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I'm very pleased to announce that Katherine Black (our very own Sooz Simpson) has just published Xion Island Zero, the sixth in her Inspector Nash series. Here's a review by celticman and a link to buy: Xion Island Zero is the sixth in the Inspector Nash series. You don’t need to know much about Nash as each book is a standalone. Five serial killers down. One to go. What remains consistent is place—Barrow (where the author lives). Nash also has...

Taking off work tomorrow to drive down to Bushnell, FL, site of the state's national cemetery. Veterans Day road trip. Take about 2 and a half hours to get there. Going to visit a friend. Kid, really. Originally from Iowa. Never said a vulgar word in his life, not that I ever heard, except once. He found this mongrel btich. Belly fat with worms. Mange all over. He washed her and fed her. Wasn't a hope in hell of keeping her alive but he never...

You come away after reading Ewan Lawrie’s third poetry collection as if you actually know him. Multilingual. He can even write about himself in the third person. Smartass. He wrote a trilogy of books with a lead character—Moffat—and four other novels and two short-story collections. Fuck sake. Gie it a break. Worse of all, he’s got really great hair. Hunners of it. Mair than a brown bear. I’m no jealous. Honest. The thinks I know about poetry...

Tariq Ashkanani threw me. I learned his novel The Midnight King had won Bloody Scotland’s main prize. It used to be called the McIlvanney prize. Named after the author of Laidlaw . A Glasgow detective that set out not just to solve crime, but solve the world. Most of us remember Taggert . Most of us have been in drafted in as extras in the dour, detective drama. Which is a long-winded way of saying, The Midnight King isnae even in fucking...

The Payout Game Irish crime author Robert Craven returns with the third novel in the acclaimed P.J. Crowe thriller series Dublin, Ireland — Award-nominated Irish crime writer Robert Craven announces the release of The Payout Game , the third novel in his gripping contemporary crime series featuring Garda Inspector P.J. Crowe. The book launches January 24, 2026 in paperback and eBook formats. Set against the stark beauty of North County Dublin’s...

Xion Island Zero is the sixth in the Inspector Nash series. You don’t need to know much about Nash as each book is a standalone. Five serial killers down. One to go. What remains consistent is place—Barrow (where the author lives). Nash also has to stay consistently inconsistent. True to himself, the criminal justice system and its values. When he’s outed as being gay the distance between what he believes and what he does lengthens. Those who...

A buddy does you a solid and cusses you out at the same time - Indulge - btich get ur ass ready k imma pick u up in 10 min kk imma come for your ass K type one more time k i dare you i double dare you motherfucker ----(love how motherfucker was an afterthought) Potassium u son of a bitch

Existential Nihilism. Aye, I don’t know what that means either. Some books leave you feeling flat. Others make you think. One of the questions you might ask yourself is ‘Why did I bother reading over 200 pages?’ There are no good answers. Sugar Street is a simple story. The title is the name of the street, the narrator lives in. There’s an immigrant community whom his landlady hates—as she hates almost everything and everybody, including him...

Anna & Tom Bulldog Pretoria Sussex 410 ~ Friendly! Sussex 410 ~ The Apple and the Tree ~ Last one in! Mafeking ~ Pietersburg Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9TVvkpHWxg