We’re thrilled to announce this year’s 12 Crime in the Spotlight winners who will be supporting a number of events at Bloody Scotland by reading from their books before kick-off.

In order of time of performance we look forward to welcoming…

  • Judith O’Reilly with David Baldacci, Fri 20th, 8.30pm (Reading from Killing State)
  • Geraldine Hogan with Dr David Wilson, Sat 21st, 10am (Reading from Silent Night)
  • Jackie McLean with Chris Brookmyre & Michael Robotham, Sat 21st, 11.45am (Reading from Shadows)
  • Gordon Kerr with Alexander McCall Smith, Sat 21st 1.30pm (Reading from The Partisan Heart)
  • Fiona Erskine with Denise Mina & Louise Welsh, Sat 21st 3.15pm (Reading from The Chemical Detective)
  • Daniel James with Richard Osman, Sat 21st 5pm (Reading from The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas)
  • Noelle Holten with Ian Rankin & Nicola Sturgeon, Sat 21st, 8pm (Reading from Dead Inside)
  • Anne Pettigrew with Professor Angela Gallop, Sun 22nd, 11am (Reading from Not the Life Imagined)
  • Neil Lancaster with Lin Anderson & Alex Gray, Sun 22nd, 12.45pm (Reading from Going Dark)
  • Douglas Watt with Ambrose Parry and Nicci French, Sun 22nd, 2.30pm (Reading from The Unnatural Death of a Jacobite)
  • Anna Sayburn Lane with Yrsa Sigurdardottir & Sally Magnusson, Sun 22nd, 4pm (Reading from Unlawful Things)
  • Christine Laurenson with Stuart MacBride & Mark Billingham, Sun 22nd 5.30pm (Reading from Dark Business)