Tim Kinsey
@tekinsey.uk
Mystery Writer. Dreadful Drummer. Proudly responsible for the Lady Hardcastle series.
https://www.tekinsey.uk
https://www.tekinsey.uk
I *know* it's a long way off, but I'll be at HNS 2026 in Maynooth, Ireland, next year with @pamlecky.bsky.social and Fiona Veitch Smith. The conference runs 21-23 Aug (our panel date TBA).
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I *know* it's a long way off, but I'll be at HNS 2026 in Maynooth, Ireland, next year with @pamlecky.bsky.social and Fiona Veitch Smith. The conference runs 21-23 Aug (our panel date TBA).
Every once in a while I get an email telling me that there’s a UPS parcel on its way from Michigan. They’re usually translated editions of Hardcastles and they’re always a joy. Pretty sure I already have the French one somewhere, but the ‘mass market paperback’ of the German one is new to me.
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Every once in a while I get an email telling me that there’s a UPS parcel on its way from Michigan. They’re usually translated editions of Hardcastles and they’re always a joy. Pretty sure I already have the French one somewhere, but the ‘mass market paperback’ of the German one is new to me.
I hope @mwcraven.bsky.social and @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social have been given these. (I had to buy mine, obviously.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I hope @mwcraven.bsky.social and @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social have been given these. (I had to buy mine, obviously.)
If you dropped all the Lady Hardcastle books on a studio floor it wouldn’t look like this because there are only twelve of them and this image uses 2,000 virtual books. But they were ‘dropped’ in a fun physics simulation in Blender because I should be working.
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If you dropped all the Lady Hardcastle books on a studio floor it wouldn’t look like this because there are only twelve of them and this image uses 2,000 virtual books. But they were ‘dropped’ in a fun physics simulation in Blender because I should be working.
I might be a drummer, but I have a fondness for guitars and I’m working hard at learning some proper technique. I picked up the beautiful instrument at the front from Andertons yesterday.
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I might be a drummer, but I have a fondness for guitars and I’m working hard at learning some proper technique. I picked up the beautiful instrument at the front from Andertons yesterday.
It’s at about this time every year when I suddenly remember that, yes, actually, I do have a book with witches in it. In a sort of a way.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D4G28KY/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D4G28KY/
October 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It’s at about this time every year when I suddenly remember that, yes, actually, I do have a book with witches in it. In a sort of a way.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D4G28KY/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D4G28KY/
I have a couple of quadcopters ("drones"). I like to keep the batteries in decent condition and when I charge them up I sometimes take them out for a quick test run to make sure everything is still working. Today I tried to sneak up on a couple of pigeons but they were too wily for me.
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I have a couple of quadcopters ("drones"). I like to keep the batteries in decent condition and when I charge them up I sometimes take them out for a quick test run to make sure everything is still working. Today I tried to sneak up on a couple of pigeons but they were too wily for me.
This was Eddie's shot at fame in 2016:
October 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This was Eddie's shot at fame in 2016:
Regular viewers might remember Eddie, my faithful Muppet Whatnot. His pleather jacket was falling to pieces, so while we were away, our daughter (who was housesitting) crocheted him a new cardigan.
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Regular viewers might remember Eddie, my faithful Muppet Whatnot. His pleather jacket was falling to pieces, so while we were away, our daughter (who was housesitting) crocheted him a new cardigan.
I neglected to mention that we got from Banff to Vancouver on the Rocky Mountaineer…
October 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I neglected to mention that we got from Banff to Vancouver on the Rocky Mountaineer…
My wife says she doesn’t want to use the stairs - THEY’RE ON FIRE
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My wife says she doesn’t want to use the stairs - THEY’RE ON FIRE
Finally, Vancouver... with added killer whales...
October 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Finally, Vancouver... with added killer whales...
Book 3 - Death Around the Bend currently available at the Calgary Central Library
September 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Book 3 - Death Around the Bend currently available at the Calgary Central Library
I’m not completely sure where we are
September 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m not completely sure where we are
We find ourselves at Toronto
September 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We find ourselves at Toronto
It's Friday afternoon on the last Bank Holiday weekend until Christmas. Time to #DownTools and indulge.
Just give me a steel [strung] guitar and a glass of wine...
Just give me a steel [strung] guitar and a glass of wine...
August 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's Friday afternoon on the last Bank Holiday weekend until Christmas. Time to #DownTools and indulge.
Just give me a steel [strung] guitar and a glass of wine...
Just give me a steel [strung] guitar and a glass of wine...
It's a book nook. But it's made of Lego. And it's Sherlock Holmes. I couldn't ask for more.
August 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's a book nook. But it's made of Lego. And it's Sherlock Holmes. I couldn't ask for more.
We find ourselves once more at London
August 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We find ourselves once more at London