★★★★★ Review DRIFTNET - 'This is a thrilling, captivating and utterly put-downable tale which held me from the first page to the last. Read it - you won’t be disappointed' https://bit.ly/4nm35c5 #LinAnderson #Driftnet #Thriller #BloodyScotland

★★★★★THE DEAD AND THE DYING - 'Lin Anderson is a fantastic author and every one of her Rhona MacLeod books is so interesting, so tense, and so informative - it is difficult to put the books down.' https://bit.ly/4nrA9Q8 #Thriller #LinAnderson #TheDeadAndTheDying

The anti-Britcard petition is getting 500+ signatures per minute. Was it a McSweeney idea? #Britcard

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Absolutely nailed it ! 👏

I’ve been clear - what’s happening in Gaza is a genocide.

I've never taken so long to research and write a book (due to #longcovid) so I've never been so delighted to hold a new book in my hands! I can't wait to share these #CelticTales, and @elisecillustration.com's stunning illustrations, with everyone! I don't have to wait long, it's published on 16 Oct

Hi there Alex. Delighted you enjoyed it. 😀

Tomorrow @bloodyscotland.bsky.social, wonderful @linanderson.bsky.social - 12.30 in the Albert Halls and just before that - " This event will feature a Crime in the Spotlight reading from Frances Mckendrick (Words Fail Me)."

I'm opening the Bloody Scotland festival this year on the Friday afternoon with a SETTING THE (CRIME) SCENE event with Simon Toyne and Allan Gaw, chaired by the wonderful Professor James Grieve. Info and tickets: https://bit.ly/3IpzG1l ##BloodyScotland #CrimeFiction

I'm opening the Bloody Scotland festival this year on the Friday afternoon with a SETTING THE (CRIME) SCENE event with Simon Toyne and Allan Gaw, chaired by the wonderful Professor James Grieve. Info and tickets: https://bit.ly/3IpzG1l ##BloodyScotland #CrimeFiction

Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!

I’m so excited for @bloodyscotland.bsky.social this year. Getting some nominee reading in ahead of the journey up north. @heathercritchlow.bsky.social @linanderson.bsky.social

"Seaweed Gatherer". Paul Sérusier. c.1890. 

No talk about the fact that immigration is a tiny issue that actually Asylum Seekers make up less than 0.1% of the population and the GDP. And that by going on endlessly about a tiny, tiny issue we are instead missing all the large ones. And this works great for Nigel Farage.

Out this week, I got to factcheck the proofs for the publisher, Birlinn. birlinn.co.uk/product/glas...

The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat. Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.

Obviously it’s complete tosh. The more interesting question is why is he saying it and who paid him to do so. Who gains from English people losing their human rights?

Protest in Manassas, VA today. Lots of support from passers by! #MayDay. #WorkersOverBillionaires #Manassas

🌟 We're looking for enthusiastic and compassionate volunteers to join our team! 🌟 Make a difference in the lives of people rebuilding their lives in Scotland. 🧡 🗓 Deadline to apply: 15 September 👉Find out more & apply: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/get-involved...

Membership of the Old Edinburgh Club is open to anyone, whether you live in Edinburgh or not. Share in our passion for the history and heritage of our capital. Check out our website for the benefits of joining and to apply online to become a member. #edinburghhistorymembership. buff.ly/q2ynlcg

I'm opening the Bloody Scotland festival this year on the Friday afternoon with a SETTING THE (CRIME) SCENE event with Simon Toyne and Allan Gaw, chaired by the wonderful Professor James Grieve. Info and tickets: https://bit.ly/3IpzG1l ##BloodyScotland #CrimeFiction

Flags of St George 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 remind @thetimes reader that the patron saint of England was a migrant whose father was from Turkey 🇹🇷 and whose mother was from Palestine 🇵🇸

Here is the growing list of countries choosing to pause mail deliveries to the U.S. because of Trump's tariff chaos. Did anyone vote in 2024 to become the new Hermit Kingdom? Austria Australia Denmark France Germany India Italy Japan New Zealand Singapore Spain South Korea Sweden Thailand

Gutted I won’t make this year’s @islaybookfest.bsky.social. A huge well done to @charlenebusalli.bsky.social and team for such a great lineup. It’s so exciting to see the festival go from strength to strength Everyone should have this festival on their must-see list. www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

Manda Scott: Any Human Power Chaired by Emily Arnold-Fernández Sunday 31st August 2025 @ 3:30pm Bruichladdich Hall Tickets available here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/islay-book-f...

I'm opening the Bloody Scotland festival this year on the Friday afternoon with a SETTING THE (CRIME) SCENE event with Simon Toyne and Allan Gaw, chaired by the wonderful Professor James Grieve. Info and tickets: https://bit.ly/3IpzG1l ##BloodyScotland #CrimeFiction

I'm opening the Bloody Scotland festival this year on the Friday afternoon with a SETTING THE (CRIME) SCENE event with Simon Toyne and Allan Gaw, chaired by the wonderful Professor James Grieve. Info and tickets: https://bit.ly/3IpzG1l ##BloodyScotland #CrimeFiction

And this is pretty good explanation of why the UK is NOT remotely a 'single market' in the sense that the EU is.

Windswept

War in Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron says he doesn't believe Putin is 'very willing to get peace' in Ukraine. After a meeting at the White House Monday, the French president said if there is no progress in talks, Russia should be hit with more sanctions. www.nbcnews.com/world/ukrain...

The Glasgow launch event for my crime thriller THE DEAD AND THE DYING, book 19 in the Forensic Scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod series, is in Waterstones Byres Road on Thursday 21st August at 7:00pm. Info and tickets: bit.ly/ByresRoad##TheDeadandtheDying #CrimeFiction #LinAnderson

Lin Anderson talks to Stewart Bain of Radio Orkney about her new THE DEAD AND THE DYING crime thriller youtu.be/TsHS0c3wZio #TheDeadAndTheDying #LinAnderson

The Glasgow launch event for my crime thriller THE DEAD AND THE DYING, book 19 in the Forensic Scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod series, is in Waterstones Byres Road on Thursday 21st August at 7:00pm. Info and tickets: bit.ly/ByresRoad##TheDeadandtheDying #CrimeFiction #LinAnderson

I'm opening the Bloody Scotland festival this year on the Friday afternoon with a SETTING THE (CRIME) SCENE event with Simon Toyne and Allan Gaw, chaired by the wonderful Professor James Grieve. Info and tickets: https://bit.ly/3IpzG1l ##BloodyScotland #CrimeFiction

★★★★★ WHISPERS OF THE DEAD - 'This is a cracking book for crime thriller readers' bit.ly/whispersofdead #LinAnderson #Thriller #CrimeFiction

DRIFTNET (No1 Best Seller & Series Book 1) 'The boy did not expect to die' viewbook.at/Driftnet #CrimeFiction #Thriller #Mystery #LinAnderson #CSI #BloodyScotland #BookBoost #KU

The Glasgow launch event for my crime thriller THE DEAD AND THE DYING, book 19 in the Forensic Scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod series, is in Waterstones Byres Road on Thursday 21st August at 7:00pm. Info and tickets: bit.ly/ByresRoad##TheDeadandtheDying #CrimeFiction #LinAnderson

Tha sinn ag obair còmhla ri @byleaveswelive.bsky.social gus piseach a thoirt air a’ ghainnead de bàrdachd cho-aimsireil Ghàidhlig do chloinn. Fiosrachadh an seo ⬇️

Exactly! Agree? #Scotland

It's PUBLICATION DAY for my latest Orkney-set Forensic Scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod crime thriller THE DEAD AND THE DYING !!! 🍾📚🍾 #LinAnderson #TheDeadAndTheDying mybook.to/DeadandDying

The Glasgow launch event for my crime thriller THE DEAD AND THE DYING, book 19 in the Forensic Scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod series, is in Waterstones Byres Road on Thursday 21st August at 7:00pm. Info and tickets: bit.ly/ByresRoad##TheDeadandtheDying #CrimeFiction #LinAnderson

★★★★★ Review - PICTURE HER DEAD -' I read in bed on an evening and this one had me feeling nervous when I turned out the light - what was behind those walls!' viewbook.at/PictureHerDead #CrimeFiction #Thriller #Mystery #LinAnderson #KU #BloodyScotland

THE REBORN ★★★★★ 'If you thought Book 6 was thrilling and a little creepy then The Reborn takes it to a whole new level' viewbook.at/TheReborn #CrimeFiction #Mystery #TartanNoir #LinAnderson #Thriller #CSI #Forensics #Kindle #BloodyScotland #IARTG #KU

Would you recognise your own son? - How a crime fiction series began with DRIFTNET ow.ly/9DHW306T6tr #AmWriting #CrimeFiction #BloodyScotland #CSI #Mystery #Thriller #LinAnderson #KindleUnlimited

Look at the splendid line up of new and emerging authors who'll be battling their nerves as they take to the stage in front of our headlining Albert Halls crowds in this year's Crime in the Spotlight slots! Full line up here bloodyscotland.com/crime-in-the...

SOCIAL MURDER Is a term coined by Friedrich Engels in 1845 and used to describe murder committed by the political and social elite where they knowingly permit conditions to exist where the poorest and most vulnerable in society are deprived of the necessities of life and are placed in a position

The remarkably well-preserved Kildonan Dun, on the Kintyre coast north of Campbeltown. Roughly D-shaped, it would have served as a fortified farmstead when first built, the better part of two thousand years ago. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #KildonanDun #Kintyre #Argyll

And, I am delighted 😃