Glasgow-born novelist Chris Brookmyre has won the 2024 McIlvanney Prize for his most recent standalone mystery, The Cracked Mirror (Abacus). That announcement was made on Friday, September 13—the opening night of the Bloody Scotland Festival.
Also shortlisted for this award: Past Lying, by Val McDermid (Sphere); Hunted, by Abir Mukherjee (Vintage); A Spy Like Me, by Kim Sherwood (HarperCollins); and A Divine Fury, by D.V. Bishop (Pan Macmillan).
Presented annually since 2012, the McIvanney Prize is named in honor of Scottish author William McIlvanney, who passed away in 2015. Previous recipients include Charles Cumming, Peter May, Denise Mina, Francine Toon, and Alan Parks.
ADDENDUM: I neglected to mention there was a second prize winner declared during this year’s Bloody Scotland Festival. The Silent House of Sleep (SA Press), by UK “doctor and medical pathologist” Allan Gaw, was chosen to receive the 2024 Bloody Scotland Debut Prize.
Contending for that commendation, as well, were the novels Crow Moon, by Suzy Aspley (Orenda); Dark Island, by Daniel Aubrey (Harper North); Blood Runs Deep, by Doug Sinclair (Storm); and Double Proof, by Martin Stewart (Polygon).
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