Woke up to the amazing news that The Girl In The Loch has been listed for the McIlvanney Prize, along with eleven other brilliant authors. This is the second time I’ve made the list – first time with debut crime Whirligig which made the shortlist in 2020.

I once met William McIlvanney – the godfather of Tartan Noir – when I supplied the sound and staging for the first few Bloody Scotland events back in 2012. At that time I’d never imagined becoming a writer, much less finding myself on the other end of a sound desk at a major literary festival. That one short meeting in the Green Room when I clipped on his head mic gave me the inspiration to start writing.

Today is the launch of my latest – Silent Ritual.

The same team that you’ll discover in The Girl In The Loch are faced with a knotty problem to untangle in Glasgow. This time, the danger is closer to home…