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Fiona Erskine

Engineer. Writer. Swimmer.

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North American Edition of The Chemical Detective now available!

Posted on August 12, 2024

The North American Edition of The Chemical Detective is now available in US and Canada. Check it out here: Barnes and Noble KOBO AMAZON Many thanks for Mark Swan of kidethic …

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Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival – Harrogate England

Posted on July 21, 2024

Photos from Harrogate over the years

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Bloody Scotland – September 13–15, 2024

Posted on June 16, 2024

I appeared in person at Bloody Scotland in 2019 Crime in the Spotlight with Denise Mina and Louise Walsh and in 2022 The Broad Church of Scottish Crime with Andrew Greig …

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Sunny southern sojourn with friends and family and a stonkingly good book. London looking stunning!


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Sunny southern sojourn with friends and family and a stonkingly good book. London looking stunning!


In Houston for the day job, I went back to visit my old house and primary school from when my dad had a sabbatical at Rice University. Fleming park is much smaller than I remember but the fire ants are still there! Highlight was a full Tex-Mex with Theresa and Bhopal expert Kenneth Bloch – plans afoot for a new book.


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In Houston for the day job, I went back to visit my old house and primary school from when my dad had a sabbatical at Rice University. Fleming park is much smaller than I remember but the fire ants are still there! Highlight was a full Tex-Mex with Theresa and Bhopal expert Kenneth Bloch - plans afoot for a new book.


I swam 24km in 5 days. Hard work?

Try tuna canning, salt drying or sulphur mining…

https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/sulphur-and-salt


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I swam 24km in 5 days. Hard work? Try tuna canning, salt drying or sulphur mining... https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/sulphur-and-salt


Goodbye #egadiislands and thank you @swimtrek for an amazing week – 24 kilometres with wonderful guides, fellow swimmers and multicoloured fishes!


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Goodbye #egadiislands and thank you @swimtrek for an amazing week - 24 kilometres with wonderful guides, fellow swimmers and multicoloured fishes!


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erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
19 Oct 2112089618602504515

Thank you @AniaJeruc for your sensitive and moving #Violetta in La Traviata - not a dry eye in the house and the standing ovation so well deserved!
Amazing production! @goteborgsoperan

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JohnSimpsonNews avatar John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews ·
11 Oct 2109261512351109257

Congratulations to Carole Cadwalladr, @carolecadwalla, who together with colleagues first revealed this story.

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Ofmooseandmen avatar Bluemoose Books @Ofmooseandmen ·
13 Oct 2109947971475247556

Off to the printers.

Bluemoose Books - Hebden to Hollywood - 20 years of Independent publishing.

Re-mortgaging the house, Lit prizes, One Book Bookshop, Dukes, Boilers, Les Dawson, Eric the Literary hound, Roast potatoes, Julia Roberts & TV shows.

@thebookseller
@guardian

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erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
9 Oct 2108454094121631809

The perfect book for a wet Keswick day. Thank you #johnlawton for #HammertoFall @GrovePressUK
Next TV slow horses?

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erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
3 Oct 2106375150342140260

Looking forward to this!

https://amzn.eu/d/0fA8SkeF

More than 30 writers set to star in first-ever Hartlepool Author Showcase https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/news/article/334/more-than-30-writers-set-to-star-in-first-ever-hartlepool-author-showcase

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novelcarolyn avatar Carolyn Kirby @novelcarolyn ·
21 Aug 2090907786284818941

Great to see Ravenglass in @Annecdotist's blog post: Page-turning historical fiction from indie publishers with attitude 🤩 🙏🏻
@northodoxpress

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Ofmooseandmen avatar Bluemoose Books @Ofmooseandmen ·
19 Aug 2089951464697278476

Good morning.

If you are able

Please support your local bookshops.

@thebookseller
@BAbooksellers

erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
10 Aug 2086759131306696917

Special 99p summer cocktail offer
‘Fast-paced, roller-coaster ride… The action-packed storyline, just the right side of bonkers, roams from Lisbon to England to the steamy depths of the Brazilian jungle...’ - Financial Times, best summer books of 2022
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chemical-Cocktail-Silver-Thrillers-Book-ebook/dp/B0FG8X59MT

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erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
3 Jul 2072985106998779995

Celebrating Reviewers - 0.99 offer!
(with the link this time!)

Losing Control: Terror in Teesside (The Teesside Murders: DI Julie Cadell Investigates Book 1)

erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
3 Jul 2072983380866576445

Celebrating reviewers everywhere
Losing Control is $0.99 / £0.99 for 1 week

It’s darker than it looks.
It’s later than you think.
She’s braver than she knows.

@amwbooks @EastHullPete @northern_crime @NJCooper_crime @NolanDom @evecsmith @AntonyJohnston @william1shaw

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