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Interview: Denise Mina

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Glasgow-born author Denise Mina saw a lot of the world in her early life because her father’s job as an engineer saw the family move 21 times in 18 years. She left school at 16, working in poorly paid jobs until she decided to pursue…
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The Swedish Girl

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Written by Alex Gray — The bestseller lists are peppered with crime books set in Scotland or Scandinavia, so it was only a matter of time before someone attempted to bring together these two fine traditions within the genre. The Swedish Girl is the 10th book…
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Interview: Alex Gray

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Scottish author Alex Gray has been writing professionally since 1992, and her DCI Lorimer books are said to bring Glasgow to life in the same way Ian Rankin’s have brought Edinburgh to prominence. She has won the Scottish Association of Writers’ Constable and Pitlochry trophies for…
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The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter

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Written by Malcolm Mackay — In this debut novel by the Stornaway-based author Malcolm Mackay, we enter the cold world of Glasgow contract killer, Calum Maclean. With the venerable but respected hitman Frank McCloud recovering from a hip operation, young Calum is much in demand. He…
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NTN: Malcolm Mackay interviewed

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January will see the release of an interesting sounding first novel by the promising Scottish author Malcolm Mackay. While many writers dream of escaping to a remote location to develop their prose, what’s interesting about Malcolm Mackay is that he was born in the far-flung…
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