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Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Big Beat From Badsville Back From The Dead

Bless me blog, for I have sinned. It has been donkey's yonks since my last post, and I am now typing this blogpost to tumbleweed. However...

It is time to revive the old blog and post about all our wonderful Scottish crime writers. So, to start off, I have updated the author links on the right, adding a couple of new authors (such as Janet O'Kane, James Oswald, Jay Stringer, Marianne Wheelaghan and one Robert Galbraith (which just shows how long it has been since I updated). If you are a Scottish crime fiction author (born in, lived in, or not originally Scottish but live here now) and I don't have you listed, please let me know and I will add you to the list. If there is anything vaguely related to Scotland that might interest people (your latest book is set here, your protagonist is Scottish, your maternal grandmother once choked on a bite of haggis (you know, anything that would qualify you to play football for Scotland)) then let me know so I can post about it.

I will be re-commencing posting news and reviews of Scottish crime fiction authors and events. No doubt I will also be posting stuff and nonsense as it occurs to me (so I will apologise in advance for that - some things never change).

If there is anything you would like to see on this blog (including requests to disappear back into the ether), then please let me know.

I am looking forward to re-connecting with some lovely people and will hopefully see some of you at Crimefest this year.

Donna xxx

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Jerry House4 February 2014 at 11:31
Welcome back!
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mybillcrider4 February 2014 at 11:43
Glad to see your return!
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Janet O'Kane4 February 2014 at 12:53
Great to have you back and thanks for the mention!
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Donna4 February 2014 at 14:43
Aw! Thank you Jerry, Bill and Janet. 'Tis good to be back.
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Heath Lowrance5 February 2014 at 09:32
Well, I'll be damned! Welcome back, Donna. We missed you.
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Bobbie6 February 2014 at 22:02
Great to see you back here again!
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Anonymous7 February 2014 at 00:21
Am glad to see you back, Donna
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Donna7 February 2014 at 04:35
Heath, Bobbie and Jose - cheers me dears. And thnk you for visiting after all this time :o)
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Anonymous7 February 2014 at 04:52
So good to see you back, Donna! I've missed you and I'm looking forward to what you have to offer.
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Marni7 February 2014 at 08:32
Welcome back Donna!
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Donna7 February 2014 at 09:25
Margot and Marni - thank you so much! I feel all warm inside :o)
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Gina Briley7 February 2014 at 11:13
Donna, I'm so glad I pop over here and check occasionally because you are back! You've been missed on the blogosphere.
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Dave.Nelson22 February 2014 at 07:35
Glad you are back!
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This here's Badsville - the home of Scottish crime fiction - news, interviews, reviews, book-related stuff, non book-related stuff, and any other random nonsense that takes my fancy (there, that should stop me getting done under the Trade Descriptions Act). It will focus on Scottish crime fiction authors, crime fiction books set in Scotland, and authors who have a great great-uncle twice removed who may once have played football for Scotland. But it will also cover anything else that tickles my fancy because...well, because I can.

The list of authors includes all those I could find websites for. If I've missed anyone off the list, please let me know. If you want to be interviewed (you mad fool) again, please let me know. And...well, that's about it really.

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"I giggled my way through Donna Moore's Old Dogs... Filled with mayhem, torture, raw sexual banter, creepy chauffeurs, hired killers, and enough kilt-raising Scots profanity to shock a porn star... [A] ribald laugh-a-thon... I recommend Old Dogs highly to fans of Donald Westlake and Carl Hiaasen." Betty Webb, Mystery Scene

"Hilarious... A hypnotic and rollicking experience. Moore has got to be one of the funniest writers in or out of Glasgow." ForeWord Reviews (September/October 2010)

"Geezer lit with cross-generational appeal strikes gold. The author's clever wordplay, irreverant humor, and vivid characters will please Elmore Leonard, Donald Westlake, and Carl Hiaasen fans, not to mention the Ocean's Eleven crowd. A leisurely paced setup leads to a quick climax, making this a compulsive, enjoyable read..." Library Journal Starred Review.

"...manically twisted tale reads like a contemporary but unusually bawdy Ealing comedy." Irish Times

"It's all hilarious and exhausting; you can't help but love The Old Dogs" Shelf Awareness

"The way she orchestrates her comic set-pieces is nothing short of genius and designed to eke out every last piece of humour." Crimesquad

"...All of the action points toward the trainwreck of heist attempts, but Moore gives us much more, continuing the action (and the fun) long after the heist itself..." International Noir Fiction

"...a heist caper, a modern farce, an adventure, a Carry-On movie on acid. The twists and turns are impossible to predict and it is to her credit that no matter how ridiculous the sets of events might be she manages to make them seem entirely credible, in part because the motives of all those who inhabit the book are so deeply believable." Sea Minor

"Donna Moore is a master at creating colourful characters and putting them into laugh out loud situations. Combine that with strong dialogue and tight pacing, and you've got yourself a brilliant book well worth the read." I Love A Good Mystery

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Big Beat From Badsville Back From The Dead

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