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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· 25d

Where I'll be in the next few weeks talking about my new Cesare Aldo historical thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

A long list of events where D V Bishop will be the next few weeks

D V Bishop with a SHADOW OF MADNESS hardback

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· 26d

"What are you wearing this season?" "Mondrian."

A still from the music video for Somebody That I Used To Know

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· 26d

Anyone for a game of Dazzleships?

Screenshot of headlong that reads: Are garments designed to confuse facial recognition systems about to go mainstream?

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· 27d

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· 27d

Lovely event @forumbooks.bsky.social in Corbridge last night talking Cesare Aldo, historical thrillers and my new book Shadow of Madness! Grazie mille to @naomikelsey.bsky.social for wonderful chairing and Heather for such a warm welcome. @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· 28d

9 out of 10 bestselling novels in the UK now feature a woman's murder. Sick of reading about women being killed? My Cesare Aldo historical novels deliberately don't have female victims: dvbishop.substack.com/p/no-fridgin...

Screenshot of an article from the Guardian newspaper headlined Nine out of ten bestselling novels in UK have one thing in common: a woman is murdered

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 13

Damn. #RIP Sam Neill, kiwi legend. You were majestical.

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 12

First draft of my 2027 novel completed! Now to start making it shine...

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 11

Lovely surprise to see my new historical thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS in the Out New Week box in @thebookseller.com!

A screenshot from The Bookseller magazine shows a green circle with the words 'Out next week' reversed out of it in white. Beside that three book covers are partially shown: Beyond the Edge of Light, Shadow of Madness, and Mad Mabel.

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 10

“Farage, the guy on the right in this picture…” US news show explains the difference between @countbinface.bsky.social and the Reform leader.

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 10

Jason Mantzoukas
American actor and comedian

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 9

Happy publication day to SHADOW OF MADNESS, my new historical thriller set in Renaissance Italy. Think Shutter Island X And Then There Were None as a blizzard traps Cesare Aldo in a remote asylum for the criminally insane. It's a Sunday Times historical novel of the month! @panmacmillan.bsky.social

Cover layout for SHADOW OF MADNESS by D. V. Bishop

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 9

My favourite so far was an email wanting to promote books I didn't know existed featuring a title character with my name!

Cover for DAVID BISHOP AND THE LEGEND OF THE ORB by T. C. Crawford

Cover for DAVID BISHOP AND THE MYSTIC OF CREATION by T. C. Crawford

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 8

The logic of this beggars belief on so many levels, but here's one example: to protect funding for medicine, chemistry and engineering, they'll cut funding for (checks notes) nursing???

Screenshot reads:
Performing and creative arts university courses will no longer receive funding from a government teaching grant as part of “difficult decisions” about spending priorities, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said.

Recommending a series of “trade-offs” in a letter to the Office for Students (OfS), which distributes the Strategic Priorities Grant (SBG), Phillipson said she recognised that “removing funding from these areas will be challenging”.

The grant for 2026/27 will now no longer support some subjects at all, including archaeology, geography, nursing, computing and history courses, in order that funding for the likes of medicine, chemistry and engineering is “protected”.

The SPG budget is an annual funding package spent on high-cost courses and other priority areas to supplement teaching costs, the guidance for the delivery of which is published annually by the Department for Education (DfE).

The grant’s total budget has been set at £1.25 billion for the next financial year, down some £100 million from last year’s total.

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 8

#JulyMovieChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 8: A Movie with a character who is a writer youtu.be/_iSZAcAwk2I?...

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 6

Stoked, chuffed and delighted to discover my new Renaissance thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS is among the Sunday Times' historical novels of the month for July 2026! @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

Screenshot of a Sunday Times article:
Four great historical novels to read in July
This month's picks include the drama surrounding a late-Victorian women's football team and a murder mystery in Medici-era Florence

The SHADOW OF MADNESS cover is shown alongside three other book covers.

DV Bishop’s novels about Cesare Aldo, an investigator for the
criminal court in Medici-ruled Florence, combine convincing
period detail about the Renaissance city with ingenious plotting
and memorable characters. In the sixth of the series, Aldo and
his friend and lover, the Jewish doctor Saul Orvieto, arrive at
the Ospedale de’ Pazzi, an asylum for the incurably insane in
the hills above Florence. Aldo, now directly in the employ of
Cosimo de’ Medici, is searching for clues about his own past, but
has to turn his attention to more pressing matters after a
blizzard traps the visitors in the Ospedale and he witnesses a
bloody murder in its courtyard. As further killings follow and
dark secrets emerge, Aldo realises that someone has returned to
the asylum to avenge wrongs suffered many years earlier.
Macmillan £20 pp400

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 6

Great to see my new historical thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS (out this Thursday, July 9th) mentioned in The Scotsman! Not sure why the paper says it's the last of my Cesare Aldo books, as there's definitely another coming in 2028 (and hopefully more after that...) @panmacmillan.bsky.social

Screenshot of an article that begins:
enre fiction continues to be a strong presence in July, and there are plenty action-packed thrills and spills coming from Scottish authors including Alan Parks (Deception, Baskerville, 2 July, £22), Douglas Jackson (Blood Enemy, Canelo, 9 July, £18.99), and debutant AJ Leslie (Pretty Valuable Things, Bold Wren Press, 21 July, £11.99). Edinburgh-based DV Bishop concludes his Renaissance mysteries with Shadow of Madness (Macmillan, 9 July, £20), and Jenni Daiches’ latest novel, They Know Where They’re Going (Scotland Street Press, 6 July, £12.99) is a dystopian tale of a dangerous journey through a drought-ridden future England ravaged by the effects of climate change.

Screenshot of The Scotsman website stating:
Books
Insider's Choice: New Scottish books to look out for in July
By Vikki Reilly

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 6

Tennis player's back or Luchador mask? You be the judge!@wimbledonltc.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 5

Really hoping we don't see this in comics stores come 2029...

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 5

Not sure about this new-look Formula 1...

Screenshot of BBC Sport website showing Lewis Hamilton in a dodgem-like car about a headline that reads "British GP build-up with Antonelli on pole and Hamilton starting third"

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 5

With Jacques Derrida on Side AA!

Picture disc of the Scritti Politti single Asylums in Jerusalem with Jacques Derrida on the reverse

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 5

I hereby nominate The Blue Nile or Scritti Politti for the next mighty tome by @graemethomson.bsky.social

A WALK ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS by The Blue Nile vinyl

The forthcoming deluxe edition of CUPID & PSYCHE '85 by Scritti Politti

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 5

Need to say how much I appreciated IN ANOTHER WORLD: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk by @graemethomson.bsky.social. Had me revisiting to the music repeatedly, and with a lot more attention. Fascinating non-fiction tome!

In Another World with vinyl copies of Laughing Stock and Spirit of Eden

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 4

My new historical thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS is among the 2026 Summer Reads recommendations at Aspects of History! Grazie Fiona Forsyth for including it in her choices: aspectsofhistory.com/2026-summer-... [This novel isn't longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, that was Carnival of Lies.]

Screenshot that reads: Shadow of Madness by D.V. Bishop, the latest Cesare Aldo historical crime novel, comes out this summer and it is a treat. The setting – a monastery inhabited by both nuns and monks – is fascinating and beautifully-described, and the writing is infused with a brutal wintry cold that seeps out of the pages, contributing to the tension.

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 3

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 3

If you like historical thrillers with a queer detective, Gothic overtones and Shutter Island vibes, try my new novel SHADOW OF MADNESS, published July 9th by @panmacmillan.bsky.social in the UK. Set in a snowstorm five days before Christmas so the perfect summer read

D V Bishop with a big stack of signed hardbacks

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 3

Signed big stacks of my new historical thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS @goldsborobooks.bsky.social today! Most were pre-ordered but there were still a few available (as of 3pm at least!). Get a signed copy here: goldsborobooks.com/products/sha... @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 3

I even brought my SHADOW OF MADNESS pin badge and forgot to put it on my dinner jacket - tsk!

SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!@dvbishop· Jul 1

Here are four examples: