FREIGHT BOOKS: Dead Now

Added on 06 December 2017

When the Barney Thomson movie was announced, I – like any overly-optimistic author under the circumstances – immediately assumed I’d be inundated with publishing offers for The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson, and that I’d be fending off HarperCollins, Penguin and Random Hous...

Cold Cuts Publication Day Radio Interview

Added on 14 November 2017

With today marking the release of Douglas Lindsay’s latest book, COLD CUTS, this morning Douglas appeared on Radio 4 Today, where he was interviewed by John Humphrys about his influences, and what still drives him to continue to write after all these years. JOHN HUMPHRYS: Now, we don’t ...

DS Hutton in Paperback

Added on 23 October 2017

The world of publishing rejoiced today with the official launch of the paperback versions of the three DS Thomas Hutton crime novels. For years the people of Scotland have been living happy, contented lives, with virtually everything going their way. Most agreed, however, that the one small blip on ...

Kadriorg Park, Tallinn

Added on 02 September 2017

How passing a stranger in a park works in the UK You’re walking through a park, not many other people about. You see someone walking a dog, coming towards you. You don’t know them. They don’t know you. The dog approaches you first, sniffs at your feet, you say hello, the dog has a ...

The Pappa Ron Pizza Book Blurb Reveal

Added on 21 August 2017

As the soon-to-be former President would say, “I’ve had many questions about the new Pereira & Bain books. So many questions, many questions. The best questions. I know many people, the best people, and they ask the best questions.” Which all roughly translates as, I don’...