In just shy of two months time I’ll be launching my new novel, PAPERBOY, into the world with a couple of special events.
The first is on Thursday 13th March at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, where I’ll be talking to the excellent Cailean Steed (Home). You can see the details and book tickets here.
The second is on Tuesday 18th March at Topping & Company in Edinburgh. Info and booking is here. (There is an excellent ‘early bird’ ticket offer which you can take advantage of for this one.)
PAPERBOY, published by Pushkin Vertigo, is the sequel to my first novel, SQUEAKY CLEAN, which won the prestigious McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2023. No pressure for the follow up then. No problem. No sweat. God, I hope people like it.
I cannot wait! I am very excited! I am very nervous! Let’s celebrate!

DCI Alison McCoist is back: newly promoted and even less popular.
Chuck Gardner is the proud owner of both a confidential paper-shredding business and a serious betting habit. When Chuck finds some scandalous paperwork and McCoist investigates a rat-nibbled corpse under a flyover, they are both sucked into a deadly stramash of gangland wars and police corruption.
Can Chuck solve his gambling and gangster problems before some heed-banger feeds him into his own shredder? And can McCoist claw herself out of this latest shitemire without her own shady dealings coming to light? It might depend on how far she’s prepared to go…