Monthly Archives: September 2019

Crime Time: Who guards the guards?

A piece I’ve written for Crime Time on my new book, Witchfinder, and the age old question of who guards the guards? 


Bloody Scotland Book Festival

Looking forward to being back in Scotland Saturday 21st September for the ‘Bloody Scotland’ book festival in Stirling. A chance to talk about the 60’s and the 70’s with authors, …

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Publication Day

Publication Day. Fancy sharing it with David Cameron! I guess ‘Witchfinder’ took me as long to write as ‘For the Record’ and perhaps there’s another connection: it’s a story of …

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Irish Times Review

A nice little review of Witchfinder in The Irish Times:  ‘Every bit as cynical in tone as Mick Herron’s Slough House mob (“We’re all trying to pretend we’re as worldly …

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