June 20, 2018 – Live and Deadly

Mark Billingham and Steve Cavanagh with Chris Brookmyre, Waterstone’s Glasgow @SSCav @MarkBillingham @CBrookmyre @Lauren_BooksPR

What a fantastic evening with three great crime writers tonight. Mark Billingham and Steve Cavanagh were in town promoting their latest books, Mark’s The Killing Habit and Steve’s Thirteen, which I have reviewed here. As you’d expect from two such entertaining writers, it was an evening full of fun and laughter. Mark kicked off by answeringContinue reading “Mark Billingham and Steve Cavanagh with Chris Brookmyre, Waterstone’s Glasgow @SSCav @MarkBillingham @CBrookmyre @Lauren_BooksPR”

“Forty-one years ago, William McIlvanney rocked the British literary world with Laidlaw, a gritty and socially conscious crime novel that brought Glasgow to life more vividly than anything before. This year’s longlistees for the McIlvanney Prize demonstrate how modern Scottish crime writing has flourished from those seeds. From debutants to authors with more than 20 books, spy thrillersContinue reading “McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 – LONGLIST ANNOUNCEMENT #BloodyScotland @BloodyScotland @brownleedonald”