Well now, we have some cracking offers with which to welcome in the New Year! Both "Magus of Sicily" and "Venetian Game" are UK Kindle Monthly Deals throughout January at just 99p. And for those of you in the US, there's a similar deal on "Venetian Gothic" at 99c. Happy reading, all!

The Case of The Devil of Daventry & Other Stories (Bow Street Society Casebook Vol. 7) is out on Christmas Day. and you can preorder your copy now: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G9BGKCC...

RIGHT – 🎄Holiday shopping: done ✅ (or is it....😬😳) Equity in education: still v much in progress 🚫 As we approach the holiday, we’ve opened a seasonal appeal to get more Education Packs into Scottish schools. 🙏🏾 👇Pls share & help spread the word 👇 protestsandsuffragettes.com/shop/DONATE-...

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The member authors at @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social have some fantastic Black Friday deals going at the moment, and lucky for you, we've collated them all right here. Indulge your TBR this Black Friday. Might even see one or two bargains from yours truly. #CrimeFiction 0j6j4.mjt.lu/nl3/hw8devZ1...

Kazakhstan: four days, five locations, an upset stomach, and one epic blog post; nothing but excitement from me! 🇰🇿 observaterry.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/s...

The UK Crime Book Club is one shy of a monumental 30,000 members! Be that one! Join us www.facebook.com/groups/ukcri...

The Haven for Quirky Conditions Meet the residents of Erin Cara who are desperately trying to rid themselves of quirky conditions. Laugh and cry with them. amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DB9D98YF amazon.com/dp/B0DB9D98YF # humor #humour

Family Stories Boxset: three stories initially serialised in The People’s Friend. Available as e-books singly, or in this three-for-the-price-of-two collection: www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Stori... www.amazon.com/Family-Stori...

Death on a Monday Night A Women’s Institute meeting defies expectations when the body of a prospective member is found dead in the kitchen. Another challenge for Detective Jude Satterthwaite. www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Monday... www.amazon.com/Death-Monday... #crimefiction #detectivefiction

Thanks Jane for posting this - I'd better use the opportunity to confess this story is set in the middle of Covid lockdown - some readers didn't like this but maybe this will have worn off with the passage of time. Anyway, it fits into its place in the series.

Part two of my Silk Road travels: Eagles! Beaches! Valleys! Yurts! And the worst toilet in central Asia! #Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 observaterry.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/s...

A great friendly and well-run group where writers and readers mingle!

Reflecting on another fabulous Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival @EdWomensFicFest The third Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival took place last Friday and Saturday and I was delighted to be part of the blogging team once again. The festival is celebration of writing for, by, and about women. It is…

That was then, but there is a new free offer on the ebook this weekend (19th, 20th, 21st September).

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MEET THE AUTHOR - T.G. Campbell I've seen a few of these recently and realised I'd never posted one so here it is (I figured it counted as a 'fact of the day' related to the books!). Thanks for reading!

The Family at Farrshore: Cathryn hopes to escape her problems by working in the north of Scotland, until she meets Magnus who has his own reasons for being there. A romance set in the beautiful Scottish Highlands. myBook.to/Farrshore #scotland

The Haven for Quirky Conditions Meet the residents of Erin Cara who are desperately trying to rid themselves of quirky conditions. Laugh and cry with them. amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DB9D98YF amazon.com/dp/B0DB9D98YF # humor #humour

Death on the Lake: When a young woman is found drowned, DCI Jude Satterthwaite is deeply concerned when his boss refuses to let him investigate the matter to avoid compromising a fraud case. www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Lake-D... www.amazon.com/Death-Lake-D... #crimefiction #detectivefiction

Free (again) on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th August!

Chergui’s Child: How far would you go to find your lost child? Set in London, France and Morocco. www.amazon.co.uk/Cherguis-Chi... www.amazon.com/Cherguis-Chi... #missingchildren.

Please see website for a brilliant book event in Leeds - Sat 27 Sept 2025 xx 📘💙 ukcrimebookclub.com

I like this - the rail journey from Inverness to Thurso has come out as favourite. Such an unusual and varied route with lots to see.

Just watched Death Valley - who on earth wrote the script and why are all the women so annoying? Timothy Spall coped quite well though.

The 3rd in my short Regency series is available from Amazon as a free ebook this weekend - light reading in all kinds of weather! Here's the link: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F7GDRZRV

I already like the new Pope - he seems like a kind of anti-Trump (in the same sense as matter and anti-matter). Also Leo is a very good name.

Thanks very much to @theguardian.com - your new online design actually works on my Kindle Fire and it seems to be easier to find things too.

It's my turn on the Authors Electric blog today (lots of other posts there vaguely connected to writing and more serious than mine!) - authorselectric.blogspot.com/2025/05/my-f...

Daughters of the Lake: Could a devastating secret destroy a family? Contemporary drama set in Switzerland www.amazon.co.uk/Daughters-La... www.amazon.com/Daughters-La... #familydrama #secrets

Capital Collection: A dozen short stories from four Edinburgh writers: including the separately-available Capital Christmas Stories. www.amazon.co.uk/Capital-Coll... www.amazon.com/Capital-Coll... #shortstories

There's a lot of reading in this! Though I must admit some of the financial ideas go over my head.

Here's a link to my post of today on Authors Electric - it's really a sequel to last mont's, and not really to do with writing: authorselectric.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...

Janet McCallum was a mill worker & suffragette jailed for storming Westminster. Like most working class suffragettes, her sacrifice has gone unrecognised. Now some Fife schoolgirls are campaigning to change that. My news feature for @heraldscotland.bsky.social. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2502893...

Voting is currently in progress to give a new school either some generic name or the name of an intrepid Scottish suffragette!

Yesterday I learned there are actually two crime/thriller novels where people get killed at Nuneaton's Mount Judd. Not only that, but both were published within a month of each other...

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The Heiress is not at Home: Juliet Chalcombe escapes from an arranged marriage. But will she eventually find happiness? www.amazon.co.uk/Heiress-Home... www.amazon.com/Heiress-Home... #historicalromance #Dorset

Meet the residents of Erin Cara who are desperately trying to rid themselves of quirky conditions. Laugh and cry with them. amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DB9D98YF amazon.com/dp/B0DB9D98YF # humor #humour

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Have tried to watch the new BBC adaptation of 'Towards Zero' but I can't cope with the low lighting in the first few scenes - it's so bad that I can't distinguish between characters.

I go into a lot more detail than that! why did you go into the Low Traffic Neighbourhood when you were only 3 stops away, and never come out? why did the tracker say you were still 8 stops away when the driver was at my door?

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Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history. Please repost if you want it restored.

Fantastic news from Fife 🎉 Let's make Janet McCallum High School the first in Fife to be named after a working class woman and #suffragette 💪 #StudentPower

Writers’ Narrative, the eMagazine for writers everywhere, January/February issue is now available as a free download. This month we focus on Non-Fiction. issuu.com/scottandlaws... #writerslife #writingmagazine #writing #scottandlawson #wendyhjones