Scottish crime fiction

Splinter the Silence by Val McDermid

By DeathBecomesHer

20 August, 2015

Trust the high-priestess of crime writing to take a headline-grabbing phenomenon and turn it to her nefarious advantage. Not long ago, the only trolls anyone talked about were in Tolkien books or fairytales. But we live in the 21st century, the internet is king and…

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First look: Rebus is back!

By crimefictionlover

6 August, 2015

Just a couple of days ago Ian Rankin tweeted to us that his new book was read to go to the printers, but we had no idea it would arrive with us so quickly. So, feast your eyes on the latest Rebus novel, Even Dogs…

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The Jump by Doug Johnson

By Keith Nixon

3 August, 2015

One day Ellie’s teenage son, Logan, committed suicide by stepping off the apex of the Forth Road Bridge and plunging to his death. Less than six seconds from stepping over the railing to smashing into water as hard as concrete. In the intervening six months Ellie…

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Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina

By DeathBecomesHer

30 July, 2015

Alongside Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, the award-winning Denise Mina is one of the authorial voices who has helped shape Tartan noir over the last decade or so. A new book by her is always a cause for celebration and, unlike some crime series, her…

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22 Dead Little Bodies

By crimefictionlover

30 June, 2015

This novella features the Odd Couple of Scottish crime fiction, the eminently likeable Aberdeen cop Logan McRae and his foul-mouthed, chain-smoking lesbian boss, DCI Roberta Steele. You can catch up with them at length in Close To The Bone, but here we have a very…

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22 Dead Little Bodies by Stuart MacBride

By Keith Nixon

1 June, 2015

Stuart MacBride’s Aberdeen detective Logan McRae isn’t a stranger here on the pages of Crime Fiction Lover. We’ve previously reviewed Shatter the Bones and Close to the Bone. Normally, however, he appears in books that are 400, 500 or 600 pages in length. In January,…

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The Storm by Neil Broadfoot

By DeathBecomesHer

10 May, 2015

Last year, Neil Broadfoot’s debut novel Falling Fast was shortlisted for the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year, in the hallowed company of such names as Peter May, Louise Welsh and Chris Brookmyre – and deservedly so, as you will gather from our review here….

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The Father by Tom O Keenan

By Keith Nixon

18 April, 2015

Sean Rooney is as much of a mess it’s possible for a person to be. That he’s not a corpse is a miracle in itself. He used to be a forensic profiler, but a life pursuing psychopathic killers took its toll and he quietly retired….

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First look: Rebus is back!

The Jump by Doug Johnson

Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina

22 Dead Little Bodies

22 Dead Little Bodies by Stuart MacBride

The Storm by Neil Broadfoot

The Father by Tom O Keenan

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