The Diary of Lies Event with Philip Miller - Wednesday 13th August 2025

Join us in the bookshop to hear Philip Miller in conversation with Ann Landmann about The Diary of Lies, the third in his critically-acclaimed Shona Sandison mystery series.

6.30pm on Wednesday 13th August at Golden Hare Books, 68 St Stephen Street, EH3 5AQ.

Buy a copy of The Diary of Lies and receive free entry to the event, or choose our Ticket-Only option for £6 (which can be used towards a purchase of the book at the event).

Publication day for The Diary of Lies is 7th August - any pre-ordered books will be sent out/made available to collect as soon as we receive our stock.

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About The Diary of Lies: Shona Sandison might be about to get her biggest scoop yet – if she can make it to the end of the investigation alive. In a darkening, post-COVID world, fearless investigative reporter Shona Sandison is seeking meaning – and her next big story. A secret contact inside the government has promised her something huge, but she has no idea of the danger she is in.

Meanwhile, her old friend Hector Stricken has taken on a position in communications for a new state agency, where he stumbles across a sinister, top-secret project code-named ‘Grendel’. And on the Scottish coast, an ageing spy chief, living in seclusion, grieves his murdered son – and contemplates revenge. Connecting them all is an insidious conspiracy within the UK’s most powerful institutions, a rot so deep that the only way to cure it may be to cut it out – or burn the whole thing down.

About Philip Miller: Philip was a journalist for twenty years, as Arts Correspondent for The Scotsman, The Sunday Times in Scotland, and The Herald, twice being named Arts Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards. The Goldenacre and The Hollow Tree are the first two novels in the Shona Sandison series, and Philip is also the author of two previous novels, All the Galaxies and The Blue Horse. Author photo credit Ryan McGoverne