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Category Archives: books
Classic Comfort reads…
Now that the A-Z of books is drawing to a close (it’s the letter V next), I thought I’d start a new +/- monthly series, and this time, let other people choose the books too. I’m starting today, and next … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged A Room with a View, Classic Comfort, Coma, Daria's Daughter, reading
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A sneak peek inside Daria’s Daughter… #newbook
I’m very excited about my new book, published next week by the lovely people at Hobeck Books. It’s set in my old home town, Glasgow, so today we’ll have a look at some of the places in the book, and … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged Daria's Daughter, Hobeck Books, Writing
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The ‘U’ Books… #A-Z books
This series is an adaptation of something I saw on Twitter – people were posting 26 books in 26 days, each title beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. However, I’m planning on taking around 26 months to get … Continue reading
Posted in books, The Writing Life
Tagged Christa Polkinhorn, Julia E. Clements, Rachel Joyce, Sarah Northwood
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Alison Gray and Peony Rose…
Alison Gray is no stranger to my blog, so I was really pleased last week to hear she had released Peony Rose, the final instalment of her DS Abby Foulkes crime series. Getting this book finished is in itself a … Continue reading
Posted in books, Guest Posts, Scotland, The Writing Life
Tagged Alison Gray, crime fiction, Out of the Tower, Peony Rose, Writing
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The ‘T’ Books… #A-Z books
This series is an adaptation of something I saw on Twitter – people were posting 26 books in 26 days, each title beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. However, I’m planning on taking around 26 months to get … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Granger, Bea Davenport, crime fiction, Edinburgh, Honor Arundel, This Little Piggy
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2020 – the year that was…
Well. I usually give my New Year post the subheading: the best of times and the worst of times. But there wasn’t much about 2020 that was ‘best’, though we can sum up the lowlights of the past twelve months … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged 2020, Alison Baillie, Cass Grafton, coronavirus, Daria's Daughter, Hobeck Books, Jill Marsh, Louise Mangos, New Year
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The ‘S’ books… #A-Z books
This series is an adaptation of something I saw on Twitter – people were posting 26 books in 26 days, each title beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. However, I’m planning on taking around 26 months to get … Continue reading
Posted in books, The Writing Life
Tagged Deirdre Palmer, Elinor Brent-Dyer, Irene Heywood Jones
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Crime for Christmas…
Welcome to the third and final week of my Christmas reads posts – it’s crime fiction today, and I have three fabulous and very different books for you!(Click the covers to see the books on Amazon.) Love is a driving … Continue reading
Posted in books, The Writing Life
Tagged Christmas books, crime fiction, JJ Marsh, Susi Holliday, Tammy Cohen
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Short stories for Christmas…
Welcome to week two of my Christmas reads – it’s anthologies this week. I contributed to two of these, and one is a freebie – keep reading!(Click the cover images to see the books on Amazon or the publisher’s website.) … Continue reading
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Tagged anthologies, free books, Hobeck Books, Team Verrico, The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Write Romantics
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Feel-good for Christmas…
Over the next three weekends, I’ll be posting about Christmas reads, with a post about anthologies next week followed by crime fiction the week after. We’re starting off more romantically, though – if anyone’s looking for a feel-good book for … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, feel-good fiction, Morton Gray, Sharon Booth
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