It has been a year of firsts. The first year Bloody Scotland had an all-woman shortlist for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize. The first year four of those women made it onto the longlist for the McI…

As the blog tour for Teresa Solana’s The Butterly House, translated from Catalan by Peter Bush, is coming to an end, allow me to invite you to an extract from the book. However, before that I would…

The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved

Outstanding crime fiction from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden shortlisted for the 2026 Petrona Award Seven impressive crime novels from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have been shortliste…

Bloody Scotland has long supported new writers with The Bloody Scotland Debut Prize, sponsored by The Glencairn Glass and innovative initiatives such as Crime in the Spotlight (the equivalent of a …

Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival held in Stirling every autumn has been bloody good since its beginning in 2012. Each time I attended it presented an invigorating variety of cri…

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Yesterday evening people began gathering outside Det kongelige slott / Slottet (The Royal Palace) in Oslo. They brought flowers, candles, cards and small tokens of affection for the ailing King Har…

Twelve outstanding crime fiction novels from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have made the longlist for the 2026 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. They are: Snæbj…

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Today marks the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks by a white supremacist in Oslo’s government district and on the island of Utøya. In the last week the Norwegian media have been full of me…

Having stayed in several hotels in Reykjavik over the years I never had any issues to write home about. Once I was asked to relocate to a bigger room because the heating packed up but I think it wa…

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The long read: Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there’s money in protecting nat...

What do trains, art, ex-military and dark internet have in common? Roy Grace never dreamed a murder investigation would take him deep into Buckingham Palace.Her Majesty, Queen Camilla, is aboard th…