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M.R. Mackenzie is the author of several gritty, character-driven crime fiction novels set mainly in his native Glasgow, including an ongoing series of mysteries featuring criminology lecturer Anna Scavolini.

The first book in the series, In the Silence, was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year and longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2019.

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	In the Silence (Anna Scavolini, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 2,244 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cruel Summer (Anna Scavolini, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow Men (Anna Scavolini, #3) 4.52 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anna Scavolini Mysteries, Volume One (Anna Scavolini #1-3) 4.44 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bury Your Secrets 3.99 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Library Murders 4.07 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women Who Kill (Anna Scavolini #4) 4.30 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reckoning (Anna Scavolini #5) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Once again, my regular designer, Tim Barber at Dissect Designs, has done an absolutely sterling job of coming up with a cover that's both eye-catching and reflective of the content of the book. We've seen the city of Glasgow on three out of the previous four Anna

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“I’m no proud o’ masel. But whit was I gonnae dae? Stand up tae Foley and that lot all on ma lonesome?”
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“What is past is not dead; it is not even past. We cut ourselves off from it; we pretend to be strangers.”
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“Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.”
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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“I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.”
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“Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.”
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