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RobMcInroy
@mcinrob.bsky.social
Scottish writer
Bob and Annie Kelty Scottish historical crime series - Cuddies Strip, Barossa Street, Moot.
Barvick Falls forthcoming autumn 2025
Fiction with a social conscience
www.robmcinroy.co.uk
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Everyone knows something about Lorna Carrington

But no one knows everything

If they did they'd be very, very frightened

robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-falls

#WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction
On this day 1936

Blizzards, car crashes, President Roosevelt, gangs of deer, global rearmament. It’s all happening in the Ross and Cromarty by-election...

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#OTD #BookRecommendations #Politics #Scotland
@invernesscourier.co.uk

@pressandjournal.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 8:38 AM
On This Day 1936

Randolph Churchill discovers calling the electorate "mugs" and "halfwits" isn't good politics; Lord Rothermere is always bad politics; Eric Linklater learns politics is rotten

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#OTD #bookrecommendations #politics #Scotland #byelections
February 1, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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On This Day 1936

The @InvCourier wades into the Ross & Cromarty by-election with a blistering attack on Randolph Churchill's "odious campaign"

Nominations close with 4 candidates declared

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#bookrecommendations #Scottish #history #politics #byelections
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 AM
On This Day 1936

The @InvCourier wades into the Ross & Cromarty by-election with a blistering attack on Randolph Churchill's "odious campaign"

Nominations close with 4 candidates declared

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#bookrecommendations #Scottish #history #politics #byelections
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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On this day 1936

As if things weren't weird enough, Oswald Mosley's Fascists arrive in Dingwall for the Ross & Cromarty by-election

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#OTD #bookrecommendations #Dingwall #Ross&Cromarty #byelections #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #history
January 30, 2026 at 9:11 AM
On this day 1936

As if things weren't weird enough, Oswald Mosley's Fascists arrive in Dingwall for the Ross & Cromarty by-election

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#OTD #bookrecommendations #Dingwall #Ross&Cromarty #byelections #Scotland #Scottishpolitics #history
January 30, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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Learned today that Rick Wallach, eminent Cormac McCarthy expert and all-round good guy has died. I only met him about 5 times but it feels like more. He he was incredibly supportive and positive, a force of nature. He'll be greatly missed. Farewell Rick

#cormacmccarthy
January 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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On This Day in 1936

A one-eyed Malcolm MacDonald makes a blistering speech in the Ross & Cromarty by-election. Randolph Churchill is as obnoxious as ever. Campaigning is back!

An Odious Campaign

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#BookRecommendations #Scotland #byelections
January 29, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Learned today that Rick Wallach, eminent Cormac McCarthy expert and all-round good guy has died. I only met him about 5 times but it feels like more. He he was incredibly supportive and positive, a force of nature. He'll be greatly missed. Farewell Rick

#cormacmccarthy
January 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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If you missed it last night you can catch up with my chat with Caroline Maston on the @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social here

www.youtube.com/live/9Go2bim...

Cuddies Strip, rabbit holes, what makes a good policeman, the prevalence of psychopathic schoolteachers and other things

#BookSky #crimefiction
Author chat with Rob Mcinroy
YouTube video by Ukcrimebook Club
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Everyone knows something about Lorna Carrington

But no one knows everything

If they did they'd be very, very frightened

robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-falls

#WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
On This Day in 1936

A one-eyed Malcolm MacDonald makes a blistering speech in the Ross & Cromarty by-election. Randolph Churchill is as obnoxious as ever. Campaigning is back!

An Odious Campaign

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#BookRecommendations #Scotland #byelections
January 29, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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On This Day 1936

George V's funeral brings the phony war in the Ross & Cromarty by-election to an end. Gloves off, battle stations. Let the insults resume

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#WritingCommunity #Dingwall #scotland #Byelection
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 AM
On This Day 1936

George V's funeral brings the phony war in the Ross & Cromarty by-election to an end. Gloves off, battle stations. Let the insults resume

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#WritingCommunity #Dingwall #scotland #Byelection
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 AM
For Burns' Day, my favourite piece of love poetry, from Now Westlin' Winds.

#Burns #burnsday
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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OTD 1936

The Ross & Cromarty by-election saw a truce (allegedly) after the death of King George V. In Dingwall, as around the country, a ceremony was held to proclaim new king Edward VIII. Long live the King (until December anyway)

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#Scottishhistory
January 24, 2026 at 12:13 PM
OTD 1936

The Ross & Cromarty by-election saw a truce (allegedly) after the death of King George V. In Dingwall, as around the country, a ceremony was held to proclaim new king Edward VIII. Long live the King (until December anyway)

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#Scottishhistory
January 24, 2026 at 12:13 PM
If you missed it last night you can catch up with my chat with Caroline Maston on the @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social here

www.youtube.com/live/9Go2bim...

Cuddies Strip, rabbit holes, what makes a good policeman, the prevalence of psychopathic schoolteachers and other things

#BookSky #crimefiction
Author chat with Rob Mcinroy
YouTube video by Ukcrimebook Club
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Coming tonight at 7.30 pm. Join me here:

facebook.com/groups/ukcri...

Discussing my historical crime fiction series set in Perthshire in the 1930s and 40s.

#CrimeFiction #TippermuirBooks #authorinterviews
Looking forward to a live interview with the UK Crime Book Club at 7.30pm. You can watch on their FB page or YouTube, where you can also see a recording after.

We'll be talking about Cuddies Strip and no doubt the other books in the series too.

#CrimeFiction #Scotland
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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OTD 1936

Truce? What truce? The death of King George V was meant to lead to a halt in campaigning in the Ross and Cromarty by-election of 1936. Fat chance...

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#Scotland #Scottishhistory #Inverness
@invernesscourier.co.uk @pressandjournal.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Looking forward to a live interview with the UK Crime Book Club at 7.30pm. You can watch on their FB page or YouTube, where you can also see a recording after.

We'll be talking about Cuddies Strip and no doubt the other books in the series too.

#CrimeFiction #Scotland
January 21, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Looking forward to a live interview with the UK Crime Book Club at 7.30pm. You can watch on their FB page or YouTube, where you can also see a recording after.

We'll be talking about Cuddies Strip and no doubt the other books in the series too.

#CrimeFiction #Scotland
January 21, 2026 at 9:41 AM
OTD 1936

Truce? What truce? The death of King George V was meant to lead to a halt in campaigning in the Ross and Cromarty by-election of 1936. Fat chance...

tinyurl.com/RossC36

#Scotland #Scottishhistory #Inverness
@invernesscourier.co.uk @pressandjournal.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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OTD 1936

The King is Dead. Love live the Ross & Cromarty by-election.

Ronnie Corbett gets his first job, as town crier in Dingwall

tinyurl.com/rossc36

#BookRecommendations #Scottishhistory #scottishpolitics #rossandcromarty #byelections
January 20, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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Fascinating to find a proofreader's correction in the author's own hand in the glossary for William Soutar's Seeds in the Wind. His handwriting is quite distinctive.

#WilliamSoutar #poetrycommunity #Scotland #scottishpoetry #Perth
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM