Fiona Forsyth

Out today! #Ovid fans, if you ever wondered what happened to Hermes, of Hermes’ Place fame, then here is a short story just for you… the bonus is you get stories from cool writers as well!

This bank holiday I’m offering a critique of your first 10k words and synopsis! Enter here: open.substack.com/pub/honestedit… #writingcommunity

@lhallwriter Noise! ATM, Law and order in the background

Writers, do you prefer silence or noise when writing?

New today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We talk to Scottish crime fiction author @andrayauthor about his new novel, The Long Isle, set in South Uist in the Outer Hebrides... crimefictionlover.com/2026/05/interv… #TartanNoir #Scotland #mystery

My latest books cartoon for @GuardianBooks Many more here: theguardian.com/profile/tom-ga…

Watching the Detectives a new crime anthology aspectsofcrime.com/watching-the-d… @RAPriceAuthor @rnmorris @aspectsofcrime @AspectsHistory @David_Jarvis_ @HobeckBooks @MarkEllis15 @for_fi @HaleWrites @CazEngland @jjulieanderson @KJosephAuthor @realVernonSmith @TonyFisherLive @nick_kevern

Watching the Detectives a new crime anthology aspectsofcrime.com/watching-the-d… @RAPriceAuthor @rnmorris @aspectsofcrime @AspectsHistory @David_Jarvis_ @HobeckBooks @MarkEllis15 @for_fi @HaleWrites @CazEngland @jjulieanderson @KJosephAuthor @realVernonSmith @TonyFisherLive

How do they rise up? #glorious25thMay

It's #MurderEveryMonday and this week's theme is a crime fiction originally published in 1955. Not sure what #MurderEveryMonday is? Here's the link: crossexaminingcrime.com/2023/02/05/mur… Want to know what themes are coming up next? Here's the link: crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverymon…

Ephesus, then and now. The Great Theatre faced onto the harbour meaning a nice sea breeze for people in the cheap seats. Now all silted up, the bay would have been packed with ships - the city was famous for its marble exports - and pilgrims to the Temple of Artemis.

@timstretton Yep we know who’s boss

The hierarchy of pets...

📆 Friday is the day to mark in your calendar if you love discovering new indie crime authors and their books. ✅ 🇮🇹That's when Make Thick My Blood by @toniviola_books launches from a former detective who is half Italian and has created a series set in the Eternal City of Rome. A fast-moving investigation, unsettling dark undertones, and a character who will hold your attention throughout in detective Luca Meroni – are you ready? Order here: amzn.to/4nXfFzJ #ad

#Podcast @NathenAmin interviews Chris Given-Wilson megaphone.link/IMP1275325486 Read Archbishop, Chancellor, Kingmaker amzn.eu/d/0aSiXwCy @yalepress #medievalhistory #newbooks #biography

Giving a talk last year at St Editha's Church, Tamworth. This year I'll be at the castle, talking about Tamworth's Anglo-Saxon links & in search of one Mercian lady (not that one!) Join me if you can: ticketsource.com/stedithas/athe…

Another gem by David Jarvis "My holiday read was the fifth book in the Mike Kingdom series and as usual, author David Jarvis didn’t disappoint. I like the observational humour that David includes in all of his stories and none more so in ‘The Green Feathers’ allied to a strong and topical spy plot, created another gem for me." From @HobeckBooks and Amazon t.co/Z09AgFqL80

@kjhaden17 @emswifthook Didn’t she call Cecil her Eyes?

@emswifthook A spy thing? No one can escape the eyes and ears of the English state?

Does anyone feel uneasy about this portrait? Queen Elizabeth I's dress is covered in eyes and ears #historicalfiction #tudor

Oooh look at what is lurking in the foxgloves… and with an afterword by the great Col Newton! #crimefiction

'Lloyd once again infuses his world with the sights, sounds, and smells of the late 17th century…for what’s bound to be one of the best historical novels of the year.' — CrimeReads

Fortune's Hand is currently 99p on Kindle. "Morris packs the entire life of Sir Walter Raleigh into one breath-taking volume." @petertonkin50 amazon.co.uk/Fortunes-Hand-…

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Ian Rankin: ‘Why people who read books live 1,000 lives’. In an exclusive @thecourieruk interview, the ambassador for National Year of Reading -supported by @DC_Thomson- @Beathhigh talks libraries, comics, BookTok, Rebus and the enduring power of reading. #comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/fife/5…