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UNCOVERED: Denise mina - The Untold Story

All-women shortlist announced for debut crime writer prize

The winner will be announced on September 18.

Evening Standard

Sir Ian Rankin among writers shortlisted for 2025 McIlvanney prize

The prize recognises excellence in Scottish crime writing and is named after William McIlvanney, often described as the godfather of Tartan Noir.

Evening Standard

Abir Mukherjee: ‘Frederick Forsyth and Jeffrey Archer were my gateway drugs into reading for pleasure’

The crime writer on embracing atheism after reading Christopher Hitchens, the allure of Jhumpa Lahiri, and falling under George Orwell’s spell

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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Second Murderer by Denise Mina; Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott; Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter; Black Thorn by Sarah Hilary; The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

The Guardian - UK

Scots crime author Denise Mina to have Morrow books adapted into multi-series TV show

David Kane, who is the lead writer on the BBC drama Shetland, is working alongside the East Kilbride author on the project.

Daily Record

TV tonight: Frank Skinner and Denise Mina’s literary adventure

They follow in the footsteps of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. Plus: discomfiting comedy in Jerk. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Literary festival unveils line-up featuring top Scottish talent

LIZ Lochhead, Denise Mina and Ricky Ross will take centre stage at Pitlochry’s Winter Words Festival, it has been revealed.

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Best books I didn’t review in 2022

Each year, I write about 50 book reviews for the Tampa Bay Times. Some cover more than one book, so my review total is usually somewhere around 60 books.

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The Ice Cream Wars review – the gang crime that rocked Glasgow

The criminals that terrorised Glasgow’s ice-cream van drivers in the 70s are examined in this respectful documentary about the 1984 arson attack that killed a driver – and his entire family

The Guardian - UK

2022 Gordon Burn prize awarded to London Bridge terror attack examination, Aftermath

Narrative non-fiction winner is written by Preti Taneja, who taught Usman Khan creative writing two years before he stabbed five people and killed two

The Guardian - UK

Denise Mina: ‘All my reading is comfort reading’

The author on the underrated brilliance of PG Wodehouse, taking inspiration from Harper Lee, and the play that made her think differently about Northern Ireland

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Burn prize shortlist announced: jazz icons, true crime and a rogue psychotherapist

Preti Taneja, David Whitehouse, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Margo Jefferson and Lea Ypi are shortlisted for the prize rewarding ‘bold and innovative’ books

The Guardian - UK

‘A job for an angry loner’: Frankie Boyle and Denise Mina on writing crime fiction

Veteran author Denise Mina and newbie Frankie Boyle discuss what makes a great crime novel, celebrity authors and their affection for comics

The Guardian - UK

Serial killer Peter Manuel's victim's family slam 'inaccurate' documentary

Stuart Reid, 77 and his brother David, 84, are furious with the Once Upon A True Crime show.

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Peter Manuel's Lanarkshire killing spree subject of new documentary

Crime writer Denise Mina is presenting the new show

Glasgow Live

Peter Manuel's Barlinnie prison recordings could solve 65 year old murder mystery

Crime author Denise Mina says she's convinced serial killer Peter Manuel was hired through a third party by Glasgow businessman William Watt to kill his wife in September 1956.

Daily Record

Serial killer Peter Manuel's chilling tapes recorded in Barlinnie could solve mystery

For a new documentary on the Crime + Investigation channel, she has been given access to private tapes of Manuel talking to a prison psychiatrist as he waits to be hanged.

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