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Well, there was up until recently – me! I don’t know why because I really like and admire her and enjoy listening to her on radio and TV. She’s had a wonderful career but remains very down to earth and, of course, she’s Scottish, a football supporter and plays in a band! She supports the […]

If you’ve read my ‘Tartan Noir’ post, you’ll know about William MIlvanney and his books about the Glasgow detective, Jack Laidlaw, who was an inspiration for Ian Rankin’s creation, the Edinburgh detective, John Rebus. You may also recall that McIlvanney’s widow found an unfinished draft of a fourth Laidlaw book and asked Rankin if he

This post is about Tony Parsons and the main reason for posting about him is because his series of five novels and a couple of novellas about DC Max Wolfe are terrific and fit extremely well into what the blog is all about. So, I could just give you a little bit of background and

So, I think this is quite an important post! Why on earth would I say that? First of all, when I mention Rebus or James Patterson, maybe Harry Bosch or David Baldacci, I know that you all know about them and, at best, I’m looking for your views about them or, possibly, alerting you to

First of all, an admission. I have never read a Harry Potter book and I don’t intend ever to read one! No offence intended to Edinburgh resident, JK Rowling, and I must say that I have queued at eight o’clock in the morning outside a bookstore with my daughter to be first to buy a

Okay, twenty-three books since 1987 about an Edinburgh policeman and perhaps more to come! Its almost impossible to find anyone who hasn’t read a Rebus book and I’m sure it is impossible to find anyone who hasn’t heard of Rebus or his creator, Ian Rankin. You might say I’m biased because of the Edinburgh connection,

If you’ve not come across Steve Cavanagh’s con man turned lawyer, Eddie Flynn, then I’m delighted to be able to introduce him to you. If you have discovered him, I think you’ll know what I’m talking about! Before I tell you about Eddie, though, it’s worth saying a few words about Steve Cavanagh. I couldn’t

Okay, this is controversial, I’m afraid, but I’m going to give it a go! Everyone has heard of Jeffrey Archer or Baron Archer of Western-super-Mare to give him his title. As Wikipedia describes him, he is ‘an English novelist, former politician, convicted perjurer and peer of the realm’. He was also a talented and successful

I’m sure that, if you are reading this blog, you have at least heard of David Baldacci and, most likely, read some of his books. I think he fits very well into the category of author I like and, so, I assume that you also like him or else you will, if you read him.

Well, he’s certainly one of the best! There are a lot of great writers in this genre and we’re looking at a lot of them but Harlan Coben is right up there with the top writers in the genre. Of course, he’s not the best because Robert B Parker has that position but, to be