Crime in the Library

Heather Critchlow is coming to Breadalbane Community Library on Friday 20 November for Crime in the Library, an evening of crime, mystery and storytelling. It's not just a reading; she'll be in conversation about her novels and her experience writing crime fiction, with storytelling from local raconteur Lindsey Gibb and crime-themed games, puzzles and quizzes to keep things interactive.

Critchlow grew up in rural Aberdeenshire and trained as a business journalist after studying history and social science at Cambridge. Her debut, Unsolved (Canelo, May 2023), was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and launched a series following true-crime podcaster Cal Lovett; the fifth and final book in that set, Unseen, arrived in August 2026. In between, she put out the speculative crime thriller The Tomorrow Project in May 2025. Her short stories have appeared in the charity collections Afraid of the Light, Afraid of the Christmas Lights and Afraid of the Shadows.

The whole night leans on the influence of place and landscape in Highland Perthshire, with Lindsey Gibb drawing on the county's darker past. It's aimed at adults aged 16 and over.

It runs from 18:00 to 21:00 at the Breadalbane Community Library, part of the Breadalbane Community Campus on Crieff Road in Aberfeldy (PH15 2DU), and tickets are £5.00, which includes light refreshments.