Book Club

Undercover

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A football player’s agent called Lydia Gallagher has her family kidnapped during a visit to Northern Ireland. But undercover cop Cormac Kelly has infiltrated the gang. Lydia’s husband is shot and Kelly is forced to blow his cover. He manages to save their lives but…
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Southsiders by Nigel Bird

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Ray Spalding lives in a violent marriage. His wife Paula has anger management issues. One day it becomes too much and Ray leaves Paula, his home in Southside, Edinburgh, and his 12-year-old son Jesse. He heads to Belfast to start over, using his brother Cliff’s…
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Features

NTN: Nigel Bird interviewed

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Nigel Bird is an original voice in crime who’s found a home at Blasted Heath, Scotland’s first digital-only publisher. We’ve already profiled Blasted Heath for New Talent November 2014 – and Nigel is the author of their latest eBook, Southsiders, the story of a 12-year-old…
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NTN: An introduction to Blasted Heath Books

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New Talent November this year coincides with the third anniversary of Blasted Heath’s launch as Scotland’s first digital-only publisher. Partners in crime (and other genres) are the award-winning novelist and literary agent Allan Guthrie and digital specialist Kyle MacRae. Their shared upbeat view of the changing publishing world…
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Welcome to New Talent November 2014

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There’s nothing like discovering a new voice on the crime fiction scene, is there? That’s why each November, our team aims to bring  you some of the year’s hottest new talent. We don’t only look at writers that have come through the traditional publishing stables…
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Book Club

Undercover

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A football player’s agent called Lydia Gallagher has her family kidnapped during a visit to Northern Ireland. But undercover cop Cormac Kelly has infiltrated the gang. Lydia’s husband is shot and Kelly is forced to blow his cover. He managed to save their lives but…
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iBookKindleReviews

Undercover by Gerard Brennan

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Lydia Gallagher is the agent for star footballer Rory Cullen, recently transferred for a record fee from Chelsea to Manchester United. She and her family are over in Belfast, Cullen’s home town, following the release of his controversial autobiography. But her husband John and 12-year-old-son…
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