In The Works

Added on 18 April 2015

Once more back in the world of the diplomatic spouse, I’ve been doing the usual rounds of cocktail parties, British Embassy events and drinking vodka at ten o’clock in the morning in a melancholic depressive haze of misery. I’ve also been writing some books. Here’s what&rsquo...

The Insider's Guide To FROM #INDYREF TO ETERNITY

Added on 07 January 2015

Some people might have noticed, albeit, not too many, that FROM #INDYREF TO ETERNITY – the collected ramblings from my six months writing a Monday morning column for the Herald Online – is now available in paperback. This is something that just kind of happened, one of those things that ...

Winter is Coming

Added on 21 October 2014

You find yourself in strange situations in the diplomatic world. For example, there was the time Mrs Lindsay found herself making tea, live on Serbian television. Then there was the occasion when I was asked to run illegal weapons to rebels in the Casamance region of Senegal, disguised as a Wurtlize...

THE BLOOD THAT STAINS YOUR HANDS Available Now!

Added on 16 October 2014

In what most commentators are calling a typical story of 'man-writes-book, book-gets-published', the third novel in the DS Thomas Hutton crime series, written by Douglas Lindsay, is now available. Once again, to the disappointment of millions of readers around the world, the book is currentl...

World Celebrates As New Thomas Hutton Book Announced

Added on 30 July 2014

The world received some respite from the neverending, suffocating torrent of bad news this morning when it was announced that the new Thomas Hutton crime thriller, THE BLOOD THAT STAINS YOUR HANDS, will be released by digital über-publishers, Blasted Heath, on 15th October this year. ‘Tha...