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Claire ✨ @astrozombies76.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Currently reading Before the Dawn by D.S. Butler the 8th book in the brilliant Detective Karen Hart series. I'm hooked. @dsbutler.bsky.social #currentlyreading #booksandtea

A picture of Before the Dawn by D.S. Butler and alongside a picture of a cup of tea.

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

When your publisher surprises you with prosecco and chocolates on publication day 🥂🍫 My brilliant editor Maisie and the team make the whole publishing experience so lovely and send treats too! I honestly couldn't ask for more. Feeling very lucky today

See No Evil book plus Prosecco and chocolates

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I'm having the most lovely birthday today. Had a lazy morning with plenty of cups of tea - absolute bliss! We had a barbecue on Saturday and I had a beautiful birthday cake. Hope you're all having a wonderful week. xx

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I’ve loved every book by @callytaylor.bsky.social and this one was no exception. It’s Always the Husband is twisty, gripping, and completely addictive. There was something deliciously gossipy yet unsettling about it all. Such a great book! #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Baby muntjac deer in our garden. 😍 Doubt we'll have many plants left by the time they move on 😅

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Baby muntjac deer in our garden. 😍 Doubt we'll have many plants left by the time they move on 😅

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Gorgeous first day of Spring... I made the most of it by writing outside. The primroses and daffodils are all out now.

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Happy publication day! 🎉📚 I loved this book!

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Russel D McLean/R.D. McLean @russeldmclean.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I should really use hastags, shouldn't I? Check the repost below for info about a great evening with myself and @sirbenfro.bsky.social in Dundee, 27th March! 💙📚 #booksky #dundee #scotland #writing

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Russel D McLean/R.D. McLean @russeldmclean.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Look at these lovely THE FRIDAY GIRL bookmarks from @bwpublishing.bsky.social! They are absolutely stunning! #booksky 💙📚 @sirbenfro.bsky.social @evadolan.bsky.social @dsbutler.bsky.social

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Russel D McLean/R.D. McLean @russeldmclean.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

ICYMI -- events for THE FRIDAY GIRL in Scotland are starting to happen! Get yer tickets at the following links (with a few more tbc in other places)

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Today is #NationalFunAtWorkDay AND it's Friday so it's a good day to share some of our favourite old #BookFaceFriday photographs when we were having a LOT of fun at work. 📚🤳😂

A bookface photograph combining library staff with book covers. A staff member's face blended with John Cleese.

A bookface photograph combining library staff with book covers. A person blended with The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith.

A bookface photograph combining library staff with book covers. A staff members face blended with the cover of A Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse.

A bookface photograph combining library staff with book covers. Two staff members blended with the cover of The Last Dawn by Nan Maynard.

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Absolutely loved The Friday Girl by the incredibly talented R.D. McLean! ✨📚

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Happy publication day to me! In Plain Sight is out now. I can't believe we are up to book 10! I'm sitting at my computer, drinking coffee and thinking how lucky I am. 🤩

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Feeling a bit sorry for myself today with a sore shoulder, so I'm eating the last of the Christmas chocolate to cheer myself up.

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

"Write a book you’d love to read. Work on it every day, which is probably impossible—but try not to skip two days in a row, and never three, and most definitely never four or five. And once you’re done, listen to and value the voices of others, but also remember that you are your best first reader."

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Russel D McLean/R.D. McLean @russeldmclean.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

A new blog post? Yes, I'll be updating my website much more next year -- is there a reason for this? Guess you'll have to read on and find out... russeldmcleanbooks.com/2024/12/31/e...

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Emerging from the depths… (and how you can help Russel stay afloat in 2025!) – Russel D McLean

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone 🎄 Hope everyone has a wonderful day!🥰

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20 The Sculptress - Minette Walters 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 19 The Blue Castle - L.M. Montgomery 💙📚 #booksky #books

The Blue Castle book cover. A woman in a green dress and straw hat crouching down carrying a basket. A man stands by a car behind her.

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Today I'll be mostly wrestling a synopsis into submission (at least I hope so. You never know with a synopsis - they are tricky).

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a cartoon of mickey mouse laying on his back with a knife in his hand

Alt: a cartoon of mickey mouse fighting

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 18 The Time of the Hunter's Moon - Victoria Holt 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 17 Mystic River - Dennis Lehane 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16 Maura's Game - Martina Cole 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15 Atonement - Ian McEwan 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14 An Autobiography - Agatha Christie 💙📚 #booksky #books

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Russel D McLean/R.D. McLean @russeldmclean.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Next stage of returning to writing will be actually trying to update the website every so often. There's reasons its gone for long periods a little unloved, but hoping I can fix that soon! Also, quick plug for pre-orders of new book (other bookstores are available): amzn.eu/d/fqljLYD

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The Friday Girl

The Friday Girl : McLean, Russell D: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 13 The Mermaids Singing - Val McDermid 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

‘Bring Them Home’ is back in the UK Kindle top 100! Over the moon to see it at #16 on the Kindle list. My fab publisher put so much work in behind the scenes! Very lucky to have them. #books #booksky

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 12 A Place of Execution - Val McDermid 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Church bells last night 🌙

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 11 Killing at Badger's Drift – Caroline Graham 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 10 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 9 The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton 💙📚 #booksky #books

The image shows the book cover for The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. The cover image depicts a lush garden viewed through a rustic, weathered wooden door.

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 8 Dead Simple – Peter James 💙📚 #booksky #books

The image is the book cover of “Dead Simple” by Peter James. It features a dark, eerie forest background, with the title “Dead Simple” prominently displayed in bold yellow letters, and the author’s name, “Peter James,” in large white letters at the top. Below the title, a tagline reads: “Killer joke, evil crime… or just a grave mistake?”

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

One of my favourite authors! Lovely to see him on Bluesky🦋- do give him a follow. And if you haven't already, grab a copy of Dead Simple - you won't regret it!

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 7 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie 💙📚 #booksky #books

Book cover of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie showing a woman going through a chest of drawers with an old-fashioned telephone on top.

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 6 Last Bus to Woodstock – Colin Dexter 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃 to my American friends on here. My husband is looking forward to watching the American football later 🏈. I'm spending the day coming up with book ideas - the very best part of the job for me!

Thanksgiving graphic with pumpkins in an autumnal wreath

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

What a bargain! Just grabbed them. Not sure how I missed them before - they sound like my perfect read!

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 5 The Crimson Petal and the White – Michel Faber 💙📚 #booksky #books

Book cover of the Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 4 The Quiche of Death – M.C. Beaton 💙📚 #booksky #books

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DS Butler @dsbutler.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I travelled up to London today and had lunch with my lovely editor, Maisie. Had a brilliant day 🤩 (cakes were delicious!)

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