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You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. Ken Lussey’s new novel ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in northern Scotland.

The fictional Culkein Drumbeg Castle is located on a tidal island near Drumbeg on the Assynt coastal road and plays an important part in the book as the story builds towards its climax. Physically the castle is closely based on the real Castle Tioram. Here we see its interior.

Find out more:
https://www.arachnid.scot/book-atw/index.html

The image shows the overgrown courtyard of a ruined castle in grey light. There is a wall with a walkway on the left, leading behind a massive stone range, of which we can see the bottom four floors, with window openings and access at first floor level via broken stone steps. A second, adjoining, range comes towards us on the right of the frame. The front cover of ‘A Tangled Web’ is shown in the top right corner.

April 18. What books do you like to reread?

I re-read Cecelia Ahern’s novels often because I love how she writes magical realism. She’s been my favourite since I first read ‘If You Could See Me Now’ when I was fourteen! I also re-read (and re-watch!) ‘The Princess Bride’ quite often because it never fails to make me laugh. ~ Hayley-Jenifer, author of Kingdom of the Moon

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One of the many hats I wear is that of book formatter. As an indie author/press, it made sense to do it for myself, and now I do it for other folks too. :)

Need a re-release formatted? Have a new book you want to self-publish, but just don't quite know how to prep your book files? We use Vellum for the Mac, and do formatting for ePub (all formats) and pdf/print.

https://www.otherworldsink.com/formatting/

vellum formating print screen

When I had read around 100 cozies I wrote down my pet peeves and I've read roughly 300 now and I noticed a few more.
We are told that the MC is smart but rarely see it. Told over and over and then she does something stupid.
Also see more instalove and/or chemistry free love. I don't care for romance much but make it make sense at least. But no...
What are some of your pet peeves?

A game of secrets and lies. ‘Bloody Orkney’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland, mainly in Orkney, during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

This modern photograph shows the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh. It used to be known as the North British Hotel and it features in ‘Bloody Orkney’ when, in November 1942, Bob and Monique spend an idyllic weekend here between visits to Orkney.

Find out more:
http://www.kenlussey.com/blork/index.html

This modern photograph shows the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh. It is shown against a blue sky from the south-east with the road that crosses Waverley Station in the foreground. The clock tower is on the far side of the hotel and stands above it in this view. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

"The hermit crab is not, in fact, hermetical: they're sociable, often climbing on top of one another to sleep in a great pile. When a crab comes across a new shell that turns out to be too big, it waits nearby until another crab comes to inspect it. If it's too small for a second crab, they hold claws and form a queue until a crab who fits it arrives, then the next crab in line claims the newly-housed crab's shell ... "
from 'The Golden Mole', by Katherine Rundell

A queue of hermit crabs on a beach.