Here’s the longlist for the McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year!

The Cut, Chris Brookmyre
The Silent Daughter, Emma Christie
Before the Storm, Alex Gray
Dead Man’s Grave, Neil Lancaster
The Coffinmaker’s Garden, Stuart MacBride
Still Life, Val McDermid
Bad Debt, William McIntyre
The Less Dead, Denise Mina
How To Survive Everything, Ewan Morrison
Edge of the Grave, Robbie Morrison
The April Dead, Alan Parks
Hyde, Craig Russell
Waking the Tiger, Mark Wightman

You can also watch the Bloody Scotland team and board announce this longlist in a special video here.

Finalists for the McIlvanney Prize will be revealed at the beginning of September coinciding with publication of The Dark Remains, William McIlvanney’s final book, completed by Ian Rankin. The winner will be revealed in Stirling and on-line on Friday 17 September.