Category: Writing
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HOSTILE CITY – PUBLICATION DAY
Today is the day that HOSTILE CITY is officially published. You can now get the ebook and paperback from all the usual online retailers as well as through your local bookstores. For more information and the book and links to get a copy go HERE. To celebrate the day, I would like to highlight the…
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A VAMPIRE STORY
A couple of weeks ago, around Halloween, I read this short scene out as my contribution to Noir at the Bar Milngavie. Although some said nice things about it, it didn’t seem to go down too well with the crowd – possibly a bit too dark! I’ll leave it here and you can judge for…
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COVER REVEAL: HOSTILE CITY
Delighted to reveal the cover of my new book, HOSTILE CITY, arriving January 2026 – the second book to feature Cal Jackson, after FULL SUN. Thanks to the team at The Book Guild for another outstanding cover design. Hope everyone likes it. Synopsis: A young human rights lawyer, Rose Black, is dead. Her killer is…
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Milngavie Noir at the Bar: A Night of Scottish Crime Writing
Last night (October 29), some of the best crime writers in Scotland, and me, gathered with a sell out crowd of 60 readers at the Talbot Arms pub for the first ever Milngavie Noir at the Bar. Organised by Daydreams Bookshop, each author read a short piece of their work, in between drinks, chat and…
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Highlights from the Nairn Books & Arts Festival
Last weekend, I headed up to the Moray coast and the town of Nairn, for an appearance at the Nairn Books & Arts Festival. Appearing as part of the ‘Wine & Crime’ event in the local community centre I chatted with fellow crime author Douglas Skelton about FULL SUN, before I chaired the following session…
Iain Kelly 