Stig Abell
@thestigabell.bsky.social
On Times Radio Breakfast, author of the Jake Jackson novels
I absolutely adore this book, and re-read it when I am low. It has seeped into my quite English writing, though it is so connected to Newfoundland. The eccentric paper, the distilled descriptions, the importance of connection amid solitude. Just a wonderful, life-affirming thing.
April 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I absolutely adore this book, and re-read it when I am low. It has seeped into my quite English writing, though it is so connected to Newfoundland. The eccentric paper, the distilled descriptions, the importance of connection amid solitude. Just a wonderful, life-affirming thing.
It’s awful to repost reviews of your book and I wouldn’t normally do it. But I have written thousands and thousands of words about Livia, the vet in Little Sky, and I am so pleased that an actual vet likes her and The Burial Place.
April 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It’s awful to repost reviews of your book and I wouldn’t normally do it. But I have written thousands and thousands of words about Livia, the vet in Little Sky, and I am so pleased that an actual vet likes her and The Burial Place.
I’ve been talking (too much) about The Burial Place, but this quote I have used as the epigraph is the perfect summary of the book. The poetry of history: how the past is never quite gone forever. True of life, true of countries, always true of murder mysteries too.
March 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’ve been talking (too much) about The Burial Place, but this quote I have used as the epigraph is the perfect summary of the book. The poetry of history: how the past is never quite gone forever. True of life, true of countries, always true of murder mysteries too.
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We all know things are mostly 💩 on the platform formerly known as Twitter, but occasionally good things happen on there. One such good thing, was me winning this book in a giveaway by the author. Thank you for this @thestigabell.bsky.social
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookSky 💙📚
March 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
We all know things are mostly 💩 on the platform formerly known as Twitter, but occasionally good things happen on there. One such good thing, was me winning this book in a giveaway by the author. Thank you for this @thestigabell.bsky.social
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookSky 💙📚
Do you like prologues to novels? They are always great to write, because you write them at the end when you know how everything turns out, so you can hint at the moods and the twists of the story to come. Here is a bit of the prologue to The Burial Place: www.amazon.co.uk/Burial-Place...
March 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Do you like prologues to novels? They are always great to write, because you write them at the end when you know how everything turns out, so you can hint at the moods and the twists of the story to come. Here is a bit of the prologue to The Burial Place: www.amazon.co.uk/Burial-Place...
When a book is published, you very kindly get sent a whole bunch of free copies. As I have no friends to give them to, I’ll give some away to any lovely readers of the series. Just leave a comment below with your favourite character from Little Sky (and why) and I’ll pick a couple at random.
March 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
When a book is published, you very kindly get sent a whole bunch of free copies. As I have no friends to give them to, I’ll give some away to any lovely readers of the series. Just leave a comment below with your favourite character from Little Sky (and why) and I’ll pick a couple at random.
Two weeks until The Burial Place is published. My favourite of the Jake Jackson books so far. I’m really pleased Bernard Cornwell likes it, because it is about history and how the past never truly disappears. amazon.co.uk/Burial-Place-b…
March 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Two weeks until The Burial Place is published. My favourite of the Jake Jackson books so far. I’m really pleased Bernard Cornwell likes it, because it is about history and how the past never truly disappears. amazon.co.uk/Burial-Place-b…
This is fun: one of my favourite characters in the Jake Jackson books is Martha, the curmudgeonly ex-spy turned crime author. I wrote a short story as if BY her, which you can win here. gleam.io/gWyOk/the-bu...
Pre-order THE BURIAL PLACE and receive a free short story
Pre-order a hardback copy of THE BURIAL PLACE by Stig Abell and receive a digital copy of The First Heist by Martha Klein, a short story written by Stig Abell. To celebrate the publication of Stig Abe...
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March 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is fun: one of my favourite characters in the Jake Jackson books is Martha, the curmudgeonly ex-spy turned crime author. I wrote a short story as if BY her, which you can win here. gleam.io/gWyOk/the-bu...
Do you ever read the epigraphs of books, those quotes at the very beginning? I love them. The Burial Place starts with a beautiful line about “the poetry of history”. It’s the idea that, everywhere you walk, you are treading on ground walked upon by countless others before you.
March 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Do you ever read the epigraphs of books, those quotes at the very beginning? I love them. The Burial Place starts with a beautiful line about “the poetry of history”. It’s the idea that, everywhere you walk, you are treading on ground walked upon by countless others before you.
I have my hands on the brand new Jake Jackson book, The Burial Place. Always a thrill to have the real thing in my hands. The beautiful map was drawn by my wife too. You can pre-order here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0008...
March 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I have my hands on the brand new Jake Jackson book, The Burial Place. Always a thrill to have the real thing in my hands. The beautiful map was drawn by my wife too. You can pre-order here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0008...
Please come along to this lovely event at the top floor of the News Building. Talking detective fiction with the master Anthony Horowitz. Click here for tickets: waterstones.com/events/an-even…
March 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Please come along to this lovely event at the top floor of the News Building. Talking detective fiction with the master Anthony Horowitz. Click here for tickets: waterstones.com/events/an-even…
Kindle sale now on for Death In A Lonely Place. Just 99p, if you like your romantic countryside crime books on a handy screen. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CC...
March 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Kindle sale now on for Death In A Lonely Place. Just 99p, if you like your romantic countryside crime books on a handy screen. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CC...
I find myself re-reading more than ever when things feel low. Re-reading Wolf Hall is like visiting a favourite gallery: everything Mantel wrote was as clear as a picture. Cromwell one of the great hardboiled heroes of all fiction. This is almost perfect writing. #books
February 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I find myself re-reading more than ever when things feel low. Re-reading Wolf Hall is like visiting a favourite gallery: everything Mantel wrote was as clear as a picture. Cromwell one of the great hardboiled heroes of all fiction. This is almost perfect writing. #books
Those lovely folk @Waterstones are running a special pre-order offer for The Burial Place. This weekend you can get 25% off. Click here to do it: www.waterstones.com/book/the-bur.... (The review is from one of their booksellers).
February 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Those lovely folk @Waterstones are running a special pre-order offer for The Burial Place. This weekend you can get 25% off. Click here to do it: www.waterstones.com/book/the-bur.... (The review is from one of their booksellers).
Happy birthday to my lovely daughter, Nelly. Sixteen years old today and a magnificent young woman.
February 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Happy birthday to my lovely daughter, Nelly. Sixteen years old today and a magnificent young woman.
Publication day for the paperback of Death in a Lonely Place. Already been spotted in Waterstones and Foyles. You can order a copy here or visit a lovely bookshop. Smarturl.it/deathinalonely…
February 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Publication day for the paperback of Death in a Lonely Place. Already been spotted in Waterstones and Foyles. You can order a copy here or visit a lovely bookshop. Smarturl.it/deathinalonely…
Out on Thursday in paperback! amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/000851…
February 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Out on Thursday in paperback! amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/000851…
Just one week until this comes out in paperback. Murder, conspiracy, romance, snow, wild swimming, some mild fireside bonking. You can get it in Waterstones, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and your local bookshop (hopefully). Or order it here. amazon.co.uk/Death-Lonely-P…
February 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just one week until this comes out in paperback. Murder, conspiracy, romance, snow, wild swimming, some mild fireside bonking. You can get it in Waterstones, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and your local bookshop (hopefully). Or order it here. amazon.co.uk/Death-Lonely-P…
Coming up on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social Breakfast: the Trump tariff ploy - did it work, will it work again, is this sort of brinkmanship the new normal? Plus, Reform takes the lead, Dr Shoo Lee on the Letby evidence, Nottingham killer’s privacy, Ukraine tragedy, 90s food trends, obesity etc
February 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Coming up on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social Breakfast: the Trump tariff ploy - did it work, will it work again, is this sort of brinkmanship the new normal? Plus, Reform takes the lead, Dr Shoo Lee on the Letby evidence, Nottingham killer’s privacy, Ukraine tragedy, 90s food trends, obesity etc
A very big welcome to Kate McCann the new presenter of Times Radio Breakfast! Lots to cover on her first show: Brexit, NATO, Trump and Canada, private health vs NHS, Grammys, and very much more. Do come along and say hello.
February 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A very big welcome to Kate McCann the new presenter of Times Radio Breakfast! Lots to cover on her first show: Brexit, NATO, Trump and Canada, private health vs NHS, Grammys, and very much more. Do come along and say hello.
A few people are asking about the ten books I got @aasmahmir.bsky.social for her leaving present. Here they are: 9 novels, and 1 work of non-fiction. I love all of them, and hope she will too.
January 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A few people are asking about the ten books I got @aasmahmir.bsky.social for her leaving present. Here they are: 9 novels, and 1 work of non-fiction. I love all of them, and hope she will too.
Aasmah’s last day. The news doesn’t stop and we’ll be in DC covering that terrible plane crash, talking to the Chancellor, looking at what is moving in UK and international politics. Stephen Fry tells us the words he loves and why. But do join us to say farewell to Aasmah too.
January 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Aasmah’s last day. The news doesn’t stop and we’ll be in DC covering that terrible plane crash, talking to the Chancellor, looking at what is moving in UK and international politics. Stephen Fry tells us the words he loves and why. But do join us to say farewell to Aasmah too.
Coming up on Breakfast on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social: it’s a big growth day, Starmer says he wants to be Margaret Thatcher - do we believe him? Plus how is the death penalty back on the agenda, calories on menus, wine saved by Brexit, dementia blood test, death of humanities, tax returns etc
January 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Coming up on Breakfast on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social: it’s a big growth day, Starmer says he wants to be Margaret Thatcher - do we believe him? Plus how is the death penalty back on the agenda, calories on menus, wine saved by Brexit, dementia blood test, death of humanities, tax returns etc
Coming up on Breakfast on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social: I for one welcome our new Chinese AI overlords and wish them well. Wait, who wrote this? Plus, defining terrorism, how to address ECHR problems, women like younger men, Heathrow, Danny Care on rugby, rioting children, returning Gazans etc
January 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Coming up on Breakfast on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social: I for one welcome our new Chinese AI overlords and wish them well. Wait, who wrote this? Plus, defining terrorism, how to address ECHR problems, women like younger men, Heathrow, Danny Care on rugby, rioting children, returning Gazans etc
Coming up on Times Radio Breakfast: our futile campaign against the clichéd term “read out” continues, as we look at how the Starmer-Trump chat avoided anything difficult. Plus, James Cleverly on assisted dying, Gen Z loves dictators, Jimmy Wales on Musk, Holocaust Memorial Day
January 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Coming up on Times Radio Breakfast: our futile campaign against the clichéd term “read out” continues, as we look at how the Starmer-Trump chat avoided anything difficult. Plus, James Cleverly on assisted dying, Gen Z loves dictators, Jimmy Wales on Musk, Holocaust Memorial Day