Friday, September 17, 2021

Double Shots of Scottish Pride

This year’s two-day-only, hybrid version of the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival kicked off earlier tonight in the Scottish town of Stirling, bringing with it announcements of which books have won that convention's 2021 awards.

McIlvanney Prize for Crime Novel of the Year:
Hyde, by Craig Russell (Constable)

Also nominated: The Silent Daughter, by Emma Christie (Welbeck); The Coffinmaker’s Garden, by Stuart MacBride (HarperCollins); Edge of the Grave, by Robbie Morrison (Macmillan); and The April Dead, by Alan Parks (Canongate)

Scottish Crime Debut of the Year:
Edge of the Grave, by Robbie Morrison (Macmillan)

Also nominated: The Silent Daughter, by Emma Christie (Welbeck); Waking the Tiger, by Mark Wightman (Hobeck); and No Harm Done, by Alistair Liddle (Self-published)

Congratulations to all of the nominees!

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