Bøger af Douglas Skelton

Jonas Flynt sets sails for the Caribbean, in pursuit of a slaver's ship who have abducted his stepmother. While there he comes face to face with legendary pirate, Blackbeard.

Alice Larkin, the headstrong child of a millionaire and former news reporter, has a story to tell, the story of a sixty year old murder. When Rebecca Connelly throws herself into investigating the story, she soon comes face to face with an old adversary and unearths a troubling secret about her own family.

"Fast-paced and straight to the point—like a well-aimed literary projectile"—Times Scotland Set amid the dramatic beauty of the Scottish Highlands and threaded with Highland history and lore, the latest Rebecca Connolly thriller is another stellar crime novel from “a writer to watch” (Publishers Weekly). Something scared Nuala Flaherty to death. When her body is found in the center of a pentagram on a lonely moor in the shadow of Ben Shee mountain, Rebecca is determined to find out what killed her. Was her death caused by supernatural means or is there a more down-to-earth explanation? The body was discovered on the Island of Stoirm, about which Rebecca has some complicated feelings. Her beloved father, a career policeman, came from there, but he fled the island’s and his own family’s dark history, and Rebecca herself had a brush with death while pursuing a story there. But there’s no way she can avoid going back. Besides, her dear friends, photographer Chaz Wymark and his partner, Alan, are about to be married on Stoirm, causing a small stir in the isolated island community.   Rebecca’s  investigation will lead her to a mysterious cult and local drug dealings. But what she doesn’t know is that crime matriarch Mo Burke still has her in her crosshairs. Mo wants payback for the death of her son, and after one failed attempt to hurt Rebecca, she’s upping the ante. And this time, it could be lethal.

The fifth book in Douglas Skelton's critically acclaimed Rebecca Connolly series. Set in Rannoch, Perthshire, Children of the Mist sees reporter Rebecca on the trail of a story that proves blood may be thicker than water but can still be easily spilled.

"When banners proclaiming the innocence of James Stewart spring up at the gravesite of his famous namesake...investigative reporter Rebecca Connolly smells a story...The young Stewart has been in prison for ten years for the brutal murder of his lover, lawyer and politician Murdo Maxwell...Rebecca soon discovers that, prior to his murder, Maxwell believed he was being followed...As Rebecca keeps digging, she finds herself in the sights of Inverness crime matriarch Mo Burke, who wants payback for the damage caused to her family in a previous case"--

En mand klædt i tøj fra 1700-tallet findes myrdet på det sted, hvor et af de mest blodige slag i britisk historie engang fandt sted. Hvem er manden, og hvorfor ligger hans lig netop der, gennemboret af et tveægget skotsk sværd? Historien fanger journalisten Rebecca Connollys interesse, og snart drages hun ind i en mørk verden af politiske intriger, historiske konflikter og uforløste traumer.Kan mordet være relateret til det filmhold, der var ved at iscenesætte det berømte slag ved Culloden på gerningsstedet? Har højrefløjsgruppen Gælisk Folkesjæl, med forbindelser til den politiske underverden, haft en finger med i spillet? Eller har mordet en helt tredje årsag?  Da endnu et lig i historisk tøj – denne gang en uniform – dukker op, indledes et kapløb med tiden, hvor Rebecca må grave i fortiden og finde frem til, hvad det er, der ulmer under overfladen i det skotske højland.Når mørket sænker sig er andet bind i Douglas Skeltons atmosfærefyldte bestsellerserie om den sympatiske journalist Rebecca Connolly.

Da journalisten Rebecca Connolly modtager et tip om en nyhedshistorie på den skotske ø Stoirm, vækkes hendes nysgerrighed. Femten år tidligere blev øboen Roddie Drummond anklaget og siden frifundet for mordet på sin store kærlighed, Mhairi. Derefter forlod han øen i al hast. Nu vender han tilbage til Stoirm, og det puster liv i gammelt had og bitterhed.Sammen med fotografen Chaz begynder Rebecca at grave i fortiden. For hvad skete der den nat for femten år siden? Hvorfor har Rebeccas egen far altid skyet øen? Og hvorfor var Mhairis sidste ord ’Tordenbugten’ – et afsides klippeområde ved kysten, hvor de dødes sjæle ifølge de lokale sagn forlader denne jord?Rebecca og Chaz møder dog en mur af tavshed fra øens beboere, som dækker over hinanden og værner om øens uhyggelige hemmeligheder. Og da tavsheden endelig brydes, tvinges Rebecca til at se sin egen familie i et nyt lys.Resten er tavshed er første bind i Douglas Skeltons atmosfærefyldte bestsellerserie om den sympatiske journalist Rebecca Connolly. Andet bind er på vej i dansk oversættelse.  

When reporter Rebecca Connolly is told of Roddie Drummond's return to the island of Stoirm she senses a story. Fifteen years before he was charged with the murder of his lover, Mhairi. When another murder takes place, she is ideally placed to uncover the truth about what happened that night fifteen years before.

"e;Bullet-ridden, bold, brilliant."e; Neil BroadfootWhen Coleman Lang finds his girlfriend Gina dead in his New York City apartment, he thinks nothing could be worse... until he becomes the prime suspect. Desperate to uncover the truth and clear his name, Coleman hits the streets. But there's a deranged Italian hitman, an intuitive cop, two US Marshals, and his ex-wife all on his tail. And trying to piece together Gina's murky past without dredging up his own seems impossible. Worse, the closer he gets to Gina's killer, the harder it is to evade the clutches of the mysterious organisation known only as Janus - from which he'd long since believed himself free. Packed with plot twists, suspense and an explosive climax, The Janus Run is an edge-of-the-seat, breathtaking thriller - NYC noir at its finest."e;A breakneck New York thriller - I can't wait to read the next one."e; Mason Cross "e;A natural successor to Ed McBain, Douglas Skelton gives us a sharp and thrilling ride - a brilliant read."e; Michael J Malone "e;A defining work by our finest emerging crime fiction talent."e; Quintin Jardine "e;Ludlum meets Grisham in this fast-paced, fast-talking New York City thriller. Fascinating and utterly compelling."e; Denzil Meyrick "e;Pacy, great characters, twisted enough to keep me guessing."e; Alex Gray "e;Skelton really delivers with The Janus Run : the pace is relentless, the sense of place authentic, a story that draws you in and won't let go till the final page."e; Craig Russell "e;What do you get if you mix a deep-cover agent, a witness protected mob member, a psychotic killer and more action than you can pull a trigger at? Welcome to the wonderful, high speed, rollercoaster planet that is Douglas Skelton's The Janus Run ."e; Gordon Brown"e;Bullet-ridden, bold, brilliant, The Janus Run hits its stride on the first page and hurtles to its conclusion with the speed of a runaway subway. Utterly unmissable."e; Neil Broadfoot "e;This is brilliant-black-diamond hard writing ... brutal and enthralling. You never know where the next bullet is coming from. You'd better hang on tight for this one."e; Mark Leggatt"e;It's a cracker. A pacy thrill-ride of a book with an authentic NYC setting, whip-smart dialogue and a cast of memorable characters. Think Goodfellas meets The Bourne Identity. Skelton's best yet."e; Lisa Gray"e;Dynamite... authentically brutal, powerfully plotted and perfectly executed."e; Chapter In My Life crime fiction blog"e;A book that sinks its teeth into its readers like a Rottweiler and simply never lets go: the main difference being that this is an extremely enjoyable experience."e; Undiscovered Scotland"e;Fabulous... Well written, full of tension and suspense, it caught my imagination immediately and kept me hooked all the way through."e; Amanda Gillies, crime fiction reviewer

Wise-cracking investigator Dominic Queste is on the trail of a serial killer. But this is no mask-wearing, chainsaw-wielding maniac targeting young teens. The killer begins to taunt Queste, to shadow him, to terrorise him. It's all part of a game of death and Queste doesn't know the rules. And he's not the only one in the line of fire.

Introducing Dominic Queste. Glasgow's mean streets may be deadly, but Queste is a mean, wisecracking private investigator who won't be led a dance. Queste's is a vicious world of brutal gangsters, merciless hitmen, dark family secrets and an insatiable lust for power in the highest echelons of politics.

Davie McCall is tired. Tired of violence, tired of the Life. In the final instalment in the Davie McCall series old friends clash and long buried secrets are unearthed as McCall investigates a brutal five-year-old crime. Davie wants out, but the underbelly of Glasgow is all he has ever known.

Glasgow's mean streets just got meaner. Can Davie McCall survive? Meet Davie McCall. Beaten, bloody... brutal. Irrevocably damaged by the barbaric regime of an abusive father, and haunted by memories of his mother's murder, there is a darkness inside him. Enter Joe the Tailor. A sophisticated crimelord with morals, he might be the only man in the city Davie can trust. But then the bodies begin to mount...In 1980s Glasgow, the criminal underworld is about to splinter. Battle lines are drawn, and the gap between friend and enemy blurs as criminals and police alike are caught in a net of lies, murder and revenge that will change the city forever. Scotland's foremost true-crime author. THE SCOTSMAN The city's dark underbelly complete with knives, razors, guns and gangs... DAILY MAIL You follow the plot like an eager dog, nose turning this way and that, not catching every single clue but quivering as you lunge towards a blood-splattered denouement. DAILY EXPRESS The Glasgow of this period is a great, gritty setting for a crime story, and Skelton's non-fiction work stands him in good stead... he's taken well to fiction... the unexpected twists keep coming. THE HERALD

They'll all be crow bait by the time I'm finished...Jail was hell for Davie McCall. Ten years down the line, freedom's no picnic either. It's 1990, there are new kings in the West of Scotland underworld, and Glasgow is awash with drugs. Davie can handle himself. What he can't handle is the memory of his mother's death at the hand of his sadistic father. Or the darkness his father implanted deep in his own psyche. Or the nightmares...Now his father is back in town and after blood, ready to waste anyone who stops him hacking out a piece of the action. There are people in his way. And Davie is one of them. Tense, dark and nerve-wracking... a highly effective thriller. THE HERALD This is crime fiction of the strongest quality. CRIMESQUAD.COM A gory and razor-sharp crime novel from the start, Douglas Skelton's Crow Bait moves at breakneck speed like a getaway car on the dark streets of Glasgow. THE SKINNY Skelton has been hiding from his talent for long enough. High time he shared it with the rest of us. QUINTIN JARDINE PRAISE for Blood City The city's dark underbelly complete with knives, razors, guns and gangs... DAILY MAIL You follow the plot like an eager dog, nose turning this way and that, not catching every single clue but quivering as you lunge towards a blood-splattered denouement. DAILY EXPRESS The Glasgow of this period is a great, gritty setting for a crime story, and Skelton's non-fiction work stands him in good stead... he's taken well to fiction... the unexpected twists keep coming. THE HERALD

The Davie McCall saga returns in Devil's Knock. Davie McCall has darkness inside him. A darkness that haunts him, but also helps him do despicable things to those trying to cause him and his friends harm. When Dickie Himes is killed in a club owned by the Jarvis clan, it sparks a chain of events that Davie knows can only lead to widespread gang war on the streets of mid- 90s Glasgow. The police are falling over themselves to solve the crime, but when justice is so easily bought or corrupted, Davie needs to take matters into his own hands. Davie has to contend with the ghosts of those he has failed, a persistent Hollywood actor and a scruffy dog with no name. When he finds a target on his back, will Davie be able to suppress the darkness inside him and refuse to kill... Or will the devil s knock be too tempting?