Congratulations to Eva Macrae whose first novel, A DEATH IN GLASGOW, was published in hardback, eBook and audio on January 8 by Cornerstone and has been a top 50 Kindle bestseller.
“A fine new Scots police officer appears in this story of a teenage girl’s apparent suicide…great police procedural written with wit, honesty and bite” Daily Mail
“Rich in atmosphere, with complex characters, this compelling procedural will have you gripped” Woman’s Own
Congratulations to Amy Carver, whose debut novel THE OTHER CHILD was published in eBook and audio by Headline in November 2025 with the paperback published on 26 February 2026.
“A pulse-pounding psychological thriller with a gripping tale and many jaw-dropping twists” Amazon Reader Review
Congratulations to Nicola Chester whose second book, GHOSTS OF THE FARM, was published in hardback and audio on 30th September 2025 and has been shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing. It was selected as a Spectator Book of the Year and Nicola was featured on BBC Radio 4’s Ramblings with Clare Balding in January.
“A wonderfully evocative account of a fascinating and until now untold story” Stephen Moss
Rachel Barnett‘s latest novel, THE ITALIAN LAKES AFFAIR, was published by Boldwood on 26 February in eBook, audio and paperback.
“This book took me to a place so different from my own that it really transformed me” 5* Amazon review
Naomi Kelsey‘s second novel THE DARKENING GLOBE was published in hardback, eBook and Audio in April by HarperNorth.
“Impossible to put down…filled with chilling and beguiling prose, and right at the centre, an atmospheric and stirring mystery keeps the ghostly pages turning” Lucy Rose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamb
“An intoxicating story of Elizabethan exploration, madness and murder” Cathryn Kemp, author of The Poisoner’s Tale
“Naomi Kelsey cements her position as one of the foremost writers of historical fiction today” Laura Shepperson, author of The Heir of Venus
Alice Hunter, whose first novel THE SERIAL KILLER’S WIFE is a 4-part Paramount+ television series, published her fourth novel THE PERFECT PSYCHOPATH in May (Avon).
“Alice Hunter is a genius!” Amazon Reader Review
Lynne McEwan‘s sixth DI Shona Oliver novel THE WINTER DEAD was published by Canelo Crime in November 2025 in eBook and paperback, with the Audiobook published in February 2026. Her first, IN DARK WATER, was published by Canelo in 2021 and was a Scottish Crime Kindle #1 bestseller. Her seventh Shona Oliver book, A COLD HARBOUR, will be published in eBook and paperback on September 10th 2026 by Canelo.
“A thrilling new voice in Scottish crime fiction” Marion Todd