Fergus Craig

Sorry if I'm not my usual self today. My eighty day wordle streak just came to an end. Need some time to process.

And if you've read it yourself, you may be interested to know I popped into the Royal Academy of Arts today and happened to notice that I was in the Sackler Wing.

Thinking of taking tomorrow morning off just so I can finish the Empire of Pain audiobook. It is absolutely unbelievable and might well be my favourite ever non-fiction.

Nice to see people enjoying the audiobook. Read brilliantly by Joan Walker. And of course, it is very much available in delicious hardback.

The cover of The Town House by Norah Lofts.

The audiobook image for Earth to Moon by Moon Unit Zappa.

The cover of Something to Answer For, by P.H. Newby.

The cover of I Am Not The Only Murderer In My Retirement Home by Fergus Craig.

Books read or listened to February 2026. Good historical fiction, a memoir of an unusual childhood, a cozy/comic mystery and a Booker Prize winner I am still trying to understand. The mystery from @ferguscraig.bsky.social was a fun break from the rest.

Gorton and Denton sound like a double act from the 2000s who went to Edinburgh a couple of times but never really took off. One of them went into corporate video production and the other retrained as a lawyer.

CANBERRA WEEKLY 26 FEBRUARY 2026: NEW CRIME FROM FERGUS CRAIG, JOHN McMAHON and KATE ALICE MARSHALL This week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed three enjoyable crime novels that tackle the serial killer thriller from very different perspectives! Inside Man by John McMahon (Harper Collin…

This week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed 3 very different books with a serial killer theme. @ferguscraig.bsky.social's is very funny Also enjoyable are the ones by #JohnMcMahon & @katealicemarshall.bsky.social murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/canberra-wee...

31 page-turning new thrillers to read Prepare yourself for espionage, murder and mayhem.

I'm Not The Only Murderer In My Retirement Home makes it to the New York Post. I think we now know what Carrie Bradshaw and Spike Lee are going to be reading next... nypost.com/2026/02/21/l...

Saw Martin Lewis at the theatre once. Imagine the damage I could have done to his reputation if I saw him buy Maltesers from the bar rather than a nearby shop.

Good point. Fun to chat the new book on the Herring pod.

Me too.

McDonald's are doing a Friends themed happy meal which is like them doing a Sgt. Bilko themed happy meal in the mid nineties.

Yeah why not

They should do the line of succession like ticketmaster. The line of succession will be opening at 10am tomorrow... This is your place in the queue....

If Andrew gets removed from the line of succession then that means we all move up one place.

6 mysteries and thrillers to check out this month These six mysteries and thrillers are willing to venture a little further into the shadows while keeping their sense of wit.

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A lovely review in the Seattle Times of all places.

I love them so much.

Publication week! What it's like to get a book published when you feel like everything is riding on it.

I wrote about what it's like in the week your (my) book is published... ferguscraig.substack.com/p/publicatio...

Sorry, I know this is all quite relentless from me, but it is publication week.

Number one in (the cosy crime category in) Germany! Also, American copies arrived!

Signed some copies at Goldsboro Books like a real grown up author boy.

It’s so nice to see the book finding its desired audience of retired serial killers.

Fergus Craig on Cozies, Humor, and Placing Serial Killers in Unexpected Settings How do you feel about murder? Me? I’m against it. Let me say that right from the start. I think murder is wrong. And if we’re agreed that murder is wrong (I’d like to think we are, though there may…

I wrote a piece for @crimereads.bsky.social about my new book and on what it is that makes crime so cozy... crimereads.com/fergus-craig...

This is Mr. Craig's assistant. I'm afraid he can't reply right now.

I am afraid I am too thick to know what this means! It should be available in all formats, anywhere you get your books.

No. I refuse.

I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home Check out I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home - <p><b>RETIREMENT WILL HAVE TO WAIT.</b><br /><br />When former serial killer Carol takes her place in a luxury retirement home, she begins t...

For example, here, from independent shops... uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ever... or here, from Waterstones... www.waterstones.com/book/everyon...

Jeff Bezos appears to have underestimated how many of you would order it, so there are temporary delays on Amazon. It is available now on audiobook, kindle and from anywhere else you get your books.

Already getting lovely reviews on the Waterstones site.