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Gordon Lawrie

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Born in 1952, Gordon Lawrie taught Modern Studies - that's politics in Scotland - for 36 years in an Edinburgh secondary school, writing occasionally for educational magazines or in political science journals. Then he saw the light... and tried his hand at writing a novel or two, coming up with Four Old Geezers And A Valkyrie at the turn of 2012. Since then, he's written three further novels, the latest of which is The Midnight Visitor(2022).

Today he lives in Edinburgh city centre. Although the stories are not autobiographical, he's in danger of turning into the rather sad central character in Four Old Geezers...

2023 sees the arrival of Grace Notes, a collection of twenty short stories. ...more

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	Four Old Geezers And A Valkyrie 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Discreet Charm Of Mary Maxwell-Hume 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blogger Who Came in from the Cold it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Piano Exam 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Shadow it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Midnight Visitor 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	100 Not Out it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Editor's Choice: Friday Flash Fiction Favourites it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Self-Publishing: The Total Beginner's Guide 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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#NaNoWriMo Should Never Be a Treadmill

Each November, writers familiar with the social media are entreated to take part in #NaNoWriMo, which is "National Novel Writing Month" to the rest of us. Wannabe novelists set themselves the target of writing a novel of at least 50,000 words over the 30 days from 1st to 30th inclusive. It's not as demanding as it sounds: only 1,666 words per day, plus 20 extra on the last, will do it. But if you' Read more of this blog post »

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I haven't read any Rebus novels for years, so when this one was lent to me, I was surprised to discover him in jail – HMP Edinburgh, which my home city knows as "Saughton". I'm not quite sure exactly how he got there, but clearly it's to do with the ...more
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I really like the Karen Pirie series. They're utterly escapist, and ideal reading late at night on a Kindle Paperwhite where you don't have to disturb your fast-asleep partner. This one really combines two stories: a curious murder on the Scotsman Ste ...more
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I really like the Karen Pirie series. They're utterly escapist, and ideal reading late at night on a Kindle Paperwhite where you don't have to disturb your fast-asleep partner. This one really combines two stories: a curious murder on the Scotsman Ste ...more
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When I first started reading this, I hated it. Ove is such an annoying, grumpy, cantankerous character that there's little or nothing about him that you want to engage with. And then you realise there's a lot more going on than you expected. In the en ...more
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Harmless. Definitely a book for cat lovers. I'm not a cat owner, although I don't mind them. I feel it's cheating a little to have a talking cat, even if it only talks to its owner. But I suppose cat owners might well humanise their pets, so that's O ...more
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