title: Scottish Murder Stories (Scottish Literature)
author:  Molly Whittington-Egan 
description: Molly Whittington-Egan is a leading true-crime writer whose credits include The Murder Almanac, The Bedside Book of Murder, The Story of Mr George Edalji, Khaki Mischief: The Agra Murder Case; Murder on the Bluff: The Carew Poisoning Case and Murder on File.
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  ## _A note on the author_
  
  
  Douglas Skelton was born in Glasgow. He has been a bank clerk, tax officer,
  taxi driver (for two days), wine waiter (for two hours), journalist and
  investigator. He has written several true crime and Scottish criminal history
  books but now concentrates on fiction. His novels _Open Wounds_ (2016) and
  _Thunder Bay_ (2019) were longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize. Douglas has
  investigated real-life crime for Glasgow solicitors and was involved in a
  long-running campaign to right the famous Ice Cream Wars miscarriage of
  justice.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Also by Douglas Skelton
  
  
  Non-fiction
  
  
  _Blood on the Thistle_
  
  
  _Frightener_ (with Lisa Brownlie)
  
  
  _No Final Solution_
  
  
  _A Time to Kill_
  
  
  _Devil’s Gallop_
  
  
  _Deadlier than the Male_
  
  
  _Bloody Valentine_
  
  
  _Indian Peter_
  
  
  _Scotland’s Most Wanted_
  
  
  _Dark Heart_
  
  
  _Glasgow’s Black Heart_
  
  
  _Amazing and Extraordinary Scotland_
  
  
  Fiction
  
  
  _Blood City_
  
  
  _Crow Bait_
  
  
  _Devil’s Knock_
  
  
  _Open Wounds_
  
  
  