Douglas Skelton

Douglas Skelton has published 12 non fiction books, 14 contemporary crime thrillers and 5 historical thrillers, with a new one coming in 2026.

He has been longlisted six times for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Fiction.

In past lives he has been a bank clerk, tax officer, shelf stacker, meat porter, taxi driver (for two days), wine waiter (for two hours), reporter, investigator and newspaper editor.