Some of the books to have won the McIlvanney Prize for the borth Scottish crime novel of the year.Some of the books to have won the McIlvanney Prize for the borth Scottish crime novel of the year.
Some of the books to have won the McIlvanney Prize for the borth Scottish crime novel of the year. | Contributed

Best Scottish Crime Books: Here are all 13 novels to have won the McIlvanney Prize - including Denise Mina

The prize has been handed out to the best in Scottish crime writing on an annual basis since 2012.

The McIlvanney Prize - named after ‘Godfather of Tartan Noir’ William McIlvanney - is presented each year at the Bloody Scotland international crime writing festival.

Dreamed up by writers Lin Anderson and Alex Gray, the festival is held in Stirling over three days of September each year, attracting thousands of readers to events feturing hundreds of authors around the world.

The prize aims to reward "the best Scottish Crime book of the year" and has been won by 13 different books since it was established.

Here are all 13.

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