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Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Our next McIlvanney long-listing sees a welcome return for @gavin-bell.bsky.social with this excellent serial killer novel. He'll be appearing on the 'Across the Pond' panel with @edelcoffey.bsky.social and @tariqashkanani.bsky.social on Sat 19th Sept: bloodyscotland.com/event/across...

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

138 Main (Street) is out now in the UK and on June 2 in the USA! ‘Nail-biting and compulsive, this is thriller storytelling at its most tense’ The Sun ‘Thrilling’ Scotsman ‘Superbly executed’ Library Journal www.simonandschuster.com/books/138-Ma...

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Civilian Reader @civilianreader.com · 07/05/2026

Upcoming: 138 MAIN STREET by @gavin-bell.bsky.social... civilianreader.com/2026/05/07/u... Only learned about this today, but really looking forward to reading it! Out June 2nd, via Gallery/Scout in North America; published today in the UK, by Simon & Schuster.

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Upcoming: 138 MAIN STREET by Gavin Bell (Gallery/Scout, Simon & Schuster)

Next month, Gallery/Scout Press is due to publish 138 Main Street by Gavin Bell. I just found out today that Gavin Bell is the real name of the author Mason Cross, whose Carter Blake series is one …

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Loved this chat about the new book with the fabulous Nadine!

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Reading For Leisure @debbiehartuk.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I'm excited to be taking part in the #CoverReveal of #138MainStreet from @gavin-bell.bsky.social, @simonschusteruk.bsky.social and @tracyfenton.bsky.social Published 3/5/26, this cat-and-mouse thriller sounds amazing. More details on my blog. Reading For Leisure Blog: tinyurl.com/2955y4ua

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Rude Cookies is way too commercial now, Cyrus Kitchen is the hot new southside small business meltdown

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

As one of the judges on this panel, I think we did a pretty good job! Six brilliant books.

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I *think* it's seen but now I'm questioning everything!

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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Announcing the longlist for the 2025 Twisted Dagger! Congratulations, authors, and good luck in the next round! #CWA_Daggers #Daggers_2025

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Tracy Fenton @tracyfenton.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

CWA TWISTED DAGGER LONGLIST

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Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

It's podcast day! Our third episode featuring two great chats with @damedenisemina.bsky.social and @drjennymorris.bsky.social has dropped now. You can listen (and catch-up with the first two episodes) here - bloodyscotland.podbean.com

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

great listen! I am the other person who has read William Hjortsberg's Falling Angel - in fact I smugly suggested it for an 'undiscovered gems' thing Orion was doing only to be told Denise had already bagsied it 😔

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Joseph Finder @josephfinderbooks.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

This is cool: to mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of THE GREAT GATSBY (which I'd argue is a crime novel), the Library of Congress is hosting a marathon live reading of the book, starting at 10:00 a.m.: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ums...

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"The Great Gatsby" at 100: A Public Reading

YouTube video by Library of Congress

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

okay but we can agree that the hair is great, there are no games with that hair.

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

difficult difficult, lemon difficult

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Trying out the famous Star Bar £4 3 course lunch at last

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The Winter Gardens at the Peoples' Palace on Glasgow Green. Built in 1898, it was extensively renovated for its 100th anniversary in 1998, including reglazing it. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowgreen #wintergardens #peoplespalace #architecture #architecturephotography

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Alex Massie @alexmassie.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Looking forward to seeing the ‘Fossil Free Books’ crew withdraw their books from Waterstones (which is owned by Elliott).

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

You don't appear to be able to comprehend that your opinion is trash though.

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Nah, it's fine, you're wrong.

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Publishers testing the waters with AI narration for audiobooks need to think very carefully about what they're doing. It's going to play out like the sugar tax - you're going to completely fuck the product with zero financial benefit to show for it.

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

They clearly got distracted from that apostrophe while checking they'd got the plural of faux pas right

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Love all the art deco in Miami

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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

[post credits Samuel L Jackson] “a complete unknown.” Did you really think you were the only one traveling? I’m here to talk to you about the Wilbury Initiative.

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

As long as the video app isn't Blue Movies

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

uh... you are a lot more exciting than I am!

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I picked up this novelisation of Seven (I'm not doing the SeSevenEn thing) in a charity shop a few years ago. Interesting reading it after seeing the rereleased movie

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big lou @thetallblonde.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

being on bluesky

Tweet from furby Hancock:

Waiter: so how is everything?
Me: great!
Waiter: (disgusted) even war?

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

One of my kids just pointed out I've loved more of my life in the 21st century than in the 20th, and I feel quite futuristic

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I often think "I can't recommend it highly enough" is open to interpretation.

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Yes, you would be pretty impressed with the UK too if you visited London, used the excellent public transport and only ate in nice places

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Is it as good as Italy's though?

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Just wrong. Wham or Mariah are light years better than all the other absolute shit that's been Xmas no.1 since the Millennium: X Factor and fucking Lad Baby.

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Shout out to @thenewsagents.com for not taking the piss with their ads. I always skip the first 3 mins of Rest is Politics/Entertainment and live with losing a few seconds of actual content. With News Agents the ads are brief enough that I just let them run.

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

"Let's hope it's a good one, without any fear" - classic first draft line that slipped through the edit

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Gavin Bell @gavin-bell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Reading Frank Miller's most underrated work for the first time in ages. JRJR has never been better...

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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 09/12/2024

Beloved murderer canceled after old tweets surface

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