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...

Hutton 8 Publication Day

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 09:44 on 08 August 2022

The world of publishing breathed a sigh of relief today as the publication of the eighth book in the DS Hutton series, BLOOD IN MY EYES, revived hopes of an upturn in fortunes for an industry suffering from high fuel costs, wheat shortages, pestilence and famine. ‘A new Hutton novel,’ sa...

On The Hutton Series, and Forthcoming Book 8, BLOOD IN MY EYES

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 15:17 on 10 June 2022

The release of the DS Hutton series has been sporadic over the years, for one reason or another, which is likely contrary to all sorts of the laws of publishing. Now, 2022 is seeing a new level of output. Book 1 was written in 1997 in Senegal, and originally saw duty under the title 21 YEARS ON THE ...