Sometimes Only a Wrap-up Will Do

Three recent news items that might have passed through your radar unnoticed, as they almost passed through ours:

• The Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition is now open for submissions. “The official glass for Scotch whisky, Glencairn is once again raising a toast to crime fiction with the return of its popular annual competition, in partnership with the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival,” explains Crime Fiction Lover. “Experienced and novice writers from around the world are invited to submit an original crime story of under 2,000 words. You don’t have to be Scottish to enter, but your protagonist must be a Scot.” Entries are to be accepted through March 31. “The overall winner will receive £1,000, publication of their story on the Bloody Scotland website, and the chance of a guest appearance at the Bloody Scotland Festival in September 2026. The runner-up will win £500, with both winning stories also published on the Glencairn Glass website.”

• Lee Child, Jane Harper, Peter James, and Lucy Foley, are among the authors announced as headliners for this year’s Capital Crime festival, set to take place in London from June 18 to 20.

• And Season 15 of the Robert Thorogood-created series Death in Paradise is scheduled to debut in the States on BritBox come March 24. (It has already been airing in Great Britain.) There will be eight new episodes. Mystery Fanfare has a trailer here.