A slightly rushed unboxing of my author copies of SOLITARY AGENTS, just arrived from @headlinebooks, because it was starting to rain and I didn’t want to wreck them.

Some very intriguing #bookmail today - THE FIFTEENTH MAN, the debut spy novel from veteran journalist William Cook. Can’t wait to dig into to this one. Thank you to @mirandajewess.bsky.social and @viperbooks.bsky.social for sending it over!

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We are halfway through May, which means we're also halfway through this amazing opportunity for Americans to pick up the first book in my spy series for less than a buck! Which is very handy since the sequel comes out on the 4th of June in US eBook. Get yourself a proper bargain Americans!

A brilliant night at Toppings to listen to @bingewriting.bsky.social talking about his latest book ABYSS with @garethjohnbrown.bsky.social - lots of @edinburghsff.com folks in attendance and some great chats in the pub after. Perfect.

Tips for writing out and about in Edinburgh: Yes, you will need a coat. No, it doesn't matter if the sun is out right now. Also, you will need a tote, because when you flee the weather, you will undoubtedly find yourself in one of the city's many bookshops. This is not a bad thing.

Happy publication day Nick!

Just *three weeks* remaining until SOLITARY AGENTS comes out. Please do join myself and @bingewriting.bsky.social on release day at Waterstones West End to celebrate the launch of my second novel: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

It's going to be quite the line-up this year!

Six weeks until this intensely excellent novel comes out. Here's what I said when I blurbed it: "A tense and claustrophobic horror novel that drips with atmosphere, tension and threat, Atomic Coffin is a Cold War fever dream of spies, submarines and intense, hull-cracking dread."

Looking forward to this!

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THE HOLLOW BOYS from our very own @tariqashkanani.bsky.social is out today! The follow-up to his award-winning (and currently multi-nominated) THE MIDNIGHT KING, this is another dark, compelling crime noir set in small-town America. Pick it up today: www.amazon.co.uk/Hollow-Boys-...

Look what came in the post today from my editor Toby Jones at @headlinebooks.bsky.social! My main box of author copies won’t arrive for a while, but Toby sent me a finished hardback of SOLITARY AGENTS and I’m *so* delighted with it.

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A beautiful evening under the sunlit Edinburgh Castle listening to @franceswrites.bsky.social in conversation with @hanfrankan.bsky.social at Waterstones Edinburgh - check out THE BONE DOOR, out now!

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Huge thanks to @callummcsorley.bsky.social for this cracking blurb for SOLITARY AGENTS, out in just 24 days from @headlinebooks.bsky.social on Thursday June 4th! Come along to Waterstones West End on 22nd May to hear Callum talking about his new book! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

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New #bookmail - a proof of the new Joseph Gunner spy thriller DECEPTION by Alan Parks - thank you to @baskervillejmp.bsky.social for sending it over!

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Only FOUR weeks to go until my second novel, SOLITARY AGENTS, comes out from @headlinebooks.bsky.social! Come along to Waterstones Edinburgh West End to see @bingewriting.bsky.social ask me lots of suspiciously pointed questions about my murky past. www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

This is a gorgeous novel and shares a universe with the equally stunning WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST - highly recommend both of them.

Voted 🗳️ - please make sure your voice is heard. People who tell you it doesn’t matter are ensuring, eventually, that it won’t.

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Going back to posting daynotes here on Bsky, because it's exponentially less faff than Instagram, and much less doom-scrolly. Plus eventually I'll be able to automate it.

Huge congrats to @mkhardywrites.com!

Congratulations @alessandraranelli.bsky.social, MURDER AT THE HOTEL ORIENT is #9 on the UK Original Fiction chart this week, and #12 on the Fiction Heatseekers chart!

Cymera Festival 2026 is just 1 month away 🤩 A few more authors have snuck onto the festival line-up since our programme announcement – swipe through to see the new additions! View the full programme and grab your tickets, Weekend or Day Passes on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26

It's that time again... Happy #DHHNewsRoundup day! Huge congratulations to all of our fantastic authors👏📰📚 Read here➡️ shorturl.at/a6Wua

Just one month until Cymera! Counting the sleeps yet...? www.cymerafestival.co.uk @cymerafestival.co.uk

Just *one month* to go until SOLITARY AGENTS comes out from @headlinebooks.bsky.social on June 4th! Huge thanks to Jack Carr for reading and giving me this wonderful quote, as well as everyone on Netgalley and Goodreads who have been absolutely loving it. Preorder - www.davidgoodman.net/links/

New @sffaddictspod.bsky.social interview with the incredible @sunyidean.com drops on May 5! Don’t miss it 👀

Being critique partners with genuinely accomplished and talented writers is... it's just amazing. I learn so much, in so many different ways, and watching their writing skill grow is an immense and ongoing privilege. Find people whose work you love and hang on to them, tight.

Americans! My next novel SOLITARY AGENTS comes out in ebook and audio in the US on June 4th, but for the *whole of May* you can pick up the first book in the series for less than a dollar! A whole lot of spy shenanigans for not a lot of money. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXDDG4VW/

Just five weeks left (!) until SOLITARY AGENTS launches and I'm in conversation with @bingewriting.bsky.social at Waterstones West End, here in Edinburgh. Grab your ticket and I'll see you there! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

And it’s out now! Subscribe to get the next issue in your inbox, and/or read this one online: www.davidgoodman.net/the-decrypt-...

It's publication day for the fabulous Murder at the Hotel Orient by Alessandra Ranelli. I enjoyed this enormously, highly recommended! espressococo.com/2026/04/30/m... @alessandraranelli.bsky.social @baskervillejmp.bsky.social

A little over two hours until my jam-packed April newsletter comes out! It’s been a busy month. Subscribe now for craft chat, events, links, reviews and more. www.davidgoodman.net/newsletter/

A bit of editing in Edinburgh today, including working from the gorgeous reference library at the Edinburgh Central Library. And it’s sunny and even beginning to approach being warm. Result.

Had a brilliant time at the Festival Theatre last night watching ‘The Spy Who Came In From The Cold’ - fantastic minimalist staging and a wonderful cast. It finished in Edinburgh tomorrow, but catch it if you can.

We cover some pretty scary geopolitical ground in our chat with Louise Penny on this week's episode plus we talk art fraud with JR Thornton. Listen here: bloodyscotland.podbean.com

Paperback launch day for QUANTUM OF MENACE! Here's me banging on about it. Small town murder mystery. Q from the James Bond franchise acting as amateur detective. Cryptic clues. Dry humour. What more do you need? Check it out in bookshops/supermarkets. Some options here: geni.us/quantumofmen ...

Just six weeks (aka 42 days 😱) remaining until the launch for SOLITARY AGENTS! Book your ticket now to come along and see me and @bingewriting.bsky.social having a right old natter about spies and stuff. www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Off to see The Spy Who Came In From The Cold tonight in Edinburgh and I cannot *wait*. I'm a bit sad I didn't catch it in London, the 'in the round' staging sounded amazing, but really, really looking forward to seeing it at the Festival Theatre. www.capitaltheatres.com/shows/the-sp...

Quite literally, holy shit. Huge congratulations @bingewriting.bsky.social (aka Brucker)!!

Huge congrats @arthurmanners.bsky.social!

Daynote - Mon 20 Apr On compartmentalisation, podcasts and finishing novels www.davidgoodman.net/daynote-mon-...

And that's the first draft of Project VAULT, my current novel-in-progress, finished, at just shy of 113,000 words! Delighted. This is my eleventh completed novel-length project. Finishing a first draft never gets old. Wrote a lot over the last couple of days to get it finished. My hands hurt.