Kiss Her Goodbye
Nominated for Edgar, Anthony and Gumshoe awards, KISS HER GOODBYE is a hard-hitting crime novel about a violent man confronting the reality of his daughter’s death. Violence is Joe Hope’s business. When people in Edinburgh want to borrow money, they [...]
Savage Night
A Tarantino-inspired crime thriller about a blood feud. How much blood would you spill to avenge those you love? Andy Park passes out at the sight of blood, but he thinks he’s discovered a way to make his family’s enemies [...]
Hilda’s Big Day Out: A Short Story
A short story about a tough little dog, and three bonus stories. HILDA’S BIG DAY OUT was commissioned by the Sunday Mail as its seasonal short story. It’s a tale of violence, abduction, and pilchards, told from the perspective of [...]
Slammer
A dark, psychological thriller set in a Scottish prison. Young prison officer, Nicholas Glass, is finding the stresses of his new job increasingly hard to handle. Bullied and abused by inmates and colleagues alike, each day is getting longer than [...]
Two-Way Split
Winner of the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Robin Greaves is an armed robber whose professionalism is put to the test when he discovers his wife has been sleeping with a fellow gang member. Robin plans the [...]
The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots’ Invention of the Modern
‘Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.’ Irvine Welsh, Guardian A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have made the West into [...]