Author Archives: Doug Johnstone

The absolute legend Anne Cater has organised this terrific blog tour for Ghost Notes. We’re a few days in and the book is going down a storm, which is lovely. Check out the dates below.

There’s a lot of music in the Skelfs’ lives, what with the funerals and Dorothy’s band. You can listen here. WARNING: CONTAINS JAZZ. (Only joking, it’s a beautiful piece of Bill Evans piano genius.)

And I am completely overjoyed to be appearing at my wee local Edinburgh International Book Festival on Monday 24th August at 6.45pm. I’ll be talking about Ghost Notes with lovely author pal Mary Paulson-Ellis, with some tunes at the end. Tickets here.

I’m equally thrilled to be returning to Bute Noir on Saturday 8th August at 8.30pm, where I’m appearing with some guy called Chris Brookmyre. Close readers of the programme will note we’re scheduled for 90 mins, so there will be … Continue reading →

I’m very excited to be appearing at Fringe by the Sea in North Berwick next Wednesday 5th August at 2.30pm, chatting to fellow crime writer Dave Goodman. We’ll be talking about twenty years of my bullshit, basically. Tickets here. There will … Continue reading →

Finished copies of GHOST NOTES in the house! Published in two weeks by Orenda Books. You can pre-order signed and dedicated copies here from The Portobello Bookshop:

Hey! You can preorder my forthcoming novel GHOST NOTES at Waterstones for 25% off with code SUMMER26 at checkout. Only for the next few days. Why not, eh?