Douglas Skeleton is one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers with dark stories that meld history and contemporary life stretching from the tough streets of his hometown of Glasgow to the wildness of the Scottish Highlands.

We're talking Where Demons Hide, Douglas's latest thriller with a supernatural edge, featuring crime reporter, Rebecca Connolly.

Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And in today's Binge Reading, Rebecca’s skepticism is challenged after a body is found on a lonely moor in the center of a pentagram.  A woman has been frightened to death.

But was she killed by supernatural means or is there a more down to earth explanation?

This Week's Giveaway

Our giveaway this week is a preview of my new mystery. Susannah's Secret the second book in the Home At Last series set in 1870s, California,

Get the first four chapters of Susannah’s Secret – download here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/t7i1brbmtt

As usual links for downloading the first four chapters of that book, plus all the links to this episode can be found in the show notes on the website www.thejoysof bingereading.com

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Links to this episode

The Ice Cream Wars: Douglas Skelton and Lisa Brownlie:  https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1648791

BBC Documentary on the Ice Cream Wars:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001d3jv

Culloden and the Jacobite Defeat:  https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/culloden

James Stewart: James of the Glen:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart_of_the_Glen

Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson; https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/325128.Kidnapped

Alan Breck Stewart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Breck_Stewart

Hebrides:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrides

Peter Williamson and Indian Peter: https://www.amazon.com/Indian-Peter-Extraordinary-Adventures-Williamson/dp/1845960327

The Earl of Mar and the Mar Rebellion:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Mar

On Douglas Skelton's reading list

Ed McBain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Hunter

Denzil Myrick: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/denzil-myrick

Caro Ramsay: https://www.caroramsay.com/

Michael J Malone: https://booksfromscotland.com/bfs-author/michael-j-malone/

Neil Broadfoot: https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/neil-broadfoot

Gordon Brown: https://gordonjbrown.com/about/

Robert Crais: https://www.robertcrais.com/

Dennis Lehane: http://dennislehane.com/

S. G. MacLean: https://www.amazon.com/Bookseller-Inverness-S-G-MacLean-ebook/dp/B093VP2QXW

Lin Anderson: http://www.lin-anderson.com/about.htm

John Prebble Scottish histories – The Lion In The North:  https://www.amazon.com/Lion-North-Personal-Scotlands-History/dp/0140056459

Where to find Douglas online

Website: https://www.douglasskelton.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/douglasskeltonauthor

Twitter: @DouglasSkelton1

Instagram: @dougskelton1

Introducing author Douglas Skelton

Scottish thriller author Douglas Skelton

Jenny Wheeler: But now here's Douglas. Hello there Douglas, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.

Douglas Skelton: Thanks very much. It's great to be here.

Jenny Wheeler: I'm in Auckland, New Zealand and it's 8:30 pm and you are near to Glasgow and just starting your day. Have you had breakfast?

Douglas Skelton: Yes, I had a very quick something to eat before we came on.

Jenny Wheeler: That's great.

Douglas Skelton: And now I'm now drinking a coffee, so if you hear me slurping, you'll know that's what I'm doing.

Jenny Wheeler: Oh, that's wonderful. And we've already had a conversation about how we might be interrupted by your rescue dog, so we don't mind if she or he joins the show a little bit later on.

Douglas, you started out writing nonfiction true crime stories,