BLOODY SCOTLAND 2025
Bloody Scotland 12 – 14 September, 2025
Full Bloody Scotland Programme and Tickets
Friday 12th September – 12:30 – Setting the Crime Scene
Opening event with Lin Anderson, Simon Toyne, Allan Gaw
Albert Halls, Dumbarton Rd, Stirling FK8 2QL
American superstar of crime fiction Kathy Reichs will be the first of a series of Early Releases as Bloody Scotland teases its headline acts for 2025.
The author of the Temperance Brennan novels will be making her first visit to the Stirling festival since 2013. She is a multi-million international bestseller, and the Brennan novels were the inspiration for the TV series Bones. Buy tickets
The Bloody Scotland 2025 programme
Featuring many other HUGE names in the world of crime fiction
Linwood Barclay in conversation with Nicola Meighan
Also at The Golden Lion, 8-10 King St, Stirling FK8 1BD on Thursday 12 June, 2025 at 1 p.m.
Special standalone event with Linwood Barclay, who’ll be helping launch the 2025 Bloody Scotland programme. Linwood will be in conversation with Nicola Meighan about his sinister suspense novel, Whistle.
Tickets on sale at www.bloodyscotland.com
Further Highlights at Bloody Scotland 2025
Watching the Detectives: Alex Gray, Neil Lancaster, John Sutherland, Graeme Macrae Burnet
Saturday 13th September – 10:00
In Acts of Malice, the latest in Alex Gray’s hugely popular Lorimer series, rivalries and ambition lead to the death of a wealthy actor. DS Max Craigie hunts the killer who’s committed the perfect crime in Neil Lancaster’s bone-chilling When Shadows Fall. Hostage negotiators must use all their skills to keep guests and themselves alive in the edge-of-your-seat thriller The Castle by John Sutherland. A Case of Matricide is the concluding part of Graeme Macrae Burnet’s wonderful Chief Inspector Gorski trilogy set in smalltown France.
In Conversation: Richard Armitage & Denise Mina
Saturday 13th Sept – 19:00
Actor and author Richard Armitage, the star of Spooks, The Hobbit Trilogy and Obsession, topped the bestseller chart with his sensational debut thriller Geneva and his new cold case novel, The Cut, has already earned rave reviews. Denise Mina has collected a shelf load of awards in a glittering career, including the McIlvanney Prize, CWA Daggers, and two Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year awards. Her new novel, The Good Liar, is a chilling an highly intelligent thriller.
This event will be chaired by literary agent Jenny Brown. Sponsored by The Open University in Scotland
Female Leads, History Follows: Ambrose Parry, Lesley McDowell, SJ Parris
Saturday 13th September – 10:00
Would-be doctor Sarah Fisher uncovers the systematic and brutal exploitation of young women in Ambrose Parry’s harrowing new novel The Death of Shame. Lesley McDowell’s Love and Other Poisons is a beautifully crafted reimagining of the later life of Madeleine Smith, 50 years after her sensational murder trial acquittal. S.J. Parris unveils dazzling new heroine Sophia de Wolfe who investigates the murder of an heiress in Traitor’s Legacy, set late in the reign of Elizabeth 1. Book tickets
Setting the (Crime) Scene: Lin Anderson, Simon Toyne, Allan Gaw (online)
Friday 12th September – 12:30
We make a deep incision into the world of crime fiction and science fact as we talk forensics with three authors whose books deliver thrills, chills and blood-spattered spills.A gangland slaying and a missing movie star are at the heart of Whispers of the Dead, the sensational new Rhona MacLeod thriller from Lin Anderson. Forensic criminologist Laughton Rees faces a race against time to stop a killer in Simon Toyne’s exhilarating new novel Dead Water. Allan Gaw’s pathologist Dr Jack Cuthbert runs the gauntlet between fascists and razor gangs in 1930s Glasgow in To the Shades Descend.
This event will be chaired by Professor James Grieve. Buy tickets
Original Sins: Ruth Ware, Abigail Dean, Erin Kelly
Friday 12th September – 14:00
Treat yourself to an hour in the company of three incredibly talented authors who produce
some of the most original writing being published today.
The Woman In Suite 11 is the stunning follow-up to Ruth Ware’s global smash, The Woman In
Cabin 10, soon to be a Netflix drama starring Keira Knightley. Abigail Dean’s exceptional
novel The Death of Us is a story of murder, survival and love, and the night two lives were
torn apart. Erin Kelly’s The House of Mirrors is a breathless tale of secrets and lies,
beautifully told, and guaranteed to keep you guessing until the final page.
This event will be chaired by reviewer Ayo Onatade.
Deadline News: Douglas Skelton, Phillip Miller, Charlotte Philby
Friday 12th September – 14:00
Deadline News: Douglas Skelton, Phillip Miller, Charlotte Philby
Hot off the press: Three terrific writers, all of whom have journalists as their central protagonists, set the standard as they create page turning thrillers perfect for these troubled times.
The Other Side of Fear is the latest thrilling outing for Douglas Skelton’s investigative journalist Rebecca Connolly as murder haunts the island of Stoirm. The Diary of Lies sees the return of Phillip Miller’s defiant reporter Shona Sandison to an insidious conspiracy within the UK’s most powerful institutions. Charlotte Philby’s stylish Dirty Money introduces journalist turned private investigator Ramona Chang in a plot shimmering with menace and effortless cool. Book online
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