Neil Lancaster
@neillancaster66
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Highland-based bestselling crime writer of the DS Craigie series, published by @HQStories . #TheDevilYouKnow is out now. Rep'd by Kerr MacRae LPA
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It's here!
#TheDevilYouKnow
is OUT !
It may be my favourite one, so far. So, why not give it a whirl?
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Accurate
This gave me my first proper laugh in 9 days
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Wow ...this blew up .. not even down to me.. I got it sent via a pal to my WhatsApp.. wish I could credit the creator .. he's a genius 👏
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Its a cold and depressing winter in deep lock down
Peggy doesn't care ... her love for the bin men continues
Hope this brightens a sad morning for us all
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Seven years ago today we left the madness of suburbia and the grind of the daily commute to London in exchange for a new life in The Highlands. I left a career that I'd loved, with no plan of what was next
No regrets ... not even one
This is home ...
#Highlands
#BlackIsle
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This was over our house last night
Hoping the same tonight
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@GMB
@akalamusic
I have to say that
@akalamusic
is singularly very impressive and speaks with cogent sense and clarity that many of our politicians could learn from.
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The "woke barristers" thing is rearing its head again, because
@Keir_Starmer
once having did his job in accordance with his code of practice . I'm not going to comment on the cab rank rule, as others like
@TonyKent_Writes
and
@BarristerSecret
have already eloquently done so
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In an angry world, try to take pleasure in the little things ... like Peggy when the bin men come
Peggy loves the bin men
Be like Peggy
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I am very delighted to share this news
Three new crime novels heading your way ... I can't wait to introduce you to DS Max Craigie and his team in my new Scottish crime thriller
BRILLIANT NEWS! We’ve acquired not one, not two, but THREE brand new gripping crime thrillers from the incredible
@neillancaster66
! 🎉
The first book in a new Scottish crime series is coming July 2021. Watch this space…
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So, lads. Don't think it's just evil bastards who need barristers.
It's all of us. Access to justice, and access to competent defence is what underpins a just society.
Even the most evil bastard deserves competent defence.
If we lose this, we stop being a democracy.
Ends
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Happy publication day to ME !!
#BloodRunsCold
is out today !
I'm genuinely convinced this is my best book, so do check it out
Buy here👇
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I forgot it was
#BinDay
and took Peggy for her walk at the wrong time ...
The Bin Men didn't forget, however... top chaps
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He's back !!!!!!
Skinny and thirsty, but he seem ecstatic to be here ... he hasn't even attacked Peggy
Lots of tears here
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When I started writing this book at the beginning of 2020, just as lockdown started to bite, I never, for one moment I'd be sharing a tweet like this .
over 50,000 people have read
#DeadMansGrave
!!!
I'm flabbergasted !!
The numbers say it all!
We are so proud of
@neillancaster66
and his incredible book, Dead Man's Grave! So many readers are enjoying Neil's highly addictive DS Max Craigie Scottish crime series.
If you haven't read
#DeadMansGrave
yet, dive in here:
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#competition
time
To celebrate the release of
#TheBloodTide
in paperback on 23rd June I'm giving away a copy of both Craigie books plus cool posters
To enter, follow me, r/t and tag a mate and I'll select the winner at random on 14th June
#prize
#giveaway
@HQstories
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This is garbage
I wrote my first book aged 53, I'm about to publish my eighth
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A foggy, miserable Black Isle day
You think Peggy cares ?
Nah... because it's BIN DAY!!
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Its Tuesday morning, which means one, very exciting thing
Its BIN-DAY !!
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Been sitting on this news for a while
Delighted to have signed for three more Max Craigie novels with
@HQstories
Can't wait for you all to read what I have in store for Max and the team
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My hardback copies of Max Craigie 4,
#BloodRunsCold
have arrived
And don't they look lovely!!
Thank you
@HQstories
..
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#Rebus
is classy TV..
Dark and brutal, feels faithful to the books, and shows off Edinburgh at it's finest
A brilliant reboot .. great achievement for the producers
@Beathhigh
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Despite icy roads, the bin men made it .. Peggy, of course, was delighted
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I now have THREE titles in top
#50
Scottish crime books.
#GoingDark
#2
#GoingRogue
#25
#GoingBack
#48
I'm really proud of these books, so I'm delighted that people are buying and enjoying them
#Novak
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I'm delighted to tell you all that I have signed with
@KNLitAgency
and I am now rep'd by
@RobbieGuillory
I'm working on something new, right now, a new crime thriller that I'm very excited about, of course
#Novak
3 will be coming very soon happy days. a beer is in order
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There's not a day goes by when I don't marvel at where I live
It's very special, and I'm very lucky
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My son is currently in isolation in Norway
Views a bonus, right?
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During my career I spent a huge amount of time being cross-examined by many defence barristers. I didn't always enjoy the experience, but I always appreciated that their role is vital in a fair and just society.
They deserve fair remuneration and I support their action 100%
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However cool you think you are, you'll never be as cool as the smartly suited, Crombie-wearing, moustachioed Detective Inspector George Johnston tackling a razor wielding thug at a sectarian rally in Glasgow, fag still clamped between his lips in 1971... Legend.
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#BinDay
She spotted them a mile away this morning
@HighlandCouncil
your staff are a real credit to you ... 👏
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Dear people ... please stop giving me 1 star reviews for something I didn't do !!!!
I just wrote the fucking thing ... someone else corrupted the kindle book
I've had a bad day, and this is making it worse
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@BarristerSecret
It's a shame no one told them that this would happen at the time.
p.s..... Everyone told them, Cops, Lawyers, Judges.... Literally everyone said this would happen!!!
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Alone woman murdered whilst walking her dog
Where's the outrage ?
Where's the hashtags?
Why isn't this top of all the newsreels?
BBC News - PCSO Julia James: Searches as murder probe continues
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This is why
@goodreads
has a problem
A one-star rating for my next book, which isn't out until 2024.
The only people to have read this book are my agent, editor, copy editor and my wife.
Now unless one of them has done a nasty on me, I suspect this rating is malicious
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As a writer, it's sometimes easy to think that we're just writing daft stories that don't really matter. Then you get a lovely message like this one and you think again.
Stories really do matter.
Libraries matter, and we'll be so much poorer as a nation if we lose them
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Overwhelmed by this
Over 100,000 sales in 16 months
So happy that people love these books...
With just a week until
#TheNightWatch
publishes in paperback, we're blown away that
@neillancaster66
has sold over 100,000 books in his crime thriller Max Craigie series!
⚰️Authentic. 🔪 Thrilling. 💀 Gripping.
As
@MarionETodd
says:
‘Neil Lancaster is so damn clever’
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87k words done ... and we have a first draft of Craigie 5 !!
Thats 8 books written since 2019 ..
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As always it starts with an empty word document
Craigie 5 has begun .. just 80-90k words to go
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Properly delighted to see
#TheBloodTide
on this tremendous long list
I'm absolutely overwhelmed
And here it is! Our longlist for the McIlvanney Prize 2022! With thanks to
@GlencairnGlass
for their support of this year's prizes.
#McIlvanneyPrize
#Longlist
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I've been bursting with this information, but sworn to silence ... well its on the
@waterstones
website now
#DeadMansGrave
is Waterstones Scottish book of the month ... and I'm over the moon about it ..thanks to all my supporters ... Happy Hogmanay!!
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Omg ... that lone piper ... the way he just walked off and the sound faded ... spine chilling
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I'm pretty blown away by this news
I feel a bit overwhelmed to be in this company
But of course, I'm delighted
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Peggy doing her bit showing gratitude to our brilliant bin men .. social distancing deprives her of getting fussed, but if you watch carefully you can see a bonio is left on the bin for her ... check the tail !!
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I'm consuming lots of non-fiction right now and this excellent book. is typically fascinating and also terribly disturbing, as I expected
Top work
@mrjamesob
#HowTheyBrokeBritain
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@khan_sophie
@SebEDM
@SophieKhanSols
@MPFed
@metpoliceuk
Are you actually saying these words?
Juries dont give narrative verdicts as you know.
All we can take from this verdict is that at least 3 were not SURE that D intended to kill PC Outten. They found he intentionally caused GBH, with the 6 machete blows
Delete your account
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I spent 25 years as a detective in the Met Police. I lost count of the amount of people I sat across the interview table from, all of whom though that it would never happen to them.
The guy defending himself in a fight.
The driver who momentarily lost control at the wheel
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@CollegeofPolice
My son is 29, he’s a Cpl in the Ryal Marines. He has led others into conflict. He can organise complex communications systems under fire. He is calm, confident, empathetic with common sense. no degree. he’d have to take a £13000 pay cut and be an apprentice..
#yourlosspolicing
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Peggy is 4 years old today
Happy birthday to this bike chasing, bird losing, binmen loving little nut job
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The guy behind the counter at a kebab shop, who almost blinded a violent, racist thug.
All people who woke up just going about their business, trying to earn a living, or just enjoying a night out.
It can, and it does happen to "normal people"
It COULD happen to you
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There's 492 miles to Stratford-upon-Avon I've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of Percy Pigs, it's light out, and I'm wearing sunglasses.
HIT IT !!
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Boom !! Job done *for now*
Max Craigie 6 is out of the door and sent to my publishers
*and, breaathhee*
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This is always ripe for a struggling government to pick on, as they know that your average member of the public sees criminal trials, and thinks "well, its criminals, not me. I'll never be in that situation."
Let me tell you. You're wrong.
Because you might be, one day.
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I'm not quite home, but Mrs L just sent me the latest pitched battle of the sofa ...
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The teacher with an malicious allegation against them
The store detective who broke the arm of a violent shoplifter
The guy who killed someone who was trying to stab him. It only takes a good punch, and a head hitting a kerb, and you could be facing a manslaughter charge.
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#BloodRunsCold
is out today in paperback, woo-hoo !
Genuinely think it's the best yet, so why not give it a whirl
Available wherever you buy your books from
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Just arrived home in The Highlands after a fantastic
@HarrogateFest
.. voice has gone after so many conversations, and loved the panel with
@CaraHunterBooks
@JaneCaseyAuthor
@nadinematheson
@gbpoliceadvisor
in front of a huge, wonderful audience
Brilliant festival
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We had to say goodbye to Freddie the cat today... he was 15 and his kidneys had had given up .. he was a cussed old sod, but was a proper character and we all loved him lots ...
This is how I want to remember him .. a life well lived .. RIP old fellah
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Northern lights out over the hoose..
Pretty cool, eh ...
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I always defer to my hero .. Billy Connolly, in response to reviews such as this ...
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@nytimes
I was speaking to a foreign chap in a coffee shop who said "percifically" rather than "specifically" ... I was most impressed with the Constable who dragged him away..
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Posties been!!!!!
Special proof copies of
#DeadMansGrave
and don't they look handsome!!!!!
You can see how impressed Peg is !
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