Everyone knows something about Lorna Carrington But no one knows everything If they did they'd be very, very frightened robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-fal… #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction

Shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger 2026 Scottish historical crime fiction Fiction with a social conscience Will she do it or won't she? robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-fal… #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #Scotland #Perthshire #Crieff #WW2

I have a feature on Books From Scotland website on my book An Odious Campaign and resonances with the current byelections in Scotland. booksfromscotland.com/2026/0… #ScottishHistory #byelections @TippermuirBooks

Partner and I have just completed The i Paper's cryptic crossword for the 1500th consecutive day. Quite an easy one today, which was a relief as they've been pretty tough the last three weeks or so... #crypticcrosswords

Did you know Miss Moneypenny was not the original name chosen by Ian Fleming? When the Bond creator sat down to write his first #JamesBond novel, Casino Royale (published 1953), the name he chose for M's devoted secretary was... Miss Pettavel. He quickly realised his blend of fact and fiction was far too close to reality. The name was crossed out in pencil, and a new name was inserted... Miss Moneypenny. While Fleming never revealed the identities of the individuals he drew upon, many of his ideas came from his time in naval intelligence during #WW2 Miss Kathleen Pettigrew, a trailblazing MI6 woman, was the 'real' Miss Moneypenny. As personal assistant to the wartime MI6 Chief, Stewart Menzies, the loyal 'secretary' received secret correspondence and reports on Fleming's audacious operations. She also accompanied Menzies to early morning meetings with Winston Churchill, and read through decoded German ENIGMA messages from @bletchleypark Late in life, Kathleen Pettigrew declared: 'I was Miss Moneypenny, but with more power.' Kathleen's story is told for the first time in my award-winning book, Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence, published by @wnbooks Follow me @thespyhistorian for more stories about women in secret intelligence🕵️‍♀️ #spyhistory #womenshistory #MI6 #SIS #history #SecretIntelligenceService #war #secretintelligence

My latest AI Slop spam. It might sound authentic if my book was set in Perth Australia but, alas for the AI, it is set in the original and best Perth, in Scotland. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #AISlop

🎙️📚💕 For the latest @ScotsWhayHae podcast we caught up with writer @ColinBurnett16 to talk about his new novel 'Family Man', which is also 'The Third Book of Aldo', published with @TippermuirBooks. Full details, & all the ways to listen, are here... 👉 scotswhayhae.com/post/the-ru…

My inter with The National on Sunday was published yesterday. Where I discuss my new novel titled 'Family Man'. It's behind a paywall but I've screenshot a few extracts. If anyone fancies giving it a read. Cheers

Try the sequels.

Everyone knows something about Lorna Carrington. But no one knows everything. If they did they'd be very, very frightened. Shortlisted for this year's CWA Historical Dagger Award robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-fal… @TippermuirBooks #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction

Calling all those who love #reading and those who have yet to discover the power of a good #book 📚#Nottinghamshire #Lincolnshire #EastMidlands Tomorrow, I am speaking about my favourite subject, female spies, at Retford Book Festival - Sunday 7 June, 2 PM. I will be signing books (green ink, of course) after the event, which is supported by the award-winning @Wonder_Bookshop Booking details can be found below, and by scanning the QR code⬇️ Hope to see you there😎

Delighted to have been shortlisted for this years Crime Writers' Association Historical dagger award with Barvick Falls, published by @TippermuirBooks More info: robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-fal… #writingcommunity #CrimeFiction #scotland #Perthshire #Crieff

📗 The TUULA book tour continues. I'm at The George Hotel in Montrose tonight, telling the story of my investigation into the island of Jersey's only unsolved murder.....unsolved, that is, until now I believe there are a few spaces left. Why not come along and hear Tuula's story

Used my trip up to the Heart of Stone Crime Fiction festival to do some research for my latest book. This waterfall is in the centre of Perth. Anyone know where? #writingcommunity #Scotland #Perth

From behind the paywall: “like Irvine Welsh before him - Burnett is a fancy rococo stylist, who takes a stark vision of life among Edinburgh’s leading gangsters and criminal businesses, and both exaggerates and stylises its violence like a North Edinburgh Tarantino”

X #Perthshire [#Crieff] has its own crime series - Barvick Falls Shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Historical Dagger. A perfect summer read. Perth & #Kinross @PerthCityCentre @PerthGazette @LovePerthshire @PerthshireMag @PerthshireOS @standupfarmer @Tullidistillery @PerthPerthshire @Whats_On_Perth @Blair_Castle @WildeThyme_ @Satchi1 @PerthshireBrass @PerthshireLife @VisitScotNews @SconePalace @VisitScotland #PerthMuseum #Perth #books #tourism #ScotlandisNow @TheScotsman

I'll be talking about Tuula's tragically short life and unsolved murder at Waterstones in Perth on Wednesday night. Come along, there'll be signed copies for sale and a chance to hear the story everyone is talking about - the island of Jersey's only unsolved murder - until now..