Bloody Scotland, the festival honouring international crime writing has announced their shortlist for the 2023 season, and we’re delighted to see Heather Critchlow in the running for the Debut Prize for her novel Unsolved. In good company, Heather is nominated alongside Fulton Ross (The Unforgiven Dead), Heather Darwent (The Things We Do to Our Friends), Kate Foster (The Maiden) and Callum McSorley (Squeaky Clean).
Founded in 2012, Bloody Scotland has established itself as the country’s leading international crime writing festival and features a range of novels on criminal subjects, from fictional forensics and psychological thrillers to tartan noir and cosy crime novels.
The festival will take place in Stirling from the 15th to 17th of September.