Wednesday 2 December 2009

A Win LOSS Situation

Based on previous posts about what's coming up in Scottish crime fiction in 2010, here's a summary by month. Let me know if I've missed any out. And now, over to you. What are you looking forward to crime fiction wise (Scottish or otherwise) in 2010. Let me know either in the comments or via e-mail to the usual address and I'll draw two random lucky winners who will each receive a copy of Tony Black's LOSS, which is the one I'm most looking forward to in January. Of course, you'll have to wait until January to get your prize but if you've read the first two in the series, you know it will be worth waiting for.

JANUARY
M C Beaton - DEATH OF A VALENTINE
Tony Black - LOSS
Quintin Jardine - BLOOD RED
Alanna Knight - QUEST FOR A KILLER
Peter May - VIRTUALLY DEAD
Manda Scott - THE FIRE OF ROME

FEBRUARY
Gerald Hammond - SILENT INTRUDER
Charles Maclean - NIGHT

MARCH
Shona Maclean - A GAME OF SORROWS
Alexander McCall Smith - THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB
Louise Welsh - NAMING THE BONES

APRIL
Chris Ewan - THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO LAS VEGAS
Stuart MacBride - DARK BLOOD
G J Moffat - FALLOUT
Craig Robertson - RANDOM
Peter Turnbull - DELIVER US FROM EVIL

MAY
Alex Gray - FIVE WAYS TO KILL A MAN
Peter May - FREEZE FRAME
Ken McClure - A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE
Shirley McKay - LINES OF INQUIRY
Aline Templeton - THE ROAD TO NOWHERE

JUNE
Kate Atkinson - STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG
Karen Campbell - FADE TO GREY (or perhaps it's called SHADOWPLAY)

JULY
Allan Guthrie - BYE BYE BABY (novella)
Pat McIntosh - A PIG OF COLD POISON
Sean Black - LOCK UP

REST OF THE YEAR
Helen Fitzgerald - HOT FLUSH - Autumn
Helen Fitzgerald - AMELIA O'DONOHUE IS SO NOT A VIRGIN

So, over to you...

3 comments:

  1. I'm looking forward to Alex Gray's because it sounded really interesting from her talk at the book festival in August.

    I've not read any Tony Black yet, but I'm always open to new (to me) authors who come with such wonderful recommendations :-)

    -- Tim

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  2. Probably Stuart MacBrides new Logan McRae book. I read HALFHEAD but can't say I really enjoyed it. While the McRae books have gory , disgusting bits they have a strong sense of humour to balance them. HALFHEAD was just gore - the literary equivalent of a video nasty.

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  3. Tim - I read and enjoyed her first one.
    Jim - I enjoy the logan McRae's - I'm not sure that Halfhead is for me - although I'm tempted because I think it's set in Glasgow?

    You are both in the draw for the Tony Blacks - thank you for your comments!

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