News & Events: crime fiction

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

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