Read my latest column in the Scotsman, from 14th February 2022. Never mind the Russian tanks massed on Ukraine’s border, the...

A recent event made me reflect on the increasing tendency for institutional failure to be monetarised. Not so long ago, public bodies...

Here's my latest Scotsman column, published this week (17th January 2022). I was disappointed to learn that so far no victim of crime had...

A very Happy New Year to you. Here's my first Scotsman column for 2022. If you were unfortunate enough to be a victim of crime in 2021,...

Read what I have to say in my latest Scotsman column, published 20th December: At the year’s end, it’s right to look back at the past 12...

In 1940, three German spies were dumped in rough seas a mile offshore in the Moray Firth. But it turned out they were no match for...

Read what I have to say in my latest Scotsman column, published 6th December: It came as a shock when a recent survey of Scottish police...

As many of you may know, my true crime book Ruxton the First Modern Murder was in the running for the most prestigious literary award in...

behind the scenes..... Here's my latest Scotsman column published on 22 November 2021. Whether the outcome of the COP26 conference is all...

I’m absolutely thrilled to announce my true crime book Ruxton the First Modern Murder is in the running for the most prestigious literary...

...to appeal for information about one of Scotland's most notorious, unsolved murders. Back in April 1983, 27-year-old Sheila Anderson, a...

.....but there's much work still to be done. Here's my latest column in the Scotsman (published 8th November 2021). Hidden behind the...

Police Scotland's task is to ensure they get it.... Read what I have to say, in my latest Scotsman column (published 25th October 2021),...

My latest column in The Scotsman (published 11 October 2021) is out! With the exception of a few political despots, it is hard to recall...

Here's my latest column in the Scotsman, published 27th September 2021. It was good to see the charge of ‘hamesucken’ make a comeback a...

We learned last week that some 40 per cent of non-emergency calls to police were abandoned before they were answered. At 71,000, it adds...

It seems obvious. As society becomes more violent and more guns fall into the hands of criminals, we need to arm our police. After all,...

The recent shootings in Plymouth were sickening. Unlike the USA, we are not inured to mass shootings. It was tragic enough that a clearly...

As usual the same excuses have been trotted out – Maggie Thatcher or the years of recession or the fact that drug legislation is reserved...

'How Would You Conceal A Murder?' Join myself and co-host Jane Hamilton, crime writer at The Daily Record for the launch of my true crime...