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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ten years next month since Billy Franks died. And to think we now have a Faith Brothers fan as Prime Minister.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Party like it's, er, 1998 with the second Parlabane novel, only 99p today. www.amazon.co.uk/Country-Blin...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Love this promo image for the forthcoming Venice Noir. Marisa and I look like two mismatched detectives forced to work together to take down a supernatural foe.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Start the week with a jobbie on a mantelpiece. It can only get better from there. Quite Ugly One Morning is 99p today. www.amazon.co.uk/Quite-Ugly-M...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Quite Ugly One Evening is a Kindle Monthly Deal for October. Set sail with Parlabane on a luxury cruise at the steerage-class price of 99p. www.amazon.co.uk/Quite-Ugly-O...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We'll be at Venice Noir with Ian Rankin and Denise Mina on Friday November 13th, talking about the legacy of Jekyll & Hyde on our respective works.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's late September and I really should be... heading to Wigtown for an event with the incomparable @louisewelsh00.bsky.social next Wednesday. tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Heading to Byres Rd tomorrow evening to talk Parlabane and Ambrose Parry with Marisa Haetzman.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Love the fact that in most places back then, rumours of a vampire in the neighbourhood would have had the local kids hiding in their bedrooms, while in the Gorbals, they were like: "Let's get tooled up and leather the cunt."

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Marisa and I will be at Oxfam bookshop on Byres Rd this Friday evening as part of the Byres Rd Book Festival. We'll be chatting about Quite Ugly One Evening, The Death of Shame and what's next for Ambrose Parry.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Marisa and I will be at the Oxfam bookshop on Byres Rd this Friday evening as part of the Byres Rd Book Festival. Despite what's on the poster, we'll be chatting about Quite Ugly One Evening, The Death of Shame and what's next for Ambrose Parry.

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Crime fiction fans - we have an amazing book subscription curated by @brookmyre.bsky.social Each month a new book, as chosen by award-winning Scottish author Chris Brookmyre, will be delivered to your door! shop.scottishbooktrust.com/products/boo...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'll be reflecting on thirty years of Parlabane, from Quite Ugly One Morning to Quite Ugly One Evening, this Wednesday at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Tickets at the link: www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/chris...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thrilled to be returning to the Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 16th for a special event talking about the maritime inspiration for Quite Ugly One Evening.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If you use the BBC a lot, it might be worth getting a VPN.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I fear you've missed it. It broadasts at 00:15 and 16:00 on Sundays.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Spotted in the St James Quarter. Jack's Fringe run starts this Thursday. Tickets: www.thestand.co.uk/.../jack-bro...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My favourite Queen album. Stil proud that when I wrote A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away, the protagonist's band has its only hit with a cover of Funny How Love Is.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Many thanks. That's exactly the kind of emotional response I was hoping the book might precipitate.

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bookluvvr.bsky.social @bookluvvr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Read @brookmyre.bsky.social's "Quite Ugly One Evening". Has fond memories of discovering this author and binging his wonderfully enjoyable novels about 12 years ago, then reading the new ones as they came out. The return of Jack Parlabane was long awaited, and I loved the occasional passing 1/5

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Doug Johnstone @dougjohnstone.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm thrilled to be pitching up at the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate on Friday, having a cheeky half pint with @brookmyre.bsky.social. Come say hi! @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It would surely have been a bigger story.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Two generations of Brookmyres appearing at Edinburgh this August. The younger one is by far the funnier. www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2919/...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Equal parts entertaining and frustrating to hear Guy and Alan try to describe shithousery without being able to say shithousery.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

But the truly bizarre coda is that I twice saw Prince Harry at (Faith Bros singer) Billy Franks gigs. So if Andy ever meets Harry...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I named my second novel after that song.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/07/2026

There's a part in the book "Careless People" where the author beats Zuck at Settlers of Catan, and he is absolutely wrecked by it. Someone pulls her aside to explain everyone else has been letting him win for years. I think about this a lot re: why tech bros think everyone will love AI chatbots.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

On Saturday, Marisa and I had the colossal privilege of being awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Edinburgh on the 300th anniversary of the founding of the medical school, in acknowledgment of our work writing as Ambrose Parry.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Marisa and I were, if not literally speechless, at least stumblingly inarticulate to have won the Short Story Dagger last night. The Apple Falls Not Far is available as a free ebook and audiobook.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Many thanks. But fill yer boots cheap while you can.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

You can nab Quite Ugly One Evening for £1.99 on Kindle today only: www.amazon.co.uk/Quite-Ugly-O...

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Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

One of our favourite days here at Bloody Scotland HQ is when we unleash the McIlvanney Prize long-list - feast your eyes on this lovely bunch! That's your summer reading sorted. The winner will be announced on 18th September in Stirling: bloodyscotland.com/event/bloody...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Very chuffed that The Cracked Mirror has been shortlisted in the foreign novels category for France's Sélection Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 2026.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tickets are now on sale for my event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Quite Ugly One Morning and discussing Parlabane's ocean-going culture war misadventures in Quite Ugly One Evening. www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/chris...

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BlueGreen 🌱 @bluegreen3.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I just this second finished @brookmyre.bsky.social’s latest. Wow. I never was a huge Parlabane fan (sorry) but I loved that ending. I have actual tears in my eyes 🥹 He summarises the state of the world, the division & “bad actors” - which leave me inarticulate with fury - so eloquently. FIVE STARS

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thanks for the warm words. You had all the experiences I wanted a reader to have with this book.

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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Delighted to have won the news category of the @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social Media Awards for my reporting on Glasgow's response to Reform UK and their attacks on the city's asylum population

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Marisa and I will be doing an In Conversation event at The Stand on August 6th. Reckon that talk on August 19th might be busy, so if you can't get tickets for that, come and hear us instead. www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2963/...

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I don't think I like the narrative of being in a divided country. When somebody is racist I don't have a difference of opinion with that person. they have a moral failing. I'm not obliged to reach over the boundary and explain that we could probably swap kidneys if we needed. Who has the time lol

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Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Jack Parlabane is back! And I’m thrilled to encounter him again, in this super new murder mystery by @brookmyre.bsky.social. A brisk & clever plot (character names a bit tricky). I loved the up-to-the-minute themes of hard right social media, billionaire businessmen and Russian influence. Fun! 💙📚⚡️

Quite Ugly One Evening
By Chris Brookmyre.
A Jack Parlabane Mystery:
“Blood is thicker than water. And much messier.”

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Heading to the Wirral on Thursday as the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers play our first full gig of 2026. Come and see us murdering songs for fun in Heswall. events.ticketquarter.co.uk/event/event-...

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Fun Lovin Crime Writers are back!

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Doug Johnstone @dougjohnstone.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

EVENT ALERT! I'm appearing at the beautiful Borders Book Festival in Melrose TOMORROW at 9pm with @brookmyre.bsky.social. We will be talking shite and playing a couple of tunes - come and find us! bordersbookfestival.org @orendabooks.bsky.social

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