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Hit & Run press round-up

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

So there’s been a flurry of reviews and features on Hit & Run in the last week or so. Here we go: Nerd of Noir gives the book a massive thumbs up in his inimitable style over at Spinetingler. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Trailer for HIT & RUN

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so last week me and Ewan Morrison went out driving around Edinburgh, pretending to crash the car and filming it. It was rather surreal, especially when a car went past thinking we really had hit someone. I got soaked … Continue reading →

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The Amazon effect

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Well that was a surreal weekend. On Sunday, my novel Hit & Run was made Amazon UK’s Kindle Daily Deal, with a price drop from £6.86 to 99p for 24 hours only. It was flagged up on the Kindle homepage. … Continue reading →

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Hit & Run is Amazon’s Kindle Deal of the Day THIS SUNDAY

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

My Kindle got stolen recently. For all you folks lucky enough to not have been robbed, Hit & Run is gonna be cheap as chips (99p, I think) for ONE DAY ONLY on Sunday 22nd April. Here’s a link. Get … Continue reading →

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Reading Matters vs Subtle Melodrama

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

I’m not really pitching these two FANTASTIC book blogs against each other in some terrible war of words, it’s just that they just both reviewed Hit & Run recently and I haven’t posted about it yet. So, here is Kim … Continue reading →

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ATTENTION Good People of Dundee!

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Like it says, ATTENTION good people of Dundee. I am coming to do an event in your fair city THIS THURSDAY with the fantastic authors Tony Black and Caro Ramsay. It’s at 7pm at the Steps Theatre and it’s free … Continue reading →

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Dead dogs and drunk drummers

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, had a good chat with Ali Braidwood over at his Scots Whay Hae blog. We went to the pub and recorded ourselves talking shite. Then we killed some dogs and went home. Read all about it and, more … Continue reading →

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(Not) lost in translation – Nesbo v Knausgaard

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so I recently reviewed the new Jo Nesbo book, Phantom, for The Independent on Sunday. You can read that review here. The basic gist was that the guy can do plot, but some of the line-by-line prose was truly … Continue reading →

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Human remains found on Salisbury Crags

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Soooooooo. Been meaning to post this since I saw it last week. Apparently, human remains were recently found on Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh. This shows, ahem, a great deal of similarities to a certain crucial plot point in Hit & … Continue reading →

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All over the place

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so I’m all over the place. In the media, that is. Kind of. Not really. But a few features and Q&As have popped up recently, here’s a wee list: A big interview in The Scotsman at the weekend, in … Continue reading →

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