Bloody Scotland: Saturday 17th September

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Bloody Scotland returns in 2022 celebrating the best Scottish and International crime fiction. Check out their events programme for Saturday 17th September!

About Bloody Scotland: Saturday 17th September

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Lessons From the Past: SJ Parris and Laura Shepherd-Robinson
10:30am to 11:30am - Albert Halls - £10
Watch Online 10:30am to 11:30am - £5
Enjoy a fascinating hour in the company of two bestselling historical novelists who write social commentaries set ablaze with fast-paced, pulsating plots.

Pitch Perfect
10:30am to 11:30am - Tolbooth - £8
Watch Online 10:30am to 11:30am - £5
Are you ready? Are you sure? This could be the most important two minutes of your writing career. Get your elevator pitch sorted in your head, take a deep breath, and sell the heck out of that fantastic book idea.

Secrets and Lies: Trevor Wood, Jane Corry and Kate Evans
10:30am to 11:30am -The Golden Lion Hotel - £9

Aye Spies: Charles Cumming, Ben Creed and Kim Sherwood
12pm to 1pm - Albert Halls - £10
Watch Online 12pm to 1pm - £5
The clandestine world of the spy novel is rarely more relevant than in a time of international crisis and we’ve recruited three masters of the dark arts to discuss their work.

Cosy Makes a Comeback: Martin Edwards, Jonathan Whitelaw and SJ Bennett
12pm to 1pm - The Golden Lion Hotel - £9
The phenomenal success of The Thursday Murder Club has seen a resurgence of cosy crime mysteries. Or has the genre always been hugely popular but just too polite to shout about it?

What’s Life Like Inside?: Andy West and Angela Kirwin
12pm to 1pm - Tolbooth - £8
Watch Online 12pm to 1pm - £5

Ann Cleeves
1:30pm to 2:30pm - Albert Halls - £10
Watch Online 1:30pm - 2:30 - £5
One of crime fiction’s best-loved writers joins us to look back on 30 hugely successful years with her publisher Pan Macmillan. From Vera to Shetland to the newer Two Rivers series, Ann Cleeves has delighted legions of readers across three decades with a succession of thrilling and bestselling novels.

Haunted by Secrets: Erin Kelly, Luca Veste and Gordon J Brown
1:30pm to 2:30pm - The Golden Lion Hotel - £9
Secrets are like dynamite in the talented hands and twisted minds of authors like these – perfectly safe until the fuse is lit. Expect the unexpected until all is finally revealed. S

Dangerous Times: Anna Mazzola, DV Bishop and Douglas Skelton
1:30pm to 2:30pm - Tolbooth - £8
Watch Online 1:30pm to 2:30pm - £5
Meet the devilish minds behind three unmissable historical thrillers, each rich in detail, racing with intrigue and guaranteed to entertain.

Jeffrey Archer: Over My Dead Body
3pm to 4pm - Albert Halls - £10
Watch Online 3pm to 4pm - £5
It began with a book driven by a need for money and has led to a phenomenal career. From Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less to his latest blockbuster Over My Dead Body, Jeffrey Archer’s books have sold more then 320 million copies worldwide.

Fair Cops and Foul: Mari Hannah, Óskar Guðmundsson and James Oswald
3pm to 4pm - The Golden Lion - £9
In the ranks of fictional police officers, there are those who follow procedure and those who don’t – and those who follow no rules at all. Meet three outstanding detectives who’ll do it their own way.

To Hell and Back– Historical True Crime: Thomas Morris, Susan Jonusas and David Bushman
3pm to 4pm - Tolbooth - £8
Watch Online 3pm to 4pm - £5
Truth, ‘tis said, is stranger than fiction. In three remarkable books of historical true crime, it’s not only stranger but every bit as shocking as its fictional counterparts.

The Forensic Legacy of Agatha Christie: Lucy Foley, Tom Hindle and Carla Valentine*
4:30pm to 5:30pm - Tolbooth -£8
Watch Online 4:30pm to 5:30 - £5

Family Business: Brian McGilloway, CL Taylor and Simon Toyne
4:30pm to 5:30pm - Albert Halls - £10
Watch Online 4:30pm to 5:30pm - £5

Twisted: Sarah Pinborough, Will Carver and Harriet Tyce
4:30pm to 5:30pm - The Golden Lion Hotel - £9
There are twists and there are twisted twists. These three authors are devilishly skilled in the dark arts of deception.

Anthony Horowitz
6pm to 7pm - Albert Halls - £10
Watch Online 6pm to 7pm - £5
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific – and talented – writers working in the UK today.

Detective Duos: David Lagercrantz, Simon Mason and Ajay Chowdhury
6pm to 7pm - The Golden Lion Hotel - £9
All the best detectives come in twos. Holmes and Watson, Poirot and Hastings, Starsky and Hutch, Morse and Lewis, Turner and Hooch. Meet three authors whose protagonists are perfectly paired.

Sara Paretsky – Video Link Up – Please note: this event takes place in the Tolbooth and not the Golden Lion as stated in printed programme
6pm to 7pm - Tolbooth - £8
Watch Online 6pm to 7pm - £5
Crime fiction was turned on its head in 1982 when Sara Paretsky introduced V.I. Warshawski to the world in the ground-breaking Indemnity Only. Suddenly, there was a kick-ass female private investigator with the grit, guts and gumption to tackle crime on the mean streets of Chicago. Those that came later walked in Warshawski’s footsteps.

Mark Billingham and Mick Herron
7:30pm to 8:30pm - Albert Halls - £10
Watch Online 7:30pm to 8:30pm - £5
Grab a ticket for an unmissable hour in the company of two of the best in the business. Both are known for long-running series laced with humour and for the sheer quality of their work.

Writing in the US of A: Mark Edwards, Lisa Gray and Tony Kent*
7:30pm to 8:30pm - Tolbooth - £8
Watch Online 7:30pm to 8:30pm - £5
Meet three British authors whose thrillers are as American as apple pie, hotdogs and donuts – and just as bad for your heart.

Serial Killers: Alice Hunter, GR Halliday and Victoria Selman
7:30pm to 8:30pm - The Golden Lion Hotel - £9
At its best, the serial killer novel isn’t a relentless collection of victims but rather a deep dive into the psychology of the multiple murderer. Meet three authors with a handle on how to do it right.

Crime at the Coo
Saturday 17th 8pm to Sunday 18th September 12am - Curly Coo - £10
On your marks, get set, go… for the fastest selling tickets of the festival. The Curly Coo bar on Barnton Street is the home of our Saturday night bacchanalia where bestselling authors will step up to the microphone for your delight.

Dean Koontz – Video Link-Up at Tolbooth
9pm to 10pm - Tolbooth - £8
Watch Online 9pm to 10pm - £5
The legendary king of the suspense thriller joins us live from his home in California to talk about his phenomenal career.

Frankie Boyle
9pm to 10pm - Albert Halls - £10
Watch Online 9pm to 10pm - £5
He’s the fearless, outrageous stand-up comedian and TV star of Mock the Week, 8 out of 10 Cats, and his own show Frankie Boyle’s New World Order.

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