I went through to Edinburgh this evening to see Allan Guthrie and Stuart MacBride in an event at the Edinburgh Book Festival - and very good fun it was too. I wish I had taken notes because there were loads of funny lines, but here's flavour of the event.

The moderator, Alan Morrison, was almost not needed because Al and Stuart interacted very well together and asked each other… Continue

Fellow Crimespacer Jools and I went through to Edinburgh today to see Ray Banks and Campbell Armstrong at an event at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Incidentally, we also went through to eat copious amounts of food, but that is beside the point.



The event was excellent, although members of the audience did not quite grasp the "Does anyone have a question?" concept. Instead, they decided to grasp the "Talk random shite" concept. Ray and Campbell managed to field this random shite very… Continue

A small but perfect list of reads for July.

WHO IS CONRAD HIRST? - KEVIN WIGNALL

Protagonist: Conrad Hirst, Hitman

Series?: Standalone

Setting: Various European countries

The short answer is that Conrad Hirst is a hitman who wants out of the business, the long answer is so much more involved, so much more poignant, so much more human. In the first couple of pages of the book the reader learns that Conrad has decided to kill his way out of the business, by doing what he…

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Trains



Christmas 2002 I spent in the soft and comfortable bosom of my family near Peterborough. After a wonderful vacation we set off on what was to be the journey from hell. Christmas Day I got the flu and I was feeling pretty ill. I wasn't really looking forward to travelling anyway, but it was made all the worse by the fact that British Rail, in their infinite wisdom, had ripped up the railway tracks between York and Darlington, at the busiest time of year, so… Continue