BLOODY SCOTLAND PRIZES

Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival announced the 2021 awards. Congratulations to all!

McIlvanney Prize for Crime Novel of the Year: Hyde, by Craig Russell (Constable)

Also nominated: The Silent Daughter, by Emma Christie (Wellbeck); The Coffinmaker’s Garden, by Stuart MacBride (HarperCollins); Edge of the Grave, by Robbie Morrison (Macmillan); and The April Dead, by Alan Parks (Canongate)

Scottish Crime Debut of the Year: Edge of the Grave, by Robbie Morrison (Macmillan)

Also nominated: The Silent Daughter, by Emma Christie (Wellbeck); Waking the Tiger, by Mark Wightman (Hobeck); and No Harm Done, by Alistair Liddle (Self-published)