
The Silent House of Sleep by Allan Gaw (Birlinn, 2030)
Fiction
The Silent House of Sleep by Allan Gaw (ISBN: 9781846977206), which won Bloody Scotland’s Scottish Crime Debut of the Year award in 2024. Set in the interwar years, the shadow of the trenches haunts pathologist Dr Jack Cuthbert. The discovery of two bodies in a London park guarantee that he will face more horror ahead as he works to uncover the reason for their deaths.