I’ll be doing a talk about my writing at the Pentlands Festival - more details nearer the time!

I’m delighted to be moderating the first panel on Sunday morning, Rocks and Hard Places: Landscapes of Murder with three fantastic authors: Frances Brody, Martin Edwards and Malcolm Hollingworth

Come and see my fantastic ‘Dark Islands’ panel, George Paterson, Liz Webb and Claire McGowan talking about why they’ve chosen island settings for their latest crime novels. To get a ticket, go to https://bloodyscotland.com/dark-islands-george-paterson-liz-webb-and-claire-mcgowan/

Come and meet up at Biggar Library for a chat about my writing life, how the series came into being and has progressed since, then a Q&A session.

Bringing out the next Cass book is always exciting, and it’s a great chance to meet readers - do come along and say hello, and get your copy signed.

The latest Cass adventure, Death at a Shetland Festival, will be launched on 9th May at 18.30 in our own Shetland Library. Please come along – there will be tea and homebakes!  https://www.facebook.com/events/319768057496312?ref=newsfeed

I’m delighted to be joining three wonderful fellow-authors, Adam Oyebanji, A J Liddle and Lydia Travers, for a session in Aberdeen Central Library.  Please book to reserve a place.  https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/events/afternoon-crime

I’ll be at Waterstones in the Bon Accord Centre In Aberdeen to celebrate Cass#12, Death at a Shetland Festival. Please come and join me!

Cromarty Crime and Thrillers weekend is 3-5 May, and I’m on at 10-11am on Sunday 5th May. This one’s live only, and it’s going to be a fantastic weekend, so if you’re anywhere in the area, do check it out! https://www.cromartyartstrust.org.uk/crime-and-thrillers

Crime Cymru is an online festival, and my panel is with Andy Griffee, moderated by Philip Gwynne Jones. It’ll be available online afterwards.  Find out more at https://gwylcrimecymrufestival.co.uk

I’ll be talking about my writing, how I think up plots, choose and investigate locations, and create characters, and then answering questions from the audience. I’m really looking forward to meeting readers again.

A talk in the Rankin Lounge, Aith Hall, for the Aith History Society. 

I’m thrilled to be invited to the Murderous Sisters conference in Bad Vilbel, Germany, as their keynote speaker.

https://www.moerderische-schwestern.eu/ueber-uns/aktuelle-projekte/vollversammlung/

This conference is a day of talks, and my contribution is ‘The GIffords of Busta: a family tragedy and its consequences”. The talks were to be filmed, so I decided mine would be mostly voice-over with photos of the places, people and documents of the story. My husband Philip put the photos together, and I think he’s done a superb job - tune in and see!  https://www.shetland-fhs.org.uk/sign-up-for-free

My wonderful publishers Headline are reprinting the first five Cass adventures with new titles (all including the word Shetland) and gorgeous eye-catching covers. They’re ready to pre-order now on  Amazon.

Cass’s 10th sleuthing adventure is due out on 9th December. I hope it’ll be possible to have a launch in the Library and a signing session in the bookshop - further details once I know them. Meantime, here’s the blurb:  

It’s the dark nights in the run up to Christmas, when Shetland’s little people, the trows, are traditionally allowed to wander around human houses. Sailing sleuth Cass Lynch wakes to find tiny footprints in the snow around the cottage she shares with Gavin, her policeman lover. Theirs isn’t the only house that’s been visited by creatures that can apparently vanish. Is it just ingenious local teenagers staging a protest against Cass’s father’s windfarm, or is something more sinister going on? Then a young man disappears, leaving only a trail of footprints into the middle of a snowy field...

I’m looking forward to meeting one of today’s most innovative mystery writers - check out The Other Mrs Walker and The Inheritance of Soloman Farthing. Intricate plots, a cast of larger-than-life characters - a treat for everyone who’s ever speculated on the history of an object found in a drawer or a junk shop.

A huge thank-you to the Swan Trust for letting The Shetland Sea Murders have a very special launch, on board the ship which Cass is crewing on in the novel - Shetland’s very own tall ship. Swan. I’ll read the opening of the book and talk about the inspirations behind it, including voyages on the Swan. The reading/talk will be about 20 minutes, then there’ll be time for questions and chat. The session will be in the open air, on deck in the Swan’s Scalloway mooring, behind the Fisheries College. Everyone welcome!

Please join me at the Shetland Times Bookshop, Lerwick, for a signing event to celebrate the launch of Cass’s 9th adventure, The Shetland Sea Murders. It’ll be wonderful to meet readers again!

I’m so excited to be invited to join this online book festival! I’m on from 12-1300 on Saturday 27th March, with fellow crime-writers Myra Duffy and Helen Forbes, in conversation with the festival organiser, Lynsey Adams.  https://www.facebook.com/events/2898854960438008

I’m really looking forward to meeting readers again, virtually. Please join me! 

https://www.culturepk.org.uk/whats-on/an-evening-with-marsali-taylor/