Authors Beware! If you’re a crime author and you wonder why you’re getting so many eulogistic reviews for your books from people you’ve never heard of, read my investigation in the latest edition of the Mystery People ezine. Plot spoiler: not all the writers are real people
#crimethriller #AI
Mystery solved…
If you don’t subscribe to the Mystery People ezine, now’s the time! The latest edition includes my reports from two of Britain’s best crime-writing festivals - @chilternkills.bsky.social and @bloodyscotland.bsky.social. Just go to www.mysterypeople.co.uk
Simply the best…Massive thanks to @paul_waters_author and @tonykentwrites.bsky.social for organising another brilliant @chilternkills.bsky.socialon Saturday - not just the biggest one-day crime-writing festival in Britain but the best. And tickets for 2026 are already on sale!
On Saturday, I’m taking part in @chilternkills.bsky.social, our best one-day crime writing festival - and it’s not too late for you to snap up a ticket. They’re only £40. There’s a stellar line-up of top crime writers. Oh, and there’s me! All profits go to homeless charities. www.chilternkills.com
Thrilled to be joining the esteemed @thejeremyvine.bsky.social and @barristersecret.bsky.social on October 4 for 2025’s best one-day crime-writing festival, @chilternkills.bsky.social. We’re the New Kids on the Chopping Block, the debut authors’ panel. Get your ticket at www.chilternkills.com
Sold out twice over! Thanks so much #BloodyScotland for inviting me to be a Crime in the Spotlight debut author at the weekend. Sharing a platform with the charming Kathy Reichs was brilliant. She sold out every seat and, thanks to her stellar reputation, I sold every copy of #DeadlyProtocol !
Thanks so much to crime-writing legend Kathy Reichs for allowing me to share a platform with her at the #BloodyScotland festival! I was able to showcase #DeadlyProtocol to 700 crime-writing fans.
#crimefiction. #crimefictionreviews #literaryfestival #ianrankin #kathyreichs
I’m not saying for one second that he was a forced for good in the world. In just fed up with social media being debased by people crowing over his death. Go down the pub and say it. Don’t say it on line or, if you do, expect to get thrown off.
A message to Bluesky: I joined you because to you’re supposed to be an antidote to the poison being spread by other social media platforms. If you don’t kick these people using you to relish in Charlie Kirk’s death, I’m off. No smacks on the wrist. Ban them
Can’t wait to take part in Bloody Scotland tomorrow as a Crime in the Spotlight debut writer! Even more excited to be showcasing #DeadlyProtocol before crime-writing royalty - @ianrankin1.bsky.social and Kathy Reichs! In-person or online tickets at bloodyscotland.com/event/sir-ia...
High praise for #DeadlyProtocol from Deb Day - @debsbookreviews.bsky.social - the doyenne of book reviewers!
“A brilliant opening with no wasted words,” she says. “If you want to read someone new, start with this book.”
Click amzn.to/3yQtriF to buy your copy!
Honoured for Deadly Protocol to be amongst your stellar line-up,Deb. Regards, Roger
Crime in the Spotlight on September 13. Even more excited that I'll be showcasing Deadly Protocol before crime-writing royalty: Sir Ian Rankin interviews @KathyReichs straight afterwards! Tickets - online or in-person - from bloodyscotland.com/event/sir-ia...
#IanRankin #KathyReichs
Hi Kingsley. It will be great to see you again! I'm just about to post as well.
Thank you so much for such a brilliant review, Deb!
A brilliant evening tonight interviewing the co-author of the #JackReacher thrillers, Andrew Child, at Avonmouth #Library in Bristol. Andrew's a superb advocate for why we need our libraries as well as the perfect choice to continue the greatest crime thriller series in a generation.
Honoured to be interviewing co-author of the #JackReacher thrillers, Andrew Child, at Avonmouth #Library in Bristol this Tuesday, July 22. Please come along but advance booking essential at www.ticketsource.co.uk/acca/an-even...
#crimefiction #DeadlyProtocol #libraries #Reacher #AndrewChild
Thrilled to be part of the line-up for the brilliant chilternkills.bsky.social crime writing festival on October 4. It’s got a fantastic atmosphere, raises money for charity and it’s got some stellar authors taking part. Tickets from www.ChilternKills.com
No mystery…
If you don’t subscribe to Mystery People ezine, now’s the time! The latest edition includes my accounts of two sessions at the recent #Crimefestbristol, plus the brilliant news that, thanks to Barry Ryan of Free@LastTV, it may not be the last Crimefest after all. www.mysterypeople.co.uk
Really looking forward to taking part in “Debut Authors: an Infusion of fresh blood” with fellow crime writing debutants @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social @lucyvandrew.bsky.social and @lynnemtaylorwriter.bsky.social with the excellent Donna Moore @badsvillebroad.bsky.social moderating. Saturday 9am!
Congratulations, Heather! It's a brilliant read.
Can’t wait for this Friday’s panel at #Crimefest, where I will be teamed up with crime-writing titans @antonyjohnston.bsky.social, Felix Francis and @heathercritchlow.bsky.social + chair Zoë Sharp to discuss The Modern Thriller: High Concept, High Stakes. See you Friday at 4pm!
Thrilled to be teaming up at Crimefest with fellow crime writing debutants @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social, @lucyvandrew.bsky.social and @lynnemtaylorwriter.bsky.social with the one and only Donna Moore @badsvillebroad.bsky.social moderating. Debut Authors: an Infusion of fresh blood. Saturday May 17
In august company…
Honoured to be on my first panel at Crimefest - The Modern Thriller: High Concept, High Stakes - with master storytellers @antonyjohnston.bsky.social, Felix Francis, @heathercritchlow.bsky.social and chaired by the inestimable Zoë Sharp. Friday, May 16 at 4pm
A brilliant breathless read from start to finish...
If you only read one crime thriller this year, maybe this should be it. The pace, the tension - and the body count - don't let up.
And the killer? The plot’s so ingenious that I couldn't imagine who it could be - still less their motive. Read it!
Like millions of others, I am leaving X to join Bluesky. We all know why, don't we, Elon?
