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Murder at a Scottish Halloween (A Scottish Shire Mystery) by Traci Hall #Spotlight #ARCGiveaway @KensingtonBooks

I am happy to shine the spotlight today on Murder at a Scottish Halloween (A Scottish Shire Mystery) by Traci Hall. Murder at a Scottish Halloween (A Scottish Shire Mystery) Cozy M...

Rhys Bowen on the Allure of Setting Crime Fiction in Scotland

When I started writing The Castle in the Glen I realized with surprise that I had only set one book in Scotland previously, and that was one of the early Royal Spyness books. So it...

The Village Detectives and the Deadly Brew by Fiona Walker

About the Book:At this brewery, the last orders are to die for…When handsome, former-rugby-playing, pub landlord Mil asks Juno Mulligan for a favor, she immediately says yes.Althou...

The Secret Castle in the Highlands by Julie Shackman Blog Tour – Review

What started as a summer in the highlands, might just turn into the new start Poppy needs… An unputdownable feel-good Scottish romance with a mystery to solve. Returning to the Sco...

'Money sprinkler' mystery as residents left baffled by shredded bank notes appearing in East Lothian village

Shredded cash has also been spotted in North Berwick, Musselburgh and Gullane in recent months

INTERVIEW WITH LUCY CONNELLY

Death At a Scottish Halloween Book 5 of the Scottish Isle Mysteries Lucy Connelly Crooked Lane Books August 2026 Death At a Scottish Halloween by Lucy Connelly is a cozy mystery wi...

First look: Illicit Still by William McIntyre

Sometimes it’s nice to enjoy a wee dram as you soak in the ambiance of a cleverly crafted mystery novel, and Illicit Still by William McIntyre looks like it could be just the thing...

Cooking the Books: All Shell Breaks Loose by Molly MacRae

Maureen Nash is settling happily into her new life as the owner of a store selling seashells on North Carolina’s Ocracoke Island. Between Burt and Glady Weaver, the squabbling yet...

The Silence at Mystery Bay by D D Black

About the Book:Private investigator Thomas Austin is enjoying a relaxing holiday vacation in picturesque Port Townsend, Washington, accompanied by an intriguing new friend. But his...

The High Island by Lin Anderson

The High Island is the first book in Lin Anderson’s new Orcadia Mysteries series, a spin off from her popular Rhona MacLeod books. While Rhona is a forensic scientist based in Glas...

Scotland Road Trip Day One - Long-tailed Shrike

We set off on our journey north today, heading to the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands. Our first stop was planned to be Worcester to visit my sister Angela and family. When I...

Shire – 10 month old female Cross-Breed

Shire is a ten month old female mixed breed dog, born in May 2025, and weighing around twenty kilograms. She is currently located in Glasgow and is fully vaccinated, microchipped,...

We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman

A bodyguard is shot on a Tuscan doorstep and left with a misspelled note signed by a Swedish billionaire nobody can find. The second We Solve Murders novel sends Steve, Amy and Ros...

DON'T CROSS MO ELLERY

Mo Ellery never wanted to get involved in detection. All she wanted was to hold on to her live-in boyfriend and keep her job at a Chicago marketing agency. After losing both within...

Scotland Road Trip Day Six

The moth traps were a bit quieter last night with only one new lifer albiet a good one. I'm planning on putting the heath trap out on some moorland habitat nearby tonight to target...

Ponies by a small sea inlet at Arisaig in the Scottish Highlands

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Scotcast: Val McDermid and Jo Sharp on the untold story of their new novel

Val McDermid and Jo Sharp have written their first book together.

Yellowstone creator's The Laird may explore ‘darker chapter’ of Scottish history

Yellowstone and Dutton Ranch creator Taylor Sheridan is said to be developing a new Scottish drama series called The Laird

Scot goes missing on holiday with fiancée in Rome after vanishing up side street

Colin Alexander Ross, 56, from Elgin, vanished at around 10pm on Friday, August 13.

Mysterious case of mum who vanished while cleaning house - and 'grieving' husband on trial

In the latest in the Daily Record 'murder without a body' series we look at the disappearance of Arlene Fraser and whether her killer, husband Nat Fraser, will finally reveal what...

Festival of Murder by Ross Macfarlane KC, Chapter 7: You’re Biting Your Bottom Lip

Ross Macfarlane’s short story serial specially for Edinburgh’s festival season continues

HYSTERIA AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Now that Halloween is in the rearview mirror in Eylan Hollow, Bailey Briggs is gearing up for the Christmas season at the Lazy Bones Bookshop, which she runs with help from her ded...

Tales from Inverness – A beginning

Tales of Inverness is a Scottish Highlands Roleplay region, set around the year 1780, which is around the time period of the first season of the (then) Amazon series, Outlander is...

Medders at Large: The mystery of the missing hydrangeas