From Laidlaw to Rebus, from Morse to Bosch, police officers remain the beating heart of crime fiction. Three particularly proficient proponents of the police procedural explain how they hold true to the thin blue line. Out of Darkness, the 21st novel in Alex Gray’s much-loved DSI Lorimer series, sees the action rage between her native Glasgow and Zimbabwe. Mari Hannah’s award-winning DCI Kate Daniels series reaches even greater heights with the latest thrilling instalment, The Longest Goodbye. Stig Abell’s beautifully crafted Death in a Lonely Place is the second outing for ex-city turned rural cop, Detective Jake Jackson. 

This event will be chaired by Teddy Jamieson.