The Elephant At The Table

Added on 11 October 2019

Last weekend I had a short story printed in the Sunday Express. I attempted to get a quid pro quo; I'd give them the story, and in return they'd renounce Boris Johnson, call for another Brexit vote, and demand Farage be sent back to the pits of Isengard from whence he came. I didn't mana...

The ART OF DYING

Added on 23 August 2019

We come to it at last, the third book in the DI Westphall series, THE ART OF DYING. It’s my favourite of the Westphall books, and perhaps of all my crime novels. Ah, you might think, that’s what all you artistic types say. Behold my latest work! It is my most magnificent! Bring me the fi...

Long Midnight Publishing Book Covers

Added on 25 June 2019

Here at Long Midnight Publishing, the crack team of cover designers, advertising executives, marketing supremoes and top-flite influencers have been reimagining the LMP book cover range to bring the company’s output into line with pre-WWIII design aesthetics. Sure, you might argue, the books a...

WORLD CELEBRATES BOY IN THE WELL PUBICATION DAY

Added on 30 May 2019

I produced the first draft of the second novel in the DI Westphall series a long time ago, having been commissioned by Freight to write a follow-up to SONG OF THE DEAD. It was edited (or saved from oblivion more like) by fellow Tartan noirist Russel McLean, and the book was due publication one bleak...

TOUCH OF THE SPIDER - New DI Westphall Short Story

Added on 09 February 2019

TOUCH OF THE SPIDER is an all-new DI Westphall short story, available free for readers signing up to receive Hodder’s new Douglas Lindsay newsletter. Telling the story of the serial murder of Lycra-wearing cyclists in the Highlands, Touch of The Spider is the short story that critics have alre...