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It has been brought to my attention that my latest novel, The Dead Beat, is now only 99p on Amazon, Kobo and iTunes. I don’t know how long this state of affairs will continue, but it means you can get … Continue reading →

So I’m going to be on The Janice Forsyth Show today on Radio Scotland, around 2pm, discussing James Robertson’s The Testament of Gideon Mack for their bookclub. Tune in here.

So I’m doing this on Friday:

Here are three recent book reviews I wrote for the Independent on Sunday. Click on the cover to read.

I have had loads more Big Issue book reviews in the magazine recently. Here they are: Tokyo by Nicholas Hogg Half the World Away by Cath Staincliffe Day Four by Sarah Lotz Your Father Sends His Love by Stuart Evers … Continue reading →

Here’s my review of History of a Suicide by Jill Bialosky for The Indy on Sunday. Very moving, in summary.

Here’s my review of Helen FitzGerald’s The Exit for The Indy on Sunday. In summary, excellent.

Here are a load more Big Issue book reviews what I have done wrote. Here are reviews of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant, Robert Macfarlane’s Landmarks and David Vann’s Aquarium. Here are reviews of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band, … Continue reading →

It’s been out a while, so always nice when a new review pops up for THE DEAD BEAT. Here’s Pam Norfolk at the Lancashire Evening Post, declaring it ‘a mystery with its own special beat’. Lovely.