A longlist has been released for the £1,000 (about $1,270) McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime book of the year. The finalists will be revealed in early September and the winner announced September 8. The 2017 longlisted books are:
None But the Dead by Lin Anderson
Want You Gone by Chris Brookmyre
Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves
Perfect Remains by Helen Fields
Out of Bounds by Val McDermid
Cross Purpose by Claire MacLeary
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
Games People Play by Owen Mullen
Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin
Murderabilia by Craig Robertson
The Quiet Death of Thomas Quaid by Craig Russell
How to Kill Friends & Implicate People by Jay Stringer