Barbara Scott Emmett
@bse-writer.bsky.social
Writer and Editor. UK Books: Pink Lane Dog Leap Stairs Delirium: The Rimbaud Delusion etc all available from online bookshops https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Barbara-Scott-Emmett/author/B004TCTEAC
Like listening to books? My titles in audiobook format. Gangsters, wrongful convictions, historical war crimes, and a strange bank robber. At: Amazon tinyurl.com/2p8f57dz Apple tinyurl.com/33zu8cpz Audible tinyurl.com/4cb34buj Google Play tinyurl.com/rj887uab @dundurnpress.bsky.social
Tartan noir gets called bleak. It isn't. It's a genre that assumes the reader is an adult who can be told the truth about a place and still love it. #TartanNoir #CrimeFiction
If you've finished your last Rankin and need something for the gap - 'Tolerance' is a free Glasgow short story, set in the same Specialist Crime Squad division as Twisting Fates. No strings, no spam, just the story. sjohndavies.co.uk #TartanNoir #CrimeFiction
Twisting Fates - A Glasgow Crime Thriller
Out now. A professor murdered in a locked laboratory. An innocent man framed. A reasonable voice steering the case away from the truth.
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Coming out in paperback soon.
Barbara Scott Emmett@bse-writer.bsky.social · 4mo agomybook.to/TMWTH Jezebel and Magdalena, a couple of whores of indeterminate sexuality, try to persuade Passionaria to host a sex party - 'not an orgy, that sounds so vulgar' - THE MAN WITH THE HORN #cultclassic #litfic #Dionysian
#TartanNoir #Glasgow #CrimeFiction #amreading #DarkHumour
Barbara Scott Emmett@bse-writer.bsky.social · 4mo agowww.amazon.co.uk/dp/198311216X Imagine Philip Marlowe woke up one day with the mother of all hangovers and discovered he'd been turned into a Glaswegian. And not only that but he's saddled with a partner in the shape of his devious fat friend, The Bumble.
Review: '...a stunningly well written novel...'
Barbara Scott Emmett@bse-writer.bsky.social · 4mo agomybook.to/DeliriumtRD Disenchanted with life and love, Andrea travels to #France. Driven by her obsession with #Rimbaud, she’s chasing her dream – the missing manuscript. #LitFic #Booksky #amreading #mystery #historical #psychological
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Twisting Fates is on Goodreads. If you're a want-to-read shelf person - it's ready to be shelved before launch day this Saturday. A laboratory freezer, a dead professor, an answer that won't sit right. goodreads.com/author/show/70956391.S_John_Davies #TartanNoir #CrimeFiction #Goodreads #Glasgow
S. John Davies
Author of Twisting Fates
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Review: '...an intriguing delight from beginning to end, packed with memorable characters, great, realistic dialogue, pithy one-liners...'
Barbara Scott Emmett@bse-writer.bsky.social · 4mo agowww.amazon.co.uk/dp/198311216X Imagine Philip Marlowe woke up one day with the mother of all hangovers and discovered he'd been turned into a Glaswegian. And not only that but he's saddled with a partner in the shape of his devious fat friend, The Bumble.
Philip Marlowe with a Glasgow hangover and a partner called The Bumble is a premise I didn't know I needed. The city does tend to hijack the tone whether you plan it or not.
13 MILLION adults in England are locked out of an NHS dentist, and preventable tooth decay is the #1 reason kids end up in hospital. No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry. Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
Fix and fund NHS Dentistry NOW!
Thirteen MILLION of us are still locked out of dental care. After two years of ministers promising to finally fix NHS dentistry, shocking new data just revealed that almost nothing has changed. That ...
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Care should put people before profit. Yet around 80% of the UK's largest care home providers are owned or backed by private equity. It's time to end profiteering in social care. Agree? Add your name 👇 party.coop/campaign/soc...
End private profit in social care
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Care should put people before profit. Yet around 80% of the UK's largest care home providers are owned or backed by private equity. It's time to end profiteering in social care. Agree? Add your name 👇 party.coop/campaign/soc...
End private profit in social care
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Review: '...a stunningly well written novel...'
Barbara Scott Emmett@bse-writer.bsky.social · 4mo agomybook.to/DeliriumtRD Disenchanted with life and love, Andrea travels to #France. Driven by her obsession with #Rimbaud, she’s chasing her dream – the missing manuscript. #LitFic #Booksky #amreading #mystery #historical #psychological
Review: '...an intriguing delight from beginning to end, packed with memorable characters, great, realistic dialogue, pithy one-liners...'
Barbara Scott Emmett@bse-writer.bsky.social · 4mo agowww.amazon.co.uk/dp/198311216X Imagine Philip Marlowe woke up one day with the mother of all hangovers and discovered he'd been turned into a Glaswegian. And not only that but he's saddled with a partner in the shape of his devious fat friend, The Bumble.
I’ve signed a letter calling for Andy Burnham to clarify his views on control or ownership of public services. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
Add your name to our open letter to Andy Burnham
Public control is not public ownership. Andy Burnham must clarify that he backs public ownership of life's essentials.
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Like scattered diamond dust caught in an unseen gravity, a maelstrom of light spirals out toward the edges of forever. The darkness is not empty—it is alive with the piercing, radiant gaze of a thousand distant suns.
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Our BBC, our say: support the People’s Charter
The BBC has got a new boss: a big moment for us to get our voices heard. With Trump’s lawsuit on the horizon and politicians like Farage wanting to see its downfall, we’ve got to speak up now to prote...
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A river of spilled starlight glides through a silent, otherworldly landscape toward a radiant beacon beneath the Milky Way. There, between darkness and light, the journey promises no destination—only an endless invitation to wonder.
