First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who organised, volunteered and attended Bloody Scotland 2021. You made the festival an incredible experience, and we are so thankful.
One of the joys of a hybrid festival is that it continues well after the weekend! All of our events will be available to view (or re-watch!) until the 30th Sept, and you can still get your tickets here.
We’ve put together a list of all the books that were discussed or read from over the weekend. Consider this your ultimate to-read list!
Bloody Scotland 2021 Authors
Masterclass
Liam McIlvanney The Quaker
ES Thomson Nightshade
Steve Cavanagh The Devil’s Advocate
Jo Nesbo
Jo Nesbo The Jealousy Man
Crimes of Many Colours
Ewan Morrison How to Survive Everything
Alan Parks The April Dead
William McIntyre Bad Debt
Sharon Bairden Sins of the Father
Bloody Scotland Prizes
Robbie Morrison Edge of the Grave
Alan Parks The April Dead
Emma Christie The Silent Daughter
Craig Russell Hyde
Stuart MacBride The Coffinmaker’s Garden
Mark Wightman Waking the Tiger
AJ Liddle No Harm Done
Ian Rankin – The Dark Remains
Ian Rankin & William McIlvanney The Dark Remains
Shocking Twists and Big Reveals
Kia Abdullah Next of Kin
Louise Candlish The Heights
Alex Knight Darkness Falls
Stuart Neville The House of Ashes
Kathy Reichs
Kathy Reichs The Bone Code
Murder, Polis
Marion Todd What They Knew
Neil Lancaster Dead Man’s Grave
Margaret Kirk In the Blood
James Oswald What Will Burn
Douglas Skelton A Rattle of Bones
Forensic Investigations
Lin Anderson The Killing Tide
Elly Griffiths The Midnight Hour
Chris Merritt The New Home
The Alanna Knight Historical Panel
S.G. MacLean The House of Lamentations
ES Thomson Nightshade
Douglas Watt A Killing in Van Diemen’s Land
The Body Politic
Alan Johnson The Late Train to Gipsy Hill
Robert Peston The Whistleblower
Searching for a Home
Sarah Hilary Fragile
Imran Mahmood I Know What I Saw
Tim Sullivan The Dentist
Secrets and Spies
Mick Herron Slough House
Charlotte Philby The Second Woman
Simon Conway The Saboteur
Alex Gray’s New Crimes
Alex Gray Before the Storm
Bernard O’Keefe The Final Round
Lara Thompson One Night, New York
Rahul Raina How To Kidnap The Rich
Inga Vesper The Long, Long Afternoon
Around the World in 80 Deaths
Claudia Piñeiro Elena Knows
David Heska Wanbli Weiden Winter Counts
Sergei Lebedev Untraceable
Femi Kayode The Light Seekers
And Then There Were Three
Elle Connel Down by the Water
Susi Holliday The Last Resort
CL Taylor Sleep
Killer Bs
Mark Billingham Rabbit Hole
Christopher Brookmyre The Cut
The Science of Murder
Jim Fraser Murder Under the Microscope
Richard Taylor The Mind of a Murderer
Val McDermid
Val McDermid 1979
Pitch Black Humour
Doug Johnstone The Big Chill
JD Kirk Ahead of the Game
Antti Tuomainen The Rabbit Factor
Stephen King and Linwood Barclay
Linwood Barclay Find You First
Stephen King Later (Hard Case Crime) / Billy Summers
Nordic Noir
Heidi Amsinck My Name is Jensen
Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir Girls Who Lie
Lilja Sigurdardóttir Cold as Hell
Red Hot Chilli Writers and Guests
Abir Mukherjee Death in the East
Vaseem Khan The Dying Day
Stuart Turton The Devil and Dark Water
Anna Mazzola The Story Keeper
From the Cradle to the Grave
Liz Nugent Our Little Cruelties
Stuart MacBride The Coffinmaker’s Garden
Craig Sisterson Southern Cross Crime
Bloody Scottish History
Denise Mina Rizzio
Ambrose Parry A Corruption of Blood
Craig Russell Hyde
Slow Burning Secrets
Paula Hawkins A Slow Fire Burning
Lisa Jewell Invisible Girl
SJ Watson Final Cut
Jonathan Whitelaw Hellcorp
A Mexican Stand Off
Jeanine Cummins American Dirt
Guillermo Arriaga The Untameable
Oscar De Muriel The Dance of the Serpents
A Brother and Child Reunion
Lee Child with Andrew Child Better Off Dead
Morgan Cry Thirty One Bones
Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter False Witness
Louise Welsh No Dominion
Spotlighters
Patricia Marques The Colours of Death (opened for Jo Nesbo)
Tariq Ashkanani Welcome to Cooper (opened for Ian Rankin)
Stuart Johnstone Out in the Cold (opened for Kathy Reichs)
Ann Bloxwich What Goes Around (opened for Lin Anderson and Elly Griffiths)
Sarah Sultoon The Source (opened for Alan Johnstone and Robert Peston)
Anna Bailey Tall Bones (opened for Secrets and Spies)
Abigail Dean Girl A (opened for Around the World in 80 Deaths)
Tina Baker Call Me Mummy (opened for Killer Bs)
Emma Haughton The Dark (opened for Val McDermid)
Danny Leigh Marshall Anthrax Island (opened for Stephen King and Linwood Barclay)
James Cairns McMahon Parallax (opened for The Red Hot Chilli Writers)
Ewan Gault The Most Distant Way (opened for Liz Nugent and Stuart MacBride)
Lynne McEwan In Dark Water (opened for Bloody Scottish History)
Alan Gillespie The Mash House (opened for Slow Burning Secrets)
George Colkitto A Dish Served Cold (opened for A Mexican Stand Off)
Mark Findlay Smith What He Never Said (opened for Lee and Andrew Child)
Sarah Goodwin Stranded (opened for Karin Slaughter)
A-Z of Crime Guests
Megan Abbott The Turnout
DV Bishop City of Vengeance
Ajay Chowdhury The Waiter
Sharon Dempsey Who Took Eden Mulligan?
Fiona Erskine Phosphate Rocks
Mick Finlay Arrowood and the Meeting House Murders
Ryan Gattis The System
Mari Hannah Without a Trace
Matthew Iden Chasing the Pain
Ed James Before She Wakes
Erin Kelly Watch Her Fall
Gytha Lodge Lie Beside Me
Saima Mir The Khan
Charlotte Northedge The House Guest
Stephen O’Rourke The Crown Agent
Christoffer Petersen The Ice Whisper
Matthew Quirke Hour of the Assasin
Rod Reynolds Black Reed Bay
Trisha Sakhlecha Can You See Me Now?
Russ Thomas Nighthawking
Lisa Unger Last Girl Ghosted
Sarah Vaughan Reputation
Chris Whitaker The Forevers
Richard Osman The Thursday Murder Club
Susie Yang White Ivy
Anne Zouroudi (Erin Kinsley) Missing