News & Events: crime fiction

The Booker Foundation celebrates His Bloody Project

The Booker Foundation celebrates His Bloody Project

It’s September, and while the judges are shortlisting 2023’s finest fiction, the editors have select …

A Proper Person to be Detained: The story of a murder and its aftermath

A Proper Person to be Detained: The story of a murder and its aftermath

Catherine Czerkawska’s A Proper Person to be Detained, published by Contraband on 4 July, tells the …

Mr Todd’s Reckoning: A first-rate serial killer thriller

Mr Todd’s Reckoning: A first-rate serial killer thriller

Iain Maitland’s Mr Todd’s Reckoning, out now, is adrenaline-pumping, creepy and atmospheric – bringi …

Runaway: Aberdeen’s answer to Happy Valley

Runaway: Aberdeen’s answer to Happy Valley

Claire MacLeary’s Runaway, published by Contraband on 14 March, is the third novel in her hit Harcus …

New year, new titles

New year, new titles

In 2019, Saraband is looking forward to another great year of publishing. As usual there will be a t …

Douglas Skelton’s The Janus Run: the ultimate New York thriller

Douglas Skelton’s The Janus Run: the ultimate New York thriller

Douglas Skelton, one of Scotland’s foremost Tartan Noir authors, is muscling in on new territory wit …

The Accident on the A35 longlisted for UK’s top crime fiction prize

The Accident on the A35 longlisted for UK’s top crime fiction prize

Graeme Macrae Burnet’s latest novel, The Accident on the A35, has been longlisted for the Theakston’ …

The Accident on the A35 out in paperback

The Accident on the A35 out in paperback

The paperback edition of Graeme Macrae Burnet’s latest novel, The Accident on the A35, is published …

Burnout: a crime novel for the Weinstein, Westminster and #MeToo era

Burnout: a crime novel for the Weinstein, Westminster and #MeToo era

Maggie and Wilma, the crime-fighting odd couple who first appeared in last year’s McIlvanney Prize-l …

See Saraband authors at Glasgow’s Aye Write! Festival

See Saraband authors at Glasgow’s Aye Write! Festival

This year’s Aye Write!, Glasgow’s annual literary festival, which runs from 15-25 March, promises an …