Mark Bridgeman was born in Swindon, Wiltshire and is now based in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. After a career working in Finance, Marketing and Sports Coaching, he has now turned his passion for writing, crime fiction and non-fiction, history and sport into words. Mark's first book "The River Runs Red" is now available. A history of true crime in Highland Perthshire, the book has proved an immediate success. Surviving In The Shadows and Blood Beneath Ben Nevis were released in March 2020 to great reviews. The Lost Village of Lawers followed in September 2020 and became an instant success. Mark also contributed a series of short stories to the West Highland Museum website and to his own blog. As featured on the BBC, The Beacon On The Hill was released in December 2020, taking up the story of Christ Church in Swindon, following on from a book originally written by Mark's late father. In May 2021, Mark released The Dark Side of the Dales (a series of true crime stories from the Yorkshire Dales) and Footsteps at Finlarig, the history of Finlarig Castle in Killin. Both books were well reviewed and proved instant successes. Mark is currently working on two other projects for release in 2022 and has appeared at several book festivals, on ITV, Channel 5, BBC Radio, and the History Channel.
Fascinating and brilliantly researched book about the Edwardian con artist Violet Charlesworth. She was certainly a clever lady and I couldn't keep up with her deceit!!