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    Quines Of Crime: A Review Of Claire MacLeary’s Payback…
    • Jul 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Quines Of Crime: A Review Of Claire MacLeary’s Payback…

    Successful long-running series have a fine balancing act to pull off. Each book should work as a standalone read, with a plot which has a beginning, middle, and an end to bring matters to a satisfying conclusion. However, there also has to be another, equally important, strand – a narrative that runs through the series and keep regulars coming back for more. In recent years few have been as successful at this than Claire MacLeary with her Laird and Harcus books. We may be dra
    The Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2019…
    • Dec 12, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2019…

    I know there are plenty of ‘Books Of The Year’ lists around this time competing for your time and attention, but we like to think that Scots Whay Hae!’s selection is one for the more discerning book lover with something for everyone. It’s a good old-fashioned Top Ten which has short stories, sci-fi, historical fiction, crime, non-fiction, noir, comedy, and tragedy. There’s even some music to soundtrack your reading! These are the publications which stood out against the stiff
    Our Friends In The North: A Review Of Claire MacLeary’s Runaway…
    • Apr 12, 2019
    • 3 min

    Our Friends In The North: A Review Of Claire MacLeary’s Runaway…

    One of the defining characteristics of most successful crime series is to have protagonists who readers look forward to spending time with. This is particularity prevalent in Scottish Crime Fiction. From Sherlock Holmes to John Rebus and beyond, the best crime writers have created characters who are undoubtedly flawed – arguably defined by those flaws – but who carry enough charisma, charm and intrigue to keep us on their side. It’s with that in mind that we can give a warm w
    The Quines Of Crime: A Review Of Claire MacLeary’s Burnout…
    • Apr 23, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Quines Of Crime: A Review Of Claire MacLeary’s Burnout…

    One of the finest crime fiction debuts of recent years was Claire MacLeary’s Cross Purpose (right). Published in 2017 on the Contraband imprint of Saraband Books, it introduced two new crime fighters in the unfamiliar form of Maggie Laird and “Big” Wilma Harcus, an odd couple in a fine and long tradition from Holmes and Watson to the vast majority of recent TV detectives (Morse/Lewis, Scott/Bailey, Creek/Magellen and Hayes/Addison being just a few personal favourites). Howeve

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