The Holy Trinity of Decapitated Heads

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 09:22 on 06 January 2023

There was a time last year when my daughter was dragging her reluctant boyfriend to the National Gallery in London, and I said, ‘Get him to look for the Holy Trinity of Decapitated Heads, that should keep him interested,’ and I think it possibly worked for about half an hour, and when I ...

DI Buchan Book 2 - PAINTED IN BLOOD

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 12:08 on 30 December 2022

Here at Long Midnight Publishing, work has been continuing over the festive period, readying the second DI Buchan novel – PAINTED IN BLOOD – for mid-January publication. The journey of the novel from its beginnings as a random outline in the creative department of LMP, to a fully-formed ...

DI Buchan and the Facel Vega

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 14:21 on 09 December 2022

One of the editors who turned down Buchan stated that they wanted to see more from the main character than the fact he drove a cool car. I thought it a little glib and unfair, particularly given that the thing that defines Buchan the most is how he laments the way he messed up his marriage, and how ...

DI Buchan Book 1 - Out Now

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 10:08 on 08 December 2022

Here at Long Midnight Publishing (LMP) – which one should note isn’t so much a publishing company, as a state of mind – there’s been a career-long search for something that works. And by something that works, I mean, something that makes lots of money, allowing the purchase o...

DS Hutton Book 9 - THE DEER'S CRY

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 11:44 on 15 September 2022

When I signed with Hodder for the publication of the Westphall series, they asked me to write a couple of short stories featuring our melancholic Highland detective, which they would use for promotional purposes. This produced the two shorts, TOUCH OF THE SPIDER and IRON MAN. I doubt either of these...