Festival programmer Lee Randall chats with Denise Mina and Helen FitzGerald about their work Authors and fans are ready to solve a murder or two in Aberdeen - Granite Noir 2020 preview February’s weather is cold, dark and stormy - perfect for curling up with a good book. However, if you’re a crime fiction lover … Continue reading Feature: Granite Noir 2020
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Review: All That’s Dead
Stuart MacBride - All That's Dead Published by HarperCollins, paperback £7.99. I received a proof copy (of the hardback edition) from the publisher for review purposes. After last year’s superlative The Blood Road, I wondered what Stuart MacBride was going to do next. I needn’t have worried – All That’s Dead is a much slower … Continue reading Review: All That’s Dead
Review: The Blood Road
Stuart MacBride - The Blood Road Published by HarperCollins, paperback £7.99. I received a free proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. After making only a cameo role in last year’s Now We Are Dead, which brought DI (now DS) Roberta Steel to the fore, DI Logan MacRae is back in the centre of … Continue reading Review: The Blood Road
Review: Burnout
Claire MacLeary - Burnout Published by Contraband, paperback £8.99. I received a free proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. Claire MacLeary’s first novel, Cross Purpose – longlisted for the McIlvanney Scottish Crime Book of the Year award in 2017 – introduced us to Maggie Laird and Wilma Harcus with warm humour and sharp … Continue reading Review: Burnout