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Spy/SF author - Winner - McDermid Debut Award 2025 and Bloody Scotland Debut Prize. A RELUCTANT SPY and SOLITARY AGENTS from @headlinebooks.bsky.social TV - Carnival Films Rep: @harryillingworth.bsky.social | https://www.davidgoodman.net/links/

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 11d

Americans! Absolutely delighted to confirm that once again you're getting an absolute steal on A Reluctant Spy from @headlinebooks.bsky.social, which is a Kindle Monthly Deal for October - less than a dollar for the whole month!

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A promo image of my book with a 99 cent sticker on a Kindle.

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 10h

In a little over a month, I'll be appearing at a one-day mini-festival at Denny Library, between events with Marion Todd and Kate Foster. Come along to hear us talk about our books, our writing careers and more!

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A promo image featuring me, Marion Todd and Kate Foster at the Denny Library 'Book Blether' event.

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 1d

I've set up a wee @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social affiliate page. I'll be adding to it over time, but if you want to buy or pre-order my books and books I recommend, support my work with a bit of commission AND support local independent bookshops, give it a look - uk.bookshop.org/shop/davidgo...

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David Goodman is an award-winning author of thriller and speculative fiction. His debut A RELUCTANT SPY won the 2025 McDermid Debut Award and Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and was optioned by Carnival F...

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 2d

My next book SOLITARY AGENTS is in some excellent company on this fantastic roundup of next year’s crime and thriller releases. Thanks @bethreadscrime.com!

Beth Reads Crime @bethreadscrime.com · 2d

There are SO many amazing sounding crime fiction and thrillers publishing in 2026! Here is a round up of what we can look forward to...

2026 Crime and Thriller Book Releases

A look at all the different crime and thrillers publishing in 2026!

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve bought several different covers and sleeves from EmmersonGrey on Etsy, recommended.

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 2d

Daynote - Fri 10 Oct
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Daynote - Fri 10 Oct

A very happy Friday to you.

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 3d

Huge congratulations to @pegasusunder.bsky.social 🥳🥳

Z.K.A. @pegasusunder.bsky.social · 3d

📚 🧡 MY BIGGEST DREAM COME TRUE 📚 🧡

My debut novel, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, will be out in 2027!

Publishers Marketplace, Z. K. Abraham's My Darling Clementine, in which a Black queer woman, who, feeling lost in teh depths of an unhappy marriage, leaves it all behind, only to lose herself completely-and beyond human recognition-to a new love, to Makayla Tabron at Amistad, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in 2027, by Carleen Geisler at P.S. Literary Agency (world English). Translation: Taryn Fagerness Agency

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 3d

Huge congratulations 🥳

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 3d

Eight freshly signed copies of A Reluctant Spy now available at Blackwell’s Edinburgh!

The sign of Blackwell’s Booksellers in Edinburgh

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 3d

Come along to Waterstones West End next week to hear me quizzing Gareth about magic, writing and more!

Gareth Brown @garethjohnbrown.bsky.social · 3d

I’m speaking at an event at Waterstones Edinburgh next Thursday - with @davegoodman.bsky.social. Come along and listen to us waffle - tickets available at: www.waterstones.com/events/the-s....

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 3d

Daynote - Thu 9 Oct
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Daynote - Thu 9 Oct

In town once again.

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 4d

Wee reminder for the Americans among you that this deal is still going. Less than a buck! For *several hours* of spy shenanigans.

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 11d

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 4d

Daynote - Wed 8 Oct
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Daynote - Wed 8 Oct

Woodland walks and book blethers.

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 5d

I have this thought 6-8 times per day.

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 5d

A thought I keep having: what if I just log off all social media and subscribe to a few paper magazines and newspapers instead

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 5d

Daynote - Tue 7 Oct
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Daynote - Tue 7 Oct

Pushing ahead with DRIFT.

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 6d

All I ever wanted aged 12 was one of the cool headsets they used in BUGS.

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 6d

An absolutely cracking cover for Sunyi's next novel!

sunyi @handle.invalid · 6d

Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐⁣The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.

Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta

A ghostly Chinese woman with dead white eyes stares out from a stylised black and green ocean, her face surrounded by billowing gold foam

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK EATERS

A haunting dark urban fantasy set in a historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive.

Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of lost and traumatised civilians. Since the war ended, Mercy has rebuilt her life and found work as a ghost-talker for the local triad, dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt this place.

But the past she can’t remember won’t let her go. An unusually powerful ghost lurks in Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. Unnervingly, it claims to know Mercy—and her forgotten childhood.

As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realise that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 6d

Daynote - Mon 6 Oct
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Daynote - Mon 6 Oct

A slow start to the week.

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 8d

Sixteen (!) signed paperbacks of A Reluctant Spy can now be found at Waterstones West End in Edinburgh. Thanks to Lyndsey for helping me find and sign them!

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you Nick!

Nick Swift @nickswiftwrites.bsky.social · 9d

I raced through A Reluctant Spy, @davegoodman.bsky.social ... a 'legendary' debut! 😉

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 10d

Huge thanks to @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social for having myself, @tariqashkanani.bsky.social and @marcorinaldi.bsky.social on for a chat about Bloody Scotland!

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2025 Bloody Scotland winners Tariq Ashkanani, Marco Rinaldi and David Goodman

YouTube video by Ukcrimebook Club

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Tariq Ashkanani @tariqashkanani.bsky.social · 10d

Looking forward to this chat tonight! Always fun doing live stuff, what time is the watershed again..?

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 10d

Reminder that I’ll be live on @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social with these two handsome devils from 7pm tonight!

Watch live: www.youtube.com/@ukcrimebook...

Tariq Ashkanani, Marco Rinaldi and me at Bloody Scotland

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In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social · 10d

There’s a new episode out today with author and podcast host @caileansteed.bsky.social

I loved chatting to Cailean about how authors juggle their creative work with other commitments 📚💙

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David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 10d

Reminder that I’ll be live on @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social with these two handsome devils from 7pm tonight!

Watch live: www.youtube.com/@ukcrimebook...

David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 10d

Daynote - Thu 2 Oct
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Daynote - Thu 2 Oct

Dotting the I's and crossing the T's.

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