Hey, just a quick note to say there wasn’t an update this week as I’ve finally succumbed to Covid-19. Probably caught it in the bar at Bloody Scotland. I wouldn’t …
Read MoreThe Queen died last week, which has saddened a great many in the nation. It’s also a huge change for this country, a change that’s a few generations in one …
Read MoreI could definitely find a more gruesome video with that soundtrack, but that’s really weird.
And it’s September. This has been a hell of a quick year, hasn’t it?
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This is …
It’s almost September. Wow. Where is this year going?
I was halfway to the bank this morning before I remembered it was a bank holiday. Whoops. Bank holidays work weirdly up …
Last week
Managed to get a good chunk of Fenchurch 9 down. Ploughing away at it, getting into the rhythm of it. Rediscovering the character. …
nuA heatwave again. Sigh. Getting up at stupid o’clock to take Bessi up the hill, sweating out half my bodyweight, then working in the boiling afternoon. Windows wide open and …
Read MoreA short one this week, due to post-festival exhaustion.
Last week
A short work week for me. Managed to finish and send off FALSE START, as covered last week, but rather than …
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I’m Ed James. I write crime novels. You’re reading this because you subscribed to it, or you’re looking at it on Twitter or my website. If you want to get …
This weekend was the Theakstons’ Crime Festival, AKA Harrogate, as everyone calls it. The great and the good of publishing (and me) were all (mostly) there in force. I’ve only …
Read MoreHope you’re taking it easy today, assuming you’re in England or eastern Scotland. It’s been 30C here, which is insane. Tomorrow might hit 33. In Scotland. 33 degrees Celsius. In …
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