Doug Johnstone

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 my last three books for a total of £2.17. Much cheapness.

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.

illustration by Dom McKenzie

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

All Involved by Ryan Gattis

When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen

The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney

Pleasantville by Attica Locke

Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette

Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman

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