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Very pleased to announce that Kevan Christie's novel "To Be Frank" is being released, with a publication date of 28/09/25. I photographed Kevan and did some Portobello scene-setting images as part of the promo and release. The cover features testimonials from Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives, of Guilt and Dept Q,

It is a gripping blend of crime, humour, and contemporary issues, perfect for fans of John Niven, Irvine Welsh,

and Mick Herron. Set in the streets of Portobello and Leith, this captivating thriller follows a journalist and his estranged

daughter as they navigate a tangled web of addiction, parenthood, and hidden pasts, with devastating

consequences.

From the press release:

Fifty-something newspaper columnist, Frank Savage, pens a controversial piece calling for dogs and babies

to be banned from cafés as his swansong to journalism. Instead of being dismissed, the column catapults

him to stardom—and into further trouble.

On a night out, Frank spots his arch-enemy, Brewster, 56—an apparently reformed racist, homophobic football

hooligan turned drug dealer, now a respected figure in the local community—whom he blames for his brother’s

death.

This coincides with the arrival of his eldest daughter, Naomi, whom Frank hasn’t seen for years. A genius with

numbers, she works for an organised crime syndicate in London, headed by the Wise One, but is desperate to

break free and go straight. The Syndicate places Naomi in the seaside town of Portobello, Edinburgh, to work

alongside Brewster, overseeing their money laundering operation.

As Naomi and Frank grow closer and begin to heal old wounds, neither realises they are both hiding secrets

that would devastate the other.

Born in Edinburgh, Kevan Christie left school at 16 to work in a builder’s merchant. He spent the next two

decades doing a variety of jobs in the city’s financial institutions. He gained a degree in journalism from

Napier University in 2006 and there followed a career with the Daily Record, The Scotsman and Scotland on

Sunday. To Be Frank is his debut novel.

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