Doug Johnstone (@doug_johnstone) is the author of four previous novels‚ most recently Hit and Run (2012)‚ described by Ian Rankin as ‘a great slice of noir’ and by Irvine Welsh as ‘a grisly parable for our times’. Writer-in-residence at the University of Strathclyde from 2010–2012‚ he is also a freelance journalist‚ a songwriter and musician‚ and has a PhD in nuclear physics. He lives in Edinburgh.
www.dougjohnstone.wordpress.com
‘Doug Johnstone hits YOU and then HE runs‚ and you never catch him until the last word of the last sentence. Cracking stuff.’ Alan Glynn on Hit and Run
‘A hugely atmospheric thriller soaked in the spirit of life . . . sip and savour.’ The Times on Smokeheads
‘A counter clockwise‚ state of the nation rock’n’roll tour which captures where we're at better than any modern novel I’ve read.’ Irvine Welsh on The Ossians
‘A seductive and thrilling evocation of what lurks beneath the surface of small-town Scotland – or indeed small-town anywhere.’ Christopher Brookmyre on Tombstoning