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Douglas Skelton

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Douglas has been a shelf stacker, bank clerk, tax officer, factory worker, advertising salesperson, taxi driver (for two days), wine waiter (for two hours), journalist and criminal investigator. His early books were all in true crime or criminal history but now he writes fiction, beginning with the Davie McCall series. The final book in the series, OPEN WOUNDS, has been longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2016, alongside such authors as Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Lin Anderson, Doug Johnstone and James Oswald.
His next book is THE DEAD DON'T BOOGIE, which will kick off a new series.
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Ship of Thieves by Douglas Skelton
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“Tupper, I think in The Victor. Alf was a working class, whippet-thin runner known as the Tough of the Track who won all his races despite having been up all night making briquettes to save a friend’s business, missing his bus to the stadium, being knocked over mid-race by a poncy upper-class twit and losing one of his raggedy running shoes.”
― Douglas Skelton, The Dead Don't Boogie

“Oh yes, there are racists everywhere. Hatred is universal. There are no geographical barriers to narrow, bitter little minds.”
― Douglas Skelton, Thunder Bay

“that into adulthood, even when Tony drifted into”
― Douglas Skelton, The Janus Run

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