![]() ![]() ![]() Three people are murdered in a small Highland community and the accused murderer has written a deposition that says that he is unequivocally guilty. It’s also a really well done “why”dunnit. His Bloody Project is a fascinating piece of historical literary crime fiction. It was only a baffled review from one of my friends, who swore blind it was non-fiction, which really cinched it for me. The Man Booker shortlisted novel was one I’d seen around for years, and picked up and put down several times in second-hand shops. Scottish Book Trust are a charity very near and dear to my heart, for various reasons they do a lot of great work, gave me one of my first experiences of publication, and gave me the single nicest job rejection I’ve ever received. The author also won Scottish Book Trust’s New Writers Award for his first book The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau in 2013! Not only is this a dark, riveting novel set in the Scottish Highlands shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2016 and a fascinating story. One of my favourite reads of 2020 was a uniquely Scottish tale from Graeme Macrae Burnet, His Bloody Project, published by independent Scottish publisher Saraband. ![]()
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