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When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set mainly in central Scotland and the far north-west.

Portpatrick in the Rhins of Galloway is a very long way from where the novel reaches its climax but Callum Anderson visits in the hope of finding his missing cousin; and unwittingly brings death in his wake.

Find out more on my website:
http://www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

The image shows a view down onto an enclosed harbour with an inner segment in the bottom left of the frame and an outer segment in the centre right of the frame. A village of mainly white houses and cottages stretches round the far side of the harbour, finishing as the coast climbs to low cliffs in the upper right of the frame, looking right out to sea. There are more buildings in the bottom right and boats are moored in the inner harbour. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

"There was always a war. Usually it was a border dispute, the national equivalent of complaining that the neighbour was letting his hedge grow too long.
Sometimes it was bigger. Borogravia was a peace loving country in the midst of treacherous, devious, warlike enemies.
They had to be treacherous, devious and warlike, otherwise we wouldn't be fighting them eh?
There was always a war."

'Monstrous Regiment' - Terry Pratchett

A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

This modern photograph shows the Dockmaster's House on the small shipbuilding island of Beckholmen in Stockholm. The house is used as the venue for an important meeting in the book.

Find out more on our website:
https://www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/index.html

The image shows a small beige house built in classical style. The main block is three bays wide by two storeys high and it has a pediment with an oculus above. There are single window extensions on both sides and a door in the centre. The house is approached via climbing drive beyond a gate and hedge. There are trees on the left. The front cover of 'The Stockholm Run' is shown in the top right corner.

I am at approx. 75% of Naomi Klein's Doppelganger, read by the author. This may well be the best non-fiction I've read all year, maybe even in the last five years (the last stand-out was Maddow's Blowout).

What starts as a story about 'the other Naomi' & constant mix-ups between the two turns into an excellent systemic analysis and criticism of capitalism, fascism, politics and the MAGA / antivax / wellness connection, as one would expect from the author of The Shock Doctrine

The siege is over but the war goes on. My new novel ‘The Eye of Horus’ is an atmospheric World War Two thriller with settings that move from the Highlands of Scotland via Gibraltar to Malta.

This modern photograph shows the interior of the Xara Palace in Mdina, Malta. Today it is a luxury hotel but in 1943 it served as an RAF officers’ mess. It is visited in the book by Bob Sutherland as he and Monique get to know the island better.

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

This modern image shows the interior of the Xara Palace Hotel in Mdina, Malta. A broad corridor with sumptuous red rugs extends out to the middle of the frame. It has light stone walls that extend upwards over two floors to a sloping glass roof. There are tables and rattan chairs at intervals along the sides of the corridor and large displays of green plants. The front cover of ‘The Eye of Horus’ is shown in the top right corner.