Five Comers

Organizers of this year’s Bloody Scotland international crime-writing festival (September 15-18) have announced their shortlist of five nominees for the 2022 Bloody Scotland Debut Prize:

• Welcome to Cooper, by Tariq Ashkanani (Thomas & Mercer)
• Meantime, by Frankie Boyle (John Murray)
• The Wolf Hunters, by Amanda Mitchison (Fledgling Press)
• The Girl, The Crow, The Writer and The Fighter, by George Paterson (Into Books)
• Hear No Evil, by Sarah Smith (Two Roads)

The winners of both this award and the 2022 McIlvanney Prize will be declared in Stirling, Scotland, on Thursday, September 15.