The 2025 Bloody Scotland international crime-writing festival is coming up this weekend in Stirling, Scotland. In advance of that, organizers have released the list of finalists for this year’s McIlvanney Prize (formerly the Bloody Scotland Prize for Scottish Crime Writing):
• The Midnight King, by Tariq Ashkanani (Viper)
• The Good Father, by Liam McIlvanney (Bonnier)
• Paperboy, by Callum McSorley (Pushkin Press)
• The Good Liar, by Denise Mina (Vintage)
• Midnight and Blue, by Ian Rankin (Orion)
Click here to see the previous longlist of nominees. The McIlvanney Prize is named in honor of novelist William McIlvanney (Laidlaw).
In addition, five books have been shortlisted for the festival’s 2025 Bloody Scotland Debut Prize:
• A Reluctant Spy, by David Goodman (Headline)
• The Malt Whisky Murders, by Natalie Jayne Clark (Polygon)
• The Search for Othella Savage, by Foday Mannah (Quercus)
• Five by Five, by Claire Wilson (Michael Joseph)
• The Unrecovered, by Richard Strachan (Raven)
The winners of both these commendations will be revealed on Friday, September 12—the opening day of this year’s Bloody Scotland celebration. Congratulations to all of the nominees!
(Hat tip to The Gumshoe Site.)
Tuesday, September 09, 2025
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