#USA #Canada 🚨 Books 1 & 2 in Johana Gustawsson's ADDICTIVE #Series are 0.99 t M Jakubowski & D Warriner Hunt for a serial killer takes Roy & Castells back to the past & some of the most heinous crimes in history… #Block46 bit.ly/48WcH92 #Keeper bit.ly/4czCQKj

Just finished Black as Death - superb and weekend read is The Winter Job. Would love to see them both but live in Portugal sniff.

I finished it in the early hours of this morning. Magnificent! I am sorry the series has come to an end but luckily still have the Reykjavik Trilogy and Betrayal on my virtual tbr pile. 😊

'We were here at the beginning for the Áróra Investigates pentalogy by Lilja Sigurðardóttir and we’re here at the end. Cold as Hell saw Áróra start to search for her missing sister Ísafold, drawing together other contemporary scenes. Black as Death brings matters to a conclusion.' #BlackAsDeath

Lilja definitely knows how to tap into the important themes! 'We find out exactly what happened to Ísafold and some others, and Sigurðardóttir manages to bring in other topics, such as fraud, extortion, drug dealing, smuggling, coercion and domestic abuse. All Icelandic life is here, evidently.'

'Heart is literally but more importantly figuratively what this novel is about. Some characters have it. Some think they have. Some lose their way because of bad actors. And some people are just cowards. Sigurðardóttir asks us to find our courage, for ourselves and those around us.' Oh my!!

'These descriptions serve to emphasises the emotional divide between these two big relationships in his life and because he hasn’t come to terms with Liv’s death, he acts out in his subsequent relationship – withholding of himself, struggling to engage...' LOVE this review of #DoubleRoom!

😍 'The story moves alternately between the two timelines and the two relationships. Liv is described as ‘a complex symphony’ and Babette ‘a light jingle from the 1960s‘ – the latter is a chipper kind of woman who bounces through life without much depth (illustrated by her musical tastes). '

OH MY GOSH! We could not agree more! EVERYONE needs to read #DoubleRoom! 'This is a novel that stayed with me, the creative storyline has real depth and humanity. This novel deserves a wide readership.' #BookSky #MustReadBooks

Oh my! 'This is a terrific novel of grief and loss and what happens when the trauma becomes deeply buried and insurmountable. Moreover he has a condition that means he is very receptive to colours and sounds, and his experience of the world around him enriches the otherwise sad story' #DoubleRoom

#LONDON #READERS 📚 Save the date! 10th Nov @ 6:30pm join Georgia de Chamberet at Hatchards Piccadilly for a discussion on Olivier Norek’s #Historical #Thriller #TheWinterWarriors t Nick Caistor Tickets via BookBlast here: tinyurl.com/4tj7xdjs Please share! #BookEvent #BookSky

Johana Gustawsson & Thomas Enger will be attending #BloodyBarnes, a brand-new festival of #Crime in Feb 2026! Chatting all things #Scandi crime and their #Nordic #Thriller #SON with chair Harriett Gilbert, on 8th Feb. You DO NOT want to miss this event! 🎟️ bit.ly/4oTs7jq

EVENT ALERT! @dougjohnstone.bsky.social will be appearing at #Motherwell Library later this month! If you're in the area why not pop along to this FREE event? #BookEvent #Books #TheTranscendentTide #Scotland

#DEAL ALERT! A missing boy, ancient curses, and secrets that could destroy the powerful. Michael J Malone's #Gothic #Mystery #TheHowling is only #99p on Kobo & Apple Books! What are you waiting for?! 🐺 bit.ly/4lwQAJp 🍏 apple.co/4qKlzoU #BookSky #Books

Our fabulous @liljawriter.bsky.social and Antti Tuomainen are coming to Aye Write on Sunday 9th November – 12.45pm – chatting to Neil McKay! They'll be discussing their new books #BlackAsDeath & #TheWinterJob BOOK TICKETS NOW! https://bit.ly/3KCm7wu ##BookSky #Glasgow #Scotland #CrimeFiction

'The action starts in Helsinki, the week before Christmas in 1982. Postal worker Ilmari Nieminen is separated from his wife and daughter. His fervent wish is to buy his beloved daughter Helena a piano for Christmas and maybe, patch up his marriage.There's only one problem: he doesn't have the money'

'witty, scathing, facetious, and ultimately, very satisfying. In "The Winter Job", Antti Tuomainen proves that he is second to none in his ability to mix great crime stories with an almost surrealistic comic tone. It's to David Hackston's credit that none of this is lost in the English translation.

LOVE THIS! '"The Winter Job" is a great introduction to Antti Tuomainen's work, and if you were already a fan of "The Rabbit Factor" trilogy, you will find much to enjoy here as well. It's the ideal holiday read, and would make a great gift for any mystery lover.' #Mystery #TheWinterJob #Finland

1/ My day on the blog tour for "The Winter Job" by Antti Tuomainen, who turns a seemingly mundane cross-country furniture delivery into a darkly humorous thriller which was SO much fun to read! @orendabooks.bsky.social @annerandomthings.bsky.social www.angryalgonquin.com/the-winter-j...

CHECK OUT this Crime Time FM episode! #RWRMcDonald chats to Craig Sisterton about his #Debut #Mystery #TheNancysAndTheCaseOfTheMissingNecklace. They discuss tone, child narrator in adult story, fictionalising a small town and MORE! 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4QF4...

'The writing (and the translation) in these scenes is so emotive and it was absolutely heartbreaking to read, particularly as someone who has experienced an abusive relationship. There was so much tension in their interactions with each other...' #BlackAsDeath is out NOW: geni.us/v0avX

'Lilja Sigurdardottir is brilliant at plotting and I love how she brought together all the different strands (both from this novel and the previous novels in the series) in an intelligent way that kept me engaged in what was happening the whole way through.' 100% THIS! #BlackAsDeath #IcelandicNoir

OH MY! '...loved this series and I’m upset that Black As Death is the last time I will be among Aròra and the fantastic cast of characters that Lilja Sigurdardottir has created. I have been invested in these characters from the beginning and I couldn’t wait to see how their story would conclude.'

Today I'm joining the blog tour for Black As Death by @liljawriter.bsky.social Here's my review: portable-magic.com/2025/11/03/l... @orendabooks.bsky.social

100% THIS!! Prepare to be OBSESSED! 'What you get is a pulse-pounding dread, a dark sense of inevitability that gnaws at your heart and creates a profound chill in your belly.' #BlackAsDeath by @liljawriter.bsky.social t L Garcia, is out NOW!

!! 'pacing is taut: there’s another plot involving Kaffikó, a chain of coffee shops making suspiciously large profits, that Daníel asks Áróra to look into, and the discovery of secrets on the street Engihjalli, where Ísafold lived. Yet the book never feels less than concentrated.' #BlackAsDeath

OH MY! 'The novel is deeply atmospheric. The cold Icelandic setting with rare light, long shadows, and the feeling of something just beneath the surface, seeps into every page. Black As Death is dark in every sense and chilling in all meanings of the word.' #BlackAsDeath

THIS! 'From the outset, the tone is heavy: Áróra, the series’ muscular financial investigator, has finally uncovered the body of her sister, Ísafold. On one level, that promises closure, yet Lilja Sigurðardóttir refuses to let us rest.' #BlackAsDeath @liljawriter.bsky.social

Black As Death (An Arora Investigation #5) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir translated by Lorenza Garcia @LiljaWriter @OrendaBooks @liljawriter.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1916788848 My thanks to Orenda Books…

Just finished, and what a day for it! 💀⚰️⚱️, my second Skelfs/ @dougjohnstone.bsky.social book, and it definitely won't be my last in either category, so please keep publishing and reprinting them @orendabooks.bsky.social.

It’s a fab cover

My debut novel, Tombstoning, is back from the dead. The book was first published in 2006, so next year is its twentieth birthday. To celebrate, my publisher @orendabooks.bsky.social are reissuing it with a lovely new cover and an introduction by Chris Brookmyre. Pre-order here: geni.us/Mb0bqB

My October wrap up courtesy of @thestorygraph.com. Ended with the excellent Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen @orendabooks.bsky.social

BREAKERS was the first @dougjohnstone.bsky.social that I read. I was so moved by the book that I haven't missed any of the books that he wrote following BREAKERS. I am definitely looking forward his debut, TOMBSTONING.

Time for a #CoverReveal coming 12 February 2026 from @orendabooks.bsky.social is the twentieth anniversary re-issue of #Tombstoning which was Doug Johnstone's debut novel. Not one I have read so I will be looking forward to this one. Pre-order here geni.us/Mb0bqB

#CoverReveal @dougjohnstone.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social Available to pre-order now 👇 geni.us/Mb0bqB

Some news!

I'm delighted to be taking part in the #CoverReveal for #Tombstoning from @dougjohnstone.bsky.social & @orendabooks.bsky.social This newly reissued 20th anniversary edition features a brand-new introduction from Christopher Brookmyre Published 12/2/26, you can pre-order here: geni.us/Mb0bqB

Join the #Readalong 📖 This December, join in the read-along for Johana Gustawsson's CHILLING #Mystery #ScarsOfilence t @thewarrinerd.bsky.social The book that has already sparked debate in France, with themes of #Consent, #Justice and #Power. 🕯️ bit.ly/48Q1HKx #BookSky #Gothic #MustRead

We're excited to reveal that next Feb we'll be celebrating 20 yrs since @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's darkly funny, sharp #Debut #Thriller #Tombstoning with a very special anniversary edition inc. intro by @brookmyre.bsky.social We can't wait for you to read it! 🌊 https://bit.ly/43835V7 ##BookSky

THIS! 'this is a tale of male friendship and classic cars – I sensed the vehicles were important in this particular novel – well it is a car chase! It’s a long way from Helsinki to up north, but the pace never lets up, and the climax was worth waiting for.' #TheWinterJob is out now: geni.us/bvcxI

!! 'Like Laurain, I now look forward to each new T'Tuomainen together with his translator, Hackston don’t disappoint. I loved this road-trip car chase which was replete with his dark humour, twists and turns, his trademark way of making the violence funny too...' #TheWinterJob

OH MY! I love this!! 'For me, Antti Tuomainen is the new Antoine Laurain!' #TheWinterJob is out NOW in hardback and eBook!

It arrived! My bookshop edition of Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson from @bertsbooks.bsky.social . This completes my @orendabooks.bsky.social collection … for now! #books #booksky #teamorenda #darkiceland

Spending #TranslatedThursday at the printers with #JohanaGustawsson as she signs 1200 (!!) finished hardback copies of her MOST chilling #Gothic #Thriller yet! #ScarsOfSilence, t @thewarrinerd.bsky.social is out 20/11! 🖤 geni.us/qJmdRQN Spredges EXCLUSIVE to bookshops ONLY! #BookSky

Join #TheNancys! We're so excited to announce that this November we'll be organising a very special #Readalong to celebrate the release of #RWRMcDonald’s award-winning #Debut! To be involved, fill in this form: bit.ly/4hv9KyC #BookSky #NancyDrew #HowNancyDrewAreYou #BuddyRead

This is not a test. The end is near! Sarah Sultoon introduces her heart-pounding #Thriller #Blackwater out this December. Prepare to drawn into a race against time that spirals into obsession, set against the paranoia of #Y2k😱 Pre-order now: bit.ly/3VlCwYe #BookSky #MillenniumBug #NewBooks

This is happening next weekend - all sorts of SF, crime and thriller blether from me & Adam & Ann. Come find us at Aye Write! @orendabooks.bsky.social

GIVEAWAY ALERT! Would YOU like to win a copy of the GLITTERING 10th anniversary edition of #Snowblind Ragnar Jónasson’s iconic, multi-million-copy bestseller, including a never-before- published prequel, #Fadeout? Then pop over to Anne's blog to find out how you can enter!

OH MY! 'All in all a magnificent ending to this series and a fantastic crime novel. And one well served by Lorenza Garcia's translation, giving us an English text that hums along. I'm so grateful to translators who provide a window into other languages and cultures, as Garcia does here.'