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Scottish writer
Douglas Skelton is a
Scottish writer of
crime fiction and non-fiction.
Biography
Skelton was born in
Glasgow . Before turning to writing full-time, he had been a bank clerk, tax officer, shelf stacker, meat porter, taxi driver, reporter, investigator and editor. While his non-fiction charts the true life exploits of murderers, criminals and cause celebres, his fiction settings are invariably set in his home town of Glasgow or the windswept Scottish highlands.
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Bibliography
Non-fiction
1992 — Blood on the Thistle
1992 — Frightener
1994 — No Final Solution
2003 — Deadlier than the Male
2004 — My Bloody Valentine
2005 — Indian Peter
2008 — Dark Heart
2009 — Glasgow's Black Heart
2017 — Scotland (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)
Fiction
2014 — Crow Bait
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2015 — Devil's Knock
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2016 — Open Wounds
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2017 — Tag - You're Dead
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2018 — The Janus Run
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2019 — Thunder Bay
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2020 — The Blood is Still
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2021 — A Rattle of Bones
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2022 — Where Demons Hide
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2022 — An Honourable Thief
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References
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"Skelton, Douglas" . The Crime Writers’ Association .
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"Douglas Skelton | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online" . Birlinn Ltd .
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"Author: Douglas Skelton" . Scottish Book Trust .
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"Once Upon a True Crime: Meet the Authors - Douglas Skelton" . Crime+Investigation UK .
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"An Evening with Authors Alex Gray and Douglas Skelton" . Dundee City Council .
^ McDonald, Sally.
"Meet the author: Glaswegian crime writer, Douglas Skelton" .
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"Where Demons Hide by Douglas Skelton: Undiscovered Scotland Book Review" . www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk .
^ Glasgow, What's On.
"Alex Gray and Douglas Skelton at The Mitchell Library and Theatre, Glasgow City Centre" . What's On Glasgow .
^ Fiction, Australian Crime (May 22, 2019).
"Thunder Bay (Douglas Skelton) - book review" .
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"Douglas Skelton's new crime thriller is set in the Highlands 'with elements of the occult' " .
^ Braidwood, Alistair (April 29, 2019).
"Storm Warning: A Review Of Douglas Skelton's Thunder Bay…" . Scots Whay Hae! .
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"A+E's fresh twist on true crime" . Royal Television Society . May 9, 2022.
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"The Janus Run: A Q & A With Douglas Skelton" . Books from Scotland .
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https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-the-blood-is-still-by-douglas-skelton-2502709
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"Bloody Scotland: Douglas Skelton on being fugitive of the Ice Cream Wars" . Daily Record .
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"Crime writer Douglas Skelton remembers Tommy Campbell" . HeraldScotland .
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"Polygon nets three more in Skelton's 'enthralling' Rebecca Connolly series" . The Bookseller .
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"Scottish Crime Writing: A Rattle of Bones by Douglas Skelton" . Scottish Books International .
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"Welcome to the official website of the celebrated and best selling Scottish crime writer Val McDermid…" .
^ Skelton, Douglas (2 September 2013). Blood City .
ISBN
978-1908373717 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (1 July 2015). Crow Bait .
ISBN
978-1910021828 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (1 June 2015). Devil's Knock .
ISBN
978-1910021811 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (31 March 2016). Open Wounds .
ISBN
978-1910745335 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (27 April 2017). Tag - You're Dead .
ISBN
978-1-910192-72-6 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (20 September 2018). The Janus Run .
ISBN
978-1-912235-25-4 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (7 March 2019). Thunder Bay .
ISBN
978-1-84697-473-1 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (5 March 2020). The Blood is Still .
ISBN
978-1-84697-530-1 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (5 August 2021). The Rattle of Bones .
ISBN
978-1-84697-563-9 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (7 July 2022). Where Demons Hide .
ISBN
978-1-84697-598-1 .
^ Skelton, Douglas (22 September 2022). An Honourable Thief .
ISBN
978-1-80436-015-6 .
External links