Scottish crime fiction

A Fine House in Trinity by Lesley Kelly

By DeathBecomesHer

24 April, 2016

Remember the old saying ‘you can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family’? Well, what if you have a pretty bad taste in friends too? Many people seem to have this problem, including Joe Staines, or Stainesie as he’s better known in his…

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First look: Rather be the Devil by Ian Rankin

By DeathBecomesHer

17 March, 2016

A new John Rebus book is as welcome as a cool pint of Guinness on St Patrick’s Day. An appropriate date, then, for us to bring you a first look at Ian Rankin’s latest opus – and the cover is even green! Rather Be the Devil…

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In Place of Death by Craig Robertson

By DeathBecomesHer

11 March, 2016

Reading crime fiction is an education. Imaginative modes of death notwithstanding, you get the lowdown on some pretty unusual subjects. For example, everything this reviewer knows about geocaching came from the pages of Code, a YA thriller by Kathy and Brendan Reichs. To my ever-expanding…

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The Damage Done by James Oswald

By MarinaSofia

5 March, 2016

James Oswald is no longer a well-kept secret for fans of slightly off-beat crime fiction. Now publishing his sixth novel in the Inspector McLean series, he has been called ‘the new Ian Rankin’ and ‘the next big thing in crime fiction’. We spotted his talent…

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In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride

By DavidPrestidge

14 January, 2016

Logan McRae is one of the more endearing Scottish coppers who has risen to fictional fame over the last two decades. Formerly a detective sergeant, he is now in uniform again and has been banished to the bleak north coast of Aberdeenshire, away from his…

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Coffin Road by Peter May

By DeathBecomesHer

7 January, 2016

A brand-new standalone from the pen of Peter May is always going to be near the top of a crime fiction reader’s wish list, and in many ways Coffin Road doesn’t disappoint. It certainly begins dramatically enough, as a man washes up on a beach….

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Even Dogs in the Wild

By DavidPrestidge

5 January, 2016

Ian Rankin’s Rebus is back in his 20th novel, and this time the old man is retired. No pipe and slippers for our hero though, and although takings are up in the Oxford Bar these days he jumps at the chance of getting involved when…

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A Taste of Ashes

By DavidPrestidge

5 January, 2016

Tony Black’s second DI Bob Valentine novel is set in the west coast town of Ayr. Valentine is a cop who places himself – literally – at the sharp end, as he is just returning to duty after being stabbed in the heart. He is straight…

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A Fine House in Trinity by Lesley Kelly

First look: Rather be the Devil by Ian Rankin

In Place of Death by Craig Robertson

The Damage Done by James Oswald

In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride

Coffin Road by Peter May

Even Dogs in the Wild

A Taste of Ashes

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