The Blood Tide

Neil Lancaster, HQ, £8.99

Longlisted for the 2022 Mcilvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year, Lancaster’s latest offering sees DS Max Craigie uncover evidence linking the disappearance of a fisherman on Scotland’s west coast with the death of a man in Glasgow. The author, who swapped a career with the police for the pen and the peace of the Highlands, was longlisted in 2021 for Dead Man’s Grave. Hope is high this time round for The Blood Tide.