Granite Noir: Literature at Lunchtime with Andrew James Greig

Granite Noir: Literature at Lunchtime with Andrew James Greig

Edinburgh is basking in an unnaturally warm winter until the snow starts falling. When a student disappears, along with his climate research, and the national government close down all communications, Professor Finlay Hamilton realises there is a link between his own research into dark matter and the freak weather. Suddenly he is in a desperate race to save his wife, Jess, and their young family from a catastrophic event. His only help is a man from Jess’s past, a past he never knew existed.

From the author of Whirligig: longlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger 2020 and shortlisted for the 2020 Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize, something completely different – an environmental thriller like no other.

Chaired by Bryan Burnett

Andrew James Greig

Andrew James Greig lives in Dunblane with his family and is inspired by the country he calls home. He has written two crime novels – Whirligig and The Devil’s Cut. His debut crime novel, Whirligig, published by Edinburgh based Fledgling Press in 2020, was longlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger debut award and a Finalist for the Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize.

A Song of Winter is his third novel. An environmental thriller like no other, this book is an all too real imagining of what might happen to Scotland and the UK if a catastrophic weather event occurred.