Scottish crime fiction

The Meating Room by TF Muir

By DeathBecomesHer

11 September, 2014

St Andrews is headquarters of the Royal and Ancient and the home of golf. Obviously, it is a sedate, peaceful place where the only sound to be heard is the smacking of golf balls and the occasional muttered curse from someone stuck in a bunker….

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Falling Fast by Neil Broadfoot

By DeathBecomesHer

22 August, 2014

This debut novel was recently shortlisted for the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year alongside the likes of Peter May, Louise Welsh and Chris Brookmyre. In that company, it certainly has a lot to live up to. No problems there, for Falling Fast is…

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The Night the Rich Men Burned by Malcolm Mackay

By DavidPrestidge

9 August, 2014

As with Malcolm Mackay’s past books, The Night the Rich Men Burned is set in Glasgow. This time, we are deeply embedded in the world of money. Not the money used in the international currency market, or the money gambled on a fluctuating stock exchange….

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The Visitors

By DeathBecomesHer

25 July, 2014

Written by Simon Sylvester — Prepare to be haunted, entranced and intrigued by a debut novel that is anything but run of the mill. Set on the fictional Scottish isle of Bancree, The Visitors is a heady mix of myth and modern life, with a…

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Artefacts of the Dead by Tony Black

By DeathBecomesHer

22 July, 2014

He is probably best known as the author of the acclaimed Gus Dury thrillers, set in the mean streets of Edinburgh, but Tony Black has turned his sights to a much less likely setting for Artefacts of the Dead. That setting is the sleepy seaside…

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The Last Refuge

By crimefictionlover

30 June, 2014

When Scotsman John Callum arrives in the Faroe Islands, he discovers a place that’s as forlorn and remote as he is. Callum is running from something, but it’s not clear what. For a while, it seems like he might just achieve the quiet solitude he…

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Blood Whispers by John Gordon Sinclair

By Raven

27 June, 2014

Following his blistering crime debut Seventy Times Seven, actor John Gordon Sinclair returns to the crime fiction scene with his new thriller Blood Whispers. Delving into the murky world of Eastern European gangsters, CIA operatives, and one lawyer’s fight for justice for her client who…

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The Last Refuge by Craig Roberston

By crimefictionlover

19 May, 2014

There’s a telling scene early in Craig Robertson’s latest mystery where the main character, John Callum, is attacked by two birds while hill walking. Once a teacher, he’s arrived on the Faroe Islands from a rougher part of Glasgow and is clearly escaping from something….

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The Meating Room by TF Muir

Falling Fast by Neil Broadfoot

The Night the Rich Men Burned by Malcolm Mackay

The Visitors

Artefacts of the Dead by Tony Black

The Last Refuge

Blood Whispers by John Gordon Sinclair

The Last Refuge by Craig Roberston

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