McILVANNEY PRIZE: Bloody Scotland

The McIlvanney Prize was announced at Bloody Scotland. The award, previously known as the Bloody Scotland Prize for Scottish Crime Writing, was presented on Friday, September 13, on the first night of the Bloody Scotland Festival. 

Chris Brookmyre is this year’s winner of the McIlvanney Prize for his latest crime thriller, The Cracked Mirror.

The Cracked Mirror, published by Sphere, has been described as a “cross genre hybrid of Agatha Christie and Michael Connelly”, with judges declaring it “a brilliant piece of storytelling”.

The judges were BBC Scotland presenter Bryan Burnett; category manager for Waterstones, Angie Crawford; and journalist and editor, Arusa Qureshi.

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The Shortlist: