Bloody Scotland revealed the longlist for the 2026 McIlvanney Prize, to be judged by author and broadcaster, Sally Magnusson, radio and podcast presenter, Nicola Meighan and crime blogger, Gordon McGhie.
The finalist titles will be promoted in bookshops throughout Scotland until the Friday, September 18, when the winner will be announced in the Church of the Holy Rude on the opening night of the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival and interviewed on stage by BBC presenter, Bryan Burnett. They will then lead a procession to the Albert Halls alongside guest programmer, Denise Mina.
Congratulations to all the finalists!
- The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani (Viper)
- 138 Main Street by Gavin Bell (S&S)
- Quite Ugly One Evening by Chris Brookmyre (Abacus)
- A Bad, Bad, Place by Frances Crawford (Bantam)
- Unknown by Heather Critchlow (Canelo Crime)
- Solitary Agents by David Goodman (Headline)
- We Know What You Did by Kirsty Lockwood (Orion)
- Rat Race by Callum McSorley (Pushkin Vertigo)
- The Diary of Lies by Philip Miller (Polygon)
- The Pinnacle by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill)
- The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin (Viper)
- Liar Thief by May Rinaldi (Black Spring Crime)
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