Charlie Parker returns in THE INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS, coming from Emily Bestler Books on May 7th and from Hodder & Stoughton on May 9th. johnconnollybooks.com/charlie-parker…

Congrats to Waitrose for a brilliant (and fortuitous) bit of guerrilla PR...

I’m not sure if it’s been widely publicised but there’s an opportunity here for people within the publishing industry to be involved with the Awards Academy for the Theakstons Prize for years ahead - if you fit the criteria I’d urge you to consider it harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com/judging/

OUT TODAY in Daily Express! Read Kate Werran's uplifting article on how a black GI's wrongful death sentence was overturned in D-Day Britain.
View online here 👉 bit.ly/3w9FS7L
#BlackYanks

ICYMI, lovely piece on the British weather from Alex Johnson in #ExpressFeatures last week. Big thanks Alex. 100 Words For Rain out now via National Trust books.

Huge congrats to all the brilliant authors shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, as revealed by Jon Coates and myself in #ExpressFeatures this morning... Get reading and voting! Winner announced at Harrogate Festivals #TheakstonCrime on July 18

I don't imagine this headline's original, but it made me happy. From #ExpressFeatures today via James Rampton and Nat Geo WILD ... where Secrets of the Octopus is currently streaming

I've started seeing images shared on history accounts by a 19thc artist called Emile Corsi. They are gorgeous, but something felt off to me, they were sexy but in the 'wrong' way.

Turns out 'Emile Corsi' is an AI generated fake: link.medium.com/VTCE4bup3Ib

Sad news about the death of Frank Field. Resharing my colleague Jane Warren's interview with him from #ExpressFeatures last year. A titan compared to many of the current political class.

The world's fastest swordsman, Guinness World Record holder, Isao Machii.

A bucket list moment! Had a riotously enjoyable time chatting with pop’s standard-bearers Pet Shop Boys for NME about their stellar new album ‘Nonetheless’
nme.com/features/music…

#HuwEdwards : the real crime: my blogpost here: lesleyannjones.com/post/huw-edwar… Matt Nixson

ICYMI, Martin Phillips wrote brilliantly for #ExpressFeatures a few weeks ago on the remarkable #StandignWithGiants project to honour the 1,475 fallen under British command on D-Day. Volunteers have now started putting up the figures... and they look ace. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Revealing a key #venice location in #aspylikeme 🍸 Bond fans will recognise this one!

A SPY LIKE ME is out this week! 🕵🏼‍♀️

#jamesbond #bondlocation Ian Fleming William Morrow Hemlock Press #doubleo

This is spot-on. The amount that gets weighed and dealt with in just 10min with an experienced GP is properly unfathomable. To the uninitiated it looks like nothing very complex can have happened. But if you know, you know (it's just a crying shame our policy makers don't know).

After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith. “When did you become a Baptist? When did you become an American spy?”…on how Russia’s war against evangelicals is a war against America time.com/6969273/russia…

Trying to save money at moment but couldn't resist this #RSD2024 beauty from super furry animals. Thanks Casbah Recordsn Greewich, as usual.

We're so looking forward to this! Come and meet Brian, have a chat about his new book Made in Manchester and get a copy signed!

ICYMI, Christopher Wilson wrote entertainingly about #TheBeatles and a new book. All You Need Is Love, buy Steven Gaines & Peter Brown (out now via Octopus Publishing) for #ExpressFeatures last week...