appearing in the adjacent courts or after...
Glasgow’s judicial industry was now well-established at the foot of the Saltmarket, with prisoners being kept in the south prison, either ahead of appearing in the adjacent courts or after...
By the early 19th century, the civic, prison and court facilities in Glasgow’s Tolbooth at the Cross were insufficient to meet demand. A new base was needed for the city’s...
Another series of extracts from Glasgow’s Black Heart, my history of the city’s crime and punishment, now out of print. This time I’m looking at the area between Glasgow Cross...
Reviews have been coming in for the latest Rebecca Connolly book A RATTLE OF BONES. Thank you to all who have taken the time, either in print or on-line, to...
Nobody likes to be taxed but in previous centuries displeasure at the levying of duty could lead to displeasure becoming violence. In the wake of the Act of Union in...
In my latest novel, ‘A Rattle of Bones’, Rebecca Connolly investigates a miscarriage of justice and there is a reference made to a true life case – that of Oscar...
My latest novel A RATTLE OF BONES sees Rebecca Connolly investigating a miscarriage of justice. In it, I mention the notorious Oscar Slater case, a case that continues to haunt...
In A RATTLE OF BONES I mention the Oscar Slater case, a notorious miscarriage of justice from the early 20th century that even today stains the reputation of Scottish justice....
My Rebecca Connolly books are set in Inverness and the highlands and islands of Scotland. They each have a connection to either Scottish history or mythology. Both The Blood is...
What follows is my account of the battle of Culloden, which has a role to play in my modern day mystery thriller THE BLOOD IS STILL. Any views expressed are...