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The SWH! Bloody Scotland Podcasts: The Scottish Crime Debut Prize Shortlist 2026...
For the first of our Bloody Scotland podcasts - Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival - Ali spoke to the five shortlisted authors for this year's Scottish Crime Debut of the Year. They include May Rinaldi - Liar Thief, Zoë Rankin - The Vanishing Place, Linda Duncan McLaughlin - Original Sins, Frances Crawford - A Bad, Bad Place, and Kirsty Lockwood - We Know What You Did. They each give a brief summary of their shortlisted novels before the chat turns to the inspira
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The SWH! Bloody Scotland Podcasts: The Scottish Crime Debut Prize Shortlist 2025...
For the first of our Bloody Scotland podcasts - Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival - Ali spoke to the five shortlisted...
Jul 18, 20252 min read


Private Investigations: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Charles E. McGarry...
For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to writer Charles E. McGarry about his new novel The Mystery of the Strange Piper, the latest of...
Sep 29, 20211 min read
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