Mr Mackay, described as a “rising star” of the flourishing “tartan noir” scene, yesterday picked up the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year award for his book How a Gunman Says Goodbye.

Tartan at V&A Dundee, RL Stevenson's Kidnapped on stage, and the Highland Book Prize 2022. Homepage. ... and poet and judge of the Highland Book Prize Peter Mackay join Anne McElvoy.