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Denise Mina Wins McIlvanney Prize
We are thrilled to announce that Denise Mina has won the 2017 McIlvanney Prize for The Long Drop.
The McIlvanney Prize is Bloody Scotland’s annual prize awarded to the best Scottish Crime book of the year. It provides Scottish crime writing with recognition and aims to raise the profile and prestige of the genre as a whole.
For more information about the prize, please see here.
(Agent for Denis Mina: Peter Robinson)
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