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

Scots Whay Hae! has once again joined forces with our good friends at Into Creative to present you with another Scots Whay Hae! & Into Creative x Conversations, filmed in Glasgow's legendary bookshop Caledonia Books, which is situated on Great Western Road (and is well worth a visit). This episode is with writer, actor, and playwright Linda Duncan McLaughlin to discuss her debut novel Original Sins (right - published by Into Books), which has rightly been described as a psych

📸 - credit Veronica Stewart For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali spoke to screenwriter, playwright, actor, and now novelist, Linda Duncan McLaughlin to talk about her debut novel Original Sins , which is published by Into Books . There was so much to talk to Linda about, but the conversation begins with her describing Original Sins , a novel not easily categorised, and the two then manage to discuss the novel without giving spoilers (also a tricky task). Linda then ta