This is an outstanding, powerful, and important novel, I was delighted to be part of the team judging the CWA Gold Dagger and choose this for our winner. Congratulations to Abigail Dean, and to all the winners tonight. #BookSky 📚💙

Deception (Joseph Gunner #2) by Alan Parks @AlanJParks @BaskervilleJMP Source: Review copyPublication: 2 July 2026 from BaskervillePP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1399819718 My thanks to Baskerville for an advance copy for review New York, December 1941.Joseph Gunner, former soldier, is off the front lines…

Went to @portybooks.bsky.social to order the latest from Prof Sue Black - and lo, they had signed copies out on a table a day ahead of official publication 😁📖🎉 So looking forward to reading this and seeing her at @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social (she's also at @edbookfest.bsky.social!) #BookSky 📚💙

BLOODY SCOTLAND REVEALS THE LONGLIST FOR THE 2026 McILVANNEY PRIZE @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald Bloody Scotland today reveals the longlist for the 2026 McIlvanney Prize, sponsored by The Glencairn Glass, which will be judged by author and broadcaster, Sally Magnusson, radio and podcast…

Wtaf?? 🤬🤬🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨 Only a few tickets remain for our Peter Ross 'Upon a White Horse' Govan Book Festival event! 📚 🗣 Upon a White Horse: An Interview and Q&A with bestselling author, @peteralanross.bsky.social 🕑 Date: 4th July, 2026 • 2pm 📍 Govan Old ⛪️ 🎟 Limited FREE tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/upon-a-whi...

The Shadow Step by Mark Billingham @MarkBillingham @BooksSphere @LauraSherlock21 Source: Review copyPublication: 2 July 2026 from SpherePP: 400ISBN-13: 978-1408722022 My thanks to Laura Sherlock and Sphere for an advance copy for review Mark Billingham is back with the third instalment in the…

Out this Thursday, The Shadow Step from Mark Billingham, published by Little Brown UK @thecrimevault.bsky.social @laurasherlock21.bsky.social My thanks to the publisher and #NETGALLEYUK for the early reading opportunity!

Mmm, not within a massive fight over devolved v reserved powers you won't... I'd say Scotland should decentralise more power but the point of devolution is that Scotland makes decisions for itself on a whole raft of issues. Butt out, Westminster. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The CWA Daggers will be awarded this Thursday! If you have a ticket, we’ll see you there; if not, keep an eye on this account and the 🗡 #CWADaggers hashtag, and we’ll post live updates. Did you miss the shortlists? Watch them now:

Sorry I'm going to be UNBEARABLE on this topic during the Burnham Premiership, but there is a perfectly good word for "giving local government more powers" and that word is "decentralisation", we should not be using the same word for a process of ceding legislative powers as for management powers!

@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social nice and speedy this morning I played squaredle.com 06/29: 29/29 words (+3 bonus words) 🔥 Solve streak: 8

Series recap with #TrevorWood!😍 Before you pickup your copy of #TheAngelOfDeath, the newest edition to the #DCIJackParker (OUT NEXT MONTH), here is a little refresher of the previous books in the series!❤️ PREORDER THE ANGEL OF DEATH NOW! 🔗https://geni.us/c80Xx #BookSky

Love this 😂

My LOVELY local independent bookshop - @portybooks.bsky.social - are now offering signed and dedicated copies of Ghost Notes, the forthcoming seventh book in my Skelfs series. @orendabooks.bsky.social www.theportobellobookshop.com/978191776437...

Small monsoon = no need to water the garden. Win! Mind, the flat is still toasty cos the stone is letting out all the heat it stored over the past few days...

Just look at all the lovely events I have coming up, talking about Ghost Notes as well as 20 years as a published author. For tickets and more details, go here: dougjohnstone.com/events/ @orendabooks.bsky.social

Mm, petrichor... 💕

Every now and then it's nice to pick your head up from your book, have a good look at the world around you, take a hard pass and immediately go right back to reading. Balance is important ❤️

As we swelter, think of October, cool and dark, with this book... #BookSky 📚💙

So, working from home then? Also, if you really want to shift power to the north, go to the Actual Bloody North, ie Newcastle or Northumberland. Look at the map, people...

It was the blog's birthday yesterday, which reminded me you may not have seen my annual books of the year feature - and a lot of those titles would be great for your summer holiday reading... #BookSky 📚💙 crimebookgirl.com/2026/01/02/f...

It's always a treat to get a new Tony McLean novel from James Oswald, Mary will tell you why... #BookSky 📚💙

I went away for the weekend and the lilies decided to unfurl for my return #bloomscrolling

Happy birthday to the other me! #BookSky 📚💙

That's worth staying for!

@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social could not get yesterday's done so lost my streak 😭 but today was actually ok... I played squaredle.com 06/22: 39/39 words (+4 bonus words) 🎯 In the top 18% by accuracy 🔥 Solve streak: 1

Nothing beats holding an advance copy of a book you've spent four years on! SLEUTH-HOUND is about Joe Bell, the Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes! It has everything: Victorian forensics, Jack the Ripper, and even a real Dr Watson. I'm grateful for your support: linktr.ee/drlindseyfit...

A public library branch in your presidential library? Bravo, sir! #BookSky 📚💙

Long read, every word worth it - and every bit of it written by a human person #BookSky 📚💙

Very important mini thread... #BookSky 📚💙

Read whatever you want to in whatever format you prefer, and let everyone else do likewise. Genre snobbery has been around forever and it's always tedious, stupid and wrong. #BookSky 📚💙

Will Carver- Bad Influence "One of the most brilliantly versatile writers, turns his astute gaze & acerbic wit onto social media- you just know that you will be in for a glorious mindf*ck as usual…" @willcarver.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/w...

Oh joy, because what we need is more sexist, misogynistic bs...

A special Page One Extra episode today as we are joined by @alexsokoloff.bsky.social and @craig-robertson.bsky.social in studio to tell us about their first co-written novel, The Grapevine - and how they broke wedding vows to write it! Watch: youtu.be/9C0QTmQIcdc Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone

Oh, so very this. If you can't be arsed writing it, why should I be arsed to read it?

Trying to watch the world cup on the telly in the pub but some big guy is in front of you and keeps shuffling around and blocking the view ...

The fabulous @maireadhearne.bsky.social made a list of book bloggers who shout about books they love on a regular basis, and the #BookSky 📚💙 hashtag is worth a look too. Marketing is one thing but a review and recommendation from a real person is much more valuable, imho...

It was never about deporting criminals, it was always about racism and cruelty. 🤬🤬🤬

I'm in Linlithgow @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social from 6pm this Wednesday 17th June for #IndieBookshopWeek. Sally & team will have sneaky advance hardbacks of my new Cesare Also historical thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS on sale (three weeks early!). @panmacmillan.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social

If you're an emerging author, apply! If you're an audience member, get there sharp to see the spotlighter, it's always interesting and they may become a must-read author for you in future... #BookSky 📚💙

If they can find a bigger canister I can think of one thing that could be buried for 250 years...

It's Independent Bookshop Week so I'm putting in a shift at the Bookmonger in Bearsden today from 11.30, selling books & also crucially, cheese. Excellent notion, right? If you're in Glasgow pop along & I'll tip my favie reads and sign my own books too... it'll be a brie-ze (get it?) 😂🧀📚

EVENT ALERT! I'm appearing at the beautiful Borders Book Festival in Melrose TOMORROW at 9pm with @brookmyre.bsky.social. We will be talking shite and playing a couple of tunes - come and find us! bordersbookfestival.org @orendabooks.bsky.social

Take two minutes and listen to what Abir says.

This thread. If you aren't furious at these masked thuggish rioters by the end of this thread then you need your head examined. Protecting our women and girls? Get tae f*** with your racist excuses for public violence.

The Death of Shame (Raven and Fisher #5) by Ambrose Parry @ambroseparry @canongate.co.uk @RandomTTours Source: Review copyPublication: 4 June 2026PP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1837263462 My thanks to Canongate for a review copy 1854, Edinburgh.Respectable faces hide private sins.Apprentice Sarah Fisher is…

Coming April 2027 A body buried between rock and ice, at a Peak District beauty spot, reveals a secret too close to home for Joe and Laurie in this second DS Joseph Ashe thriller. Hardback, audiobook and ebook out 15 April from Harvill. Preorder via links in my bio.

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Liar Liar (Liverpool Crime #1) by Luca Veste @LucaVeste @AvonBooksUK @LauraSherlock21 Source: Review copyPublication: 4 June 2026 from AvonPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-0008806811 My thanks to Laura Sherlock and Avon Books for an advance copy for review Even good people do bad things…Once hailed as…