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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 23h

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one

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Ernie @justawriterwriting.bsky.social · 6d

Currently reading The Cracked Mirror by @brookmyre.bsky.social

Basically “what would a joint investigation between Connelly’s Harry Bosch and Christie’s Miss Marple look like.”

And I have to say it’s one of the most fun books I’ve ever read.

It feels like it was written just for me.

10/10

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 1d

Waterstones are offering 25% off pre-orders of QUite Ugly One Evening from today until Friday night, on their website and app. Enter “OCTOBER25” at the checkout.
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 7d

Heads up for a rare London appearance for Marisa and myself. We'll be taking part in the St Andrew's Book Festival on November 29th, alongisde Allan Gaw, and we'll be chaired by none other than the incomparable @damedenisemina.bsky.social.
Details at the link:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 14d

We consider it a resolution rather than an ending. R&S will be back one day, but meantime Ambrose will be starting a new series.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 14d

Aye Write is back next month, and I'm delighted to announce that I'll be appearing at my hometown book festival on November 7th at 6:00pm with Marisa Haetzman, talking about our fifth Ambrose Parry novel, The Death of Shame.
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/the-...

The Death of Shame and To the Shades Descend: Ambrose Parry and Allan Gaw with Alistair Braidwood - Glasgow Life

Aye Write 2025 presents The Death of Shame and To the Shades Descend: Ambrose Parry and Allan Gaw with Alistair Braidwood

www.glasgowlife.org.uk

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 17d

Got @ianrankin1.bsky.social's handle wrong, above.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 17d

I snuck in a reference in Not The End Of The World too. I am not alone among crime writers, however. @beathhigh.bsky.social named his novel The Falls after a Mutton Birds song, and John Connolly has referenced them as well.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 23d

Well, this is nice. The Cracked Mirror has been chosen as one of the Waterstones Paperbacks of the Year.

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Nicola Meighan @nicolameighan.bsky.social · Sep 9

This Thursday! Two of my favourite writers & people - always a joy to chat with @brookmyre.bsky.social & Marisa Haetzman aka #AmbroseParry. We’ll be talking about their fab books, & some Scottish LPs, films & novels they love. Join us at The Stand, Glasgow, 2.30pm! www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Jack Parlabane, Tome 5 : Les canards en plastique attaquent - Livre de Christopher Brookmyre

3 commentaires et 6 extraits. Découvrez le livre Jack Parlabane, Tome 5 : Les canards en plastique attaquent : lu par 4 membres de la communauté Booknode.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Aug 30

Marisa and I spoke to the Off The Shelf podcast about the Death of Shame being on the McIlvanney Prize longlist, as well as generally bigging up @bloodyscotland.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/6axW...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Aug 28

Marisa and I will be talking about our favourite Scottish book, film and album at The Stand's new Glasgow venue on September 11 with the always effervescent @nicolameighan.bsky.social.
www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Aug 22

A few years ago, the coked-up tossers outside asylum hotels would have been outside the homes of suspected paedophiles, or indeed paediatricians. They're worthless arseholes who need to tell themselves they're superior to somebody, and our miserable government is assuring them that they're right.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Aug 13

Heading to the Edinburgh Futures Institute tomorrow, site of the world's biggest and best book festival.
I'm on at 8:30, chatting to Denise Mina about The Cracked Mirror and the forthcoming return of Jack Parlabane in Quite Ugly One Evening.
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

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John Cotter @drjohncotter.bsky.social · Aug 10

I think much of the English right built their identity on Brexit, which they never believed in their wildest dreams would happen, but when they got it they realised it solved absolutely nothing, left them bereft of ideas and office, and now they’re thinking, “ah, f—k it, let’s try revolution.”

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Aug 10

pigeons gather in scores

Rows of birds perched on metal beams looking like notes on a staff.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thanks, James. That means a lot. I also save certain books for a holiday, so I know how it feels when that book delivers.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Aug 5

Heading to York on Wednesday for an @ambroseparry.bsky.social event at @waterstones.bsky.social, then Marisa and I are on to Derbyshire Thursday for an evening with the amazing Dormouse Books in Belper.

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Sarah Hilary @sarahhilary.bsky.social · Jul 31

Online tickets to St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend give you full access to all sessions inc live Q&As & the chance to win our Whodunnit starring @radiomukhers.bsky.social @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @williamryan.bsky.social

8-10th Aug

www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Jul 31

Heading to Waterstones York on Wednesday with Marisa to talk about the new @ambroseparry.bsky.social novel, The Death of Shame:
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

An Evening with Ambrose Parry - Waterstones York | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening with Ambrose Parry - Waterstones York today.

www.waterstones.com

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Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Pre-order the GRIPPING finale in @DougJohnstone.bsky.social's Enceladons Trilogy #TheTranscendentTide for 25% off at @Waterstones with the code SUMMER25

A devastating yet ultimately life-affirming ending to an UNFORGETTABLE #Series!

🌊 https://bit.ly/44FSLoB
##BookSky #PreOrder #SciFi #Books

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Jul 26

Yes. The book is partly about him dealing with middle age.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Jul 26

I couldn't possibly comment.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · Jul 26

First look at the cover for Quite Ugly One Evening, the new Jack Parlabane novel out in May. It's a locked-room murder mystery set on board a trans-Atlantic liner, and is quite definitely a return to the tone of Quite Ugly One Morning.
You can pre-order here:
geni.us/QuiteUglyOne...

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