Happy October everyone!!! 🥳🥳 The weather’s colder, the nights are drawing in, but if you want summer sun and 18-hours of daylight, you can for just 99p!! 😎 The Dying Light is on offer on kindle for the whole month!! 🙌 GO GET IT (please)!!!! 🌅⛴️💀 #BookSky💙📚 amzn.eu/d/9Ki9nUS

@spacemandan13.bsky.social , Finally got my copy!!!! So excited to jump into it. #bluesky #blueskybooks #blueskymysteries #dyinglight #danielaubrey

I may be sick but some book reviews are worth sitting up for..... ;) www.thebooktrail.com/map-monday-t... @spacemandan13.bsky.social @harpernorth.bsky.social #MapMonday

I didn't manage to pick up @spacemandan13.bsky.social new book in June but got a copy from the Orcadian bookshop this week! (Dan they said it's selling well) Sat in the sunshine in my garden and ready to dive in #Orkney #MurderMystery #BookSky

For the last #FollowFriday of #DisabilityPrideMonth, check out some books from these disabled writers! 📚 “The Dying Light” by @spacemandan13.bsky.social 📚 “Bridges of Smoke” by @juliemarchbooks.bsky.social 📚 “PRAY FOR HIM” by @whosthistyler.bsky.social

I loved working on this cover design. #bookcoverdesign #crimethriller #orkneyislands

Shortlisted for the Debut Prize just last year, @spacemandan13.bsky.social graduates to the longlist of the McIlvanney with his second novel The Dying Light - he's appearing with Trevor Wood and Sean Watkin on Fri 12th Sept: bloodyscotland.com/event/always...

The Dying Light by @spacemandan13.bsky.social Wish You Were Her by @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social

It's time to head to #ORKNEY with the new book by @spacemandan13.bsky.social Islands, dark secrets and murder...... www.thebooktrail.com/book-trails/... @harpernorth.bsky.social #booktrail

Thanks to @spacemandan13.bsky.social for coming along to Orkney Library & Archive last night to launch The Dying Light which is the follow up to last year's fabulous Dark Island. The book is available NOW if you live in #Orkney - available everywhere else very soon! 😀

Come join us in Stirling!!! 🙌🏰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚 Being at @BloodyScotland was a standout moment for me in an incredible debut year, I’m so excited to be going back and to be on a panel with the fantastic @TrevorWoodWrite and @seanwatkinauth. Tickets in the tweet below 👇

This is not a drill! From tomorrow until our full programme launch on 12th June we will be announcing a string of Early Release events as we tease you with some of the fabulous lineup of authors we have in store for 2025...

Repeat after me, Nick: Intellectual property is still property. Theft is still theft. A business that can't succeed without theft? That's called a criminal enterprise. Also: get ****ed, you techbro quisling.

If you follow me on any other social media you’ll have seen this already, so sorry for the spam, but Freya’s back!!!! The Dying Light is out on June 19th. If you liked Dark Island, or you fancy the sound of a crime series set in Orkney, you can preorder here: amzn.eu/d/2QExfvg #Booksky💙📚

Easily my favourite mention of Dark Island yet on any social media. Well played @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social 👏🚌😁

Our upgrade went OK we think... You'll find 3 new audio crime series on the Libby app, including: Dark Island - the Orkney Mysteries - 'Six hours of daylight. A race against time to catch a killer'. Tell us about it - it's hard enough to catch a bus in winter up here! @spacemandan13.bsky.social ...

Had some exciting book post this week - author copies of the French, Estonian, & Swedish versions of Dark Island. Thank you to all the translators who’ve worked on these. The French version, Les Îles Muettes, is out next week (May 7th) and the Swedish and Estonian versions are out now 🇫🇷🇸🇪🇪🇪 #BookSky📚💙

Daniel is both very generous and correct - you can pre-order FLAt 401 today www.klpearson.net/flat-401 (Cute pet pics welcome but not mandatory.)

I was very excited to receive a proof copy of @kingsley.pearson.author’s debut, FLAT 401, out on July 3rd! Jay went to prison to hide what he really did. Now he’s out, rebuilding his life, but somebody won’t let him forget what happened in Flat 401… I loved this! Get your pre-orders in now 🙌🥳📚

Congratulations @spacemandan13.bsky.social @katekemp.bsky.social on your places on this prestigious panel! Look forward to hearing you all in conversation @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social

Last event of a fabulous @hburghbookfest.bsky.social - @spacemandan13.bsky.social talking to @susiesbookreviews.bsky.social about Dark Island, his acclaimed debut. Capped a great w/end of author talks, workshops, panels for all ages. Huge thanks to all who came to talk, listen, question, & eat cake

Looks decent this. Hope the dog comes too 🐶 Tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... #Orkney

It’s only 3 weeks until the festival kicks off! Have you got your tickets yet? www.eventbrite.com/cc/helensbur...

TDL @ Burwick, AT, SC, GL present, 00:19, 07/07 If you’ve read Dark Island, then you’ll know about the notebooks. They feature in Book 2, where Freya will try to decipher their meaning. She’ll come here, to Burwick, at the very southern tip of South Ronaldsay. But she might regret what she finds… 👀

Morning ☺️☕️⛴️

A week today, I’ll be back in Orkney!! 🥳🥳🥳 I absolutely cannot wait! While I’m there, I’ll be doing an event with the lovely folk from @orkneyarts.bsky.social at Stromness Kirk at 7.30pm, Tuesday March 11th. Hope to see you there 🙌 Tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-... #BookSky 💙📚

Join us Tue 11 Mar at 7.30pm in Stromness Kirk Hall to hear author Daniel Aubrey discuss his Orkney Mysteries Thriller series of books, Dark Island, and The Dying Light. See TicketSource for details and tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...

There were so many books I could’ve chosen for this article, it was hard to pick, but in the end it had to be a classic from the legendary @harlancoben.bsky.social. Thanks @jdwhitelaw13.bsky.social for inviting me to take part 🙌📚 #BookSky 💙📚

The only thing more terrifying than people discussing my book, is people from Orkney discussing my book 🫣 Thankfully Stewart Bain and guests were very kind about Dark Island on this month’s Orkney Arts show. Have a listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #BookSky 💙📚

Someone pinch me!! Dark Island was the 2nd bestselling Scottish crime book on Kindle last night, and 39th overall 😱🤯🤪 Freya and Jimmy Perez together at the top of the charts, not a bad place to be 🤩 (BUT DARK ISLAND IS STILL 99p IF ANYONE FANCIES HELPING TO KNOCK JIMMY OFF TOP SPOT 😜🤫) #BookSky 💙📚

I was so excited about today's post I genuinely fell up the stairs rushing to take a photo 🤦‍♀️😂 Huge thanks to @alisonstockham.bsky.social and @kategalley.bsky.social gor these 2 beauties. My big toe now hurts so using it as an excuse to do nothing but read 😂 #BookSky

My reads this weekend: a Horror anthology from Granta (2011) & Dark Island by Daniel Aubrey. #books #crimefiction #horrorfiction

If you love crime fiction you won’t want to miss our final panel on Sunday 30th March! @susiesbookreviews.bsky.social will be speaking to @jocallaghankat.bsky.social and @spacemandan13.bsky.social about their fantastic series 📚💙 Buy your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-scen...

I cannot wait for this! Link to tickets below if you want to come and hear me talk to two of my favourite authors! 💙📚

Me trying to work while Apple TV sends me notifications that there’s a new episode of #Severance to watch 😭😭 Who else is watching it?? It’s soooo good 🤯

Dark Island is a great book - atmospheric and page turning mystery, leading the reader along a trail of breadcrumbs. I believe it was also shortlisted for at least 2 awards!

We made it through January, everyone!!! 🥳🙌 And your reward is you can now buy Dark Island on kindle for 99p for the month of February! 🔥🔥🔥 As the days are gradually getting longer and brighter, treat yourself to a book full of howling winds and 6 hours of daylight. Perfect! 🤩👌 #Orkney #Booksky 📚💙

When a writer whose work you love not only reads two of your books back-to-back but uses words like 'superb', Saturdays really don't get any better!

I’ve been in a reading slump recently, but these 2 books by @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social pulled me out of it!! Paris Requiem and Banquet of Beggars are the 2nd and 3rd books in the Eddie Giral series and I had to read them back to back. Just superb! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My pics, not so much (sorry Chris) 🙈🤣

Check out all the amazing 2025 authors and guests for @hburghbookfest.bsky.social! 👇🏻

Here’s a handy starter pack so you can follow all of our 2025 authors and guests. Who are you looking forward to seeing? 💙📚 go.bsky.app/KQB29u

Now we have Shetland and An t-Eilean, there clearly needs to be a drama set in Orkney. Obviously the Orkney Mysteries series by @spacemandan13.bsky.social is the perfect choice. I definitely won’t have any complaints about the lack of disability!

I’m thrilled to be joining absolute superstars @jocallaghankat.bsky.social and @susiesbookreviews.bsky.social on a panel at this amazing festival!! There are so many fantastic authors involved, it’s going to be a brilliant weekend. Get your tickets now 🙌🥳📚 #BookSky 📚💙

Absolutely honoured to be part of this brilliant community festival in Scotland and can’t wait to talk to @spacemandan13.bsky.social and @susiesbookreviews.bsky.social - do join us - the tickets are a bargain! 👇

The @hburghbookfest.bsky.social programme is now live! I’m so excited to be on the What’s Hot for ‘25 panel on Sat 29th March before hosting the brilliant @jocallaghankat.bsky.social and @spacemandan13.bsky.social on Sun 30th. Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/helensbur...

My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace. It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.

Dark Island by @spacemandan13.bsky.social is a stonking thriller set in the atmospheric Orkney Isles. Kept me gripped to the end and a perfect read for a winter’s night 📚 ⭐🤓 #Books #BookSky 💙 📚

I’m kicking off 2025 by chatting with my @bloodyscotland.bsky.social debut shortlist pal, @martinstewart.bsky.social on Tuesday 14th Jan at Primavera Bistro in Newton Mearns, hosted by @waterstones.bsky.social. It’s the day after my birthday so there will (might) be cake! 🎂 See you there! #BookSky💙📚

I honestly never even thought about ending up on anyone’s “Top 10 of the year” lists when my book came out in April. Yet another dream unlocked!! 🤩🤯 Thank you so much, Susie! The support of reviewers, readers, booksellers and prize panels has meant the absolute world to me this year! 🙌📚

A fantastic selection of books