Last year we introduced you to the Scottish crime fiction author Andrew Raymond, creator of the DI Lomond series set in the Glasgow police. After self-publishing the hit series as eBooks, Andrew signed with Vinci Books, which is publishing them in print and digitally, giving…
What’s the perfect Mother’s Day gift? Well, you know what we’re going to say, don’t you? It’s got to be a cosy crime novel. And, when we looked into it, we discovered there are actually several such books that focus on Mother’s Day itself… While…
Sometimes, you’ve just got to write. Maybe other authors reading can relate. This is certainly how AM Belsey felt, and she’s the writer we’re going to meet today here on the site. On 19 March 2026, her debut crime novella – Six Mile Store –…
Translated by Larissa Kyzer — Icelandic children’s author Snæbjörn Arngrímsson makes a complete genre U-turn with his first crime novel, a psychological thriller with a unique premise and a distinctly unsettling perspective. Júlía, a freelance writer, is in a bit of a fix. During a…
Entries are now open for The Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition and with a closing date of 31 March 2026, there’s no time to lose! The official glass for Scotch whisky, Glencairn is once again raising a toast to crime fiction with the return…
The truth is that we’re not yet sure exactly what pottery occurs in Cathy Ace’s new novel, The Case of the Petrified Potter. We don’t know if pots get smashed, baked in a kiln, or whether the pot calls the kettle black. But we do…
