Book subscription: Chris Brookmyre’s unconventional crime fiction picks

Name: Book subscription: Chris Brookmyre’s unconventional crime fiction picks
Brand: Scottish Book Trust
Price: 15.0 GBP
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Subscription length 3 months 6 months

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**Order before midnight on 30th November to receive your first book in the first week of December. Gift subscriptions and gift cards available.**

Chosen by award-winning crime author Chris Brookmyre, this unconventional crime book subscription offers delights and surprises for readers everywhere, whether you’re a long-time fan or a rookie detective stepping into your first case. Join one of Scotland’s best-loved authors, and one half of bestselling duo Ambrose Parry, to explore his ‘twisted crime fiction selection box of unusual flavours.’

Perfect for fans of Slow Horses, Knives Out, Mindhunter and Happy Valley, each book in this subscription delivers a complete story, a new mystery and pushes the envelope of what crime fiction can do. Expect thrillers, heists, plot twists, fiendish puzzles, humour, amateur sleuths with unexpected CVs, grief, stories that explore the true crime craze, philosophy and magic tricks. Whether you want to discover why crime fiction has an enduring grip on readers, or you want to step outside your usual crime selections, you’ll find cold cases and a warm welcome here.

Please note that we recommend this book subscription for adults, aged 18 and over, as the books selected contain adult themes and content.

What's in the book subscription?

Subscribe now, and each month for the length of your subscription, you will receive a book box containing:

One beautifully wrapped mystery book chosen by our curator
An exclusive postcard with their reason for choosing the book
What to read next: recommendations from our expert team
A reflective reading postcard to support you to access the wellbeing benefits of reading for pleasure

More about the curator

Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full-time novelist with the publication of his award-winning debut Quite Ugly One Morning, which established him as one of Britain’s leading crime authors. His novel Black Widow won both the 2016 McIlvanney Prize and the 2017 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award, and his most recent novel, The Cracked Mirror, won the 2024 McIlvanney Prize. Together with Dr Marisa Haetzman, Chris Brookmyre also writes bestselling historical crime fiction under the name Ambrose Parry.

Buying a gift?

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When will I get my first book?

We send out book boxes once a month, during the first week of the month. To ensure your order is included in the next dispatch, please order before the final day of the month.

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