Tony Michaels
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Dark Nights, Dark Deeds; Death in Grantown: The Wee Crime Festival
Visitors to Grantown’s independent bookshop, The Bookmark, find a warm welcome for the town’s 7th crime fiction festival.
Moira Forsyth – Tell Me Where You Are
Moira Forsyth’s simple story leads the reader into the complex world of one family’s complicated life.
Mandy Haggith
The Amber Seeker
There is much to enjoy in the second of Haggith’s trilogy despite a lack of momentum or excitement.
David F. Ross – Welcome to the Heady Heights
Ross dissects setting, era and character with unflinching awareness and sharp humour in his latest novel.
Malachy Tallack – The Valley at the Centre of the World
Tallack shines a light on Shetland in this absorbing, complexly layered story.
Charles E. McGarry
The Shadow of the Black Earl
A time-shifting gothic mystery that combines Victorian sensibility with modern policing.
Volker Kutscher (translated by Niall Sellar)
Goldstein
An absorbing mystery that gives insights into life in 1930s Berlin.
A.J. Bruford and D.A. MacDonald (Eds) – Scottish Traditional Tales
A welcome reprint that savours the Scottish rendering of old folk tales.
Harry Giles – Tonguit
Stewed Rhubarb Press launches with a re-issue of Harry Giles’ pamphlet Tonguit.