Tag Archives: Scottish
Dead Man’s Prayer by Jackie Baldwin
I was recently on a panel during a crime festival with Jackie Baldwin. She is a bestselling Scottish crime writer and I was thrilled to have an opportunity to discuss Dead Man’s Prayer with her. I have always found her main character, Frank Farrell a most interesting one and it was interesting to learn more …
Fulfilment by Anne Stormont
It is a delight to be involved with the third part of @writeanne Anne Stormont’s Scottish, Skye based trilogy, Fulfilment. The tour is run by Love Book Tours, one of the foremost tour companies in the UK. Find them at @lovebooksgroup #lovebookstours. Enjoy the tour. The Blurb The path of true love rarely runs smoothly… …
Still Dark by Alex Gray
I recently treated myself to Still Dark by Alex Gray. She is a Scottish crime writer whose books I have enjoyed in the past. Several are reveiwed on this site including Five Ways to Kill a Man https://bookreviewstoday.info/2015/09… and The Darkest Goodbye https://bookreviewstoday.info/2017/07…. Still Dark follows on from The Darkest Goodbye. Indeed, although this crime thriller has a …
Where Memories Go by Sally Magnusson
Sally Magnusson is a Scottish broadcaster and writer, who has worked as a news journalist and the presenter of Reporting Scotland for BBC Scotland for many years. Her father, Magnus Magnusson a well-known television personality, emigrated to the UK from Iceland as a small boy and her mother, Mamie Baird, was a well-respected Scottish journalist. It is, …
Perfectly Dead by Iain McDowall
Iain McDowall is a British crime writer. He was born near to where I now live, Kilmarnock, Scotland. He worked as a university lecturer and reseacher before he took up a career as an author. He now lives in the midlands of England and sets his series of novels featuring his character Chief Inspector Jacobson …
Tender is the North by Sheila Templeton
Sheila Templeton is one of my favourite contemporary Scottish poets. She comes originally from Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Sheila always claims she had a nomadic childhood,travelling from Aberdeenshire to Dar-es-Salaam. She was educated at Aberdeen Academy followed by a degree in History at Aberdeen University. This led to a thirty year career in secondary teaching followed, based in West …
Time and Again by Evelyn Hood
My friend, Evelyn Hood is a former journalist. She probably best known as the author of family sagas mainly set in her home town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland and on the Scottish Clyde Coast. Although she is the author of over 40 novels and of ‘Forward by Degrees’, a history of the University of Paisley. The history …
Torment of Others by Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a Scottish author who read English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, England. She was accepted at 17, one of the youngest undergraduates they have ever taken on, and the first from a Scottish state school. It should therefore come as no surprise that she is an excellent writer. This story was very well …
Val Penny's Book Reviews 
Recent Comments