Author
Iain Kelly lives in Scotland, UK. His latest novel, 'Hostile City', a crime thriller set in Glasgow will be published in January 2026.
He is married with two children and works in the media industry as a television editor. When he is not creating stories through sound and vision, he is writing them. 'A Justified State,' published in 2018, was his first novel. It was followed by a sequel, 'State Of Denial' in September 2019 and 'State Of War' in 2020, which concluded 'The State' trilogy.
In 2022, he first partnered with The Book Guild to publish the coming-of-age mystery 'The Barra Boy', which was followed in 2024 by the historical thriller 'All We Cannot Leave Behind'.
'Full Sun', the first in a series of crime thrillers featuring ex-convict Cal Jackson, came out in 2024.
HOSTILE CITY, the second Cal Jackson thriller, available to preorder in paperback now. Officially published 28th January 2026 in paperback and ebook.