Lynne McEwan

Lynne McEwan is a Scottish crime writer from Glasgow who draws on her background in journalism and photography to create atmospheric, tightly plotted mysteries set in Scotland. Before turning to fiction, she worked as a newspaper photographer, a career that gave her an eye for detail and a deep knowledge of the communities and landscapes that feature in her novels. McEwan's crime fiction centres on Detective Inspector Shona Oliver, a Metropolitan Police detective who relocates to the Scottish coast, only to find that rural life is far from peaceful. The DI Shona Oliver series, which includes Dead Man Deep, explores crimes set against the dramatic coastlines and close-knit communities of south-west Scotland. McEwan was a winner of the Crime in the Spotlight showcase at the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival in 2021, which helped launch her career as a published novelist. Her writing combines authentic procedural detail with vivid sense of place, creating mysteries that are as much about the Scottish landscape and its people as they are about the crimes at their centre. Her audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers immersive, well-crafted crime fiction rooted in the beauty and complexity of modern Scotland.