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Alex Gray


Scotland (b.1950)

Alex Gray was born and educated in Glasgow. After studying English and Philosophy at the University of Strathclyde, she worked as a visiting officer for the DHSS, a time she looks upon as postgraduate education since it proved a rich source of character studies. She then trained as a secondary school teacher of English. Alex began writing professionally in 1993 and had immediate success with short stories, articles and commissions for BBC radio programmes. She has been awarded the Scottish Association of Writers' Constable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing. 

She is the co-founder of the international Scottish crime writing festival, Bloody Scotland, which had its inaugural year in 2012.

 


Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
Series
DSI William Lorimer
   1. Never Somewhere Else (2002)
   2. A Small Weeping (2004)
   3. Shadows of Sounds (2005)
   4. The Riverman (2007)
   5. Pitch Black (2008)
   6. Glasgow Kiss (2009)
   7. Five Ways to Kill a Man (2008)
   8. Sleep Like the Dead (2011)
   9. A Pound of Flesh (2012)
   10. The Swedish Girl (2013)
   11. The Bird That Did Not Sing (2014)

     aka The Silent Games

   11.5. The Bank Job (2015)
   12. Keep The Midnight Out (2015)
   13. The Darkest Goodbye (2016)
   14. Still Dark (2017)
   15. Only the Dead Can Tell (2018)
   16. The Stalker (2019)
   17. When Shadows Fall (2020)
   18. Before the Storm (2021)
   19. Echo of the Dead (2022)
   20. Questions for a Dead Man (2023)
   21. Out of Darkness (2024)
   22. Acts of Malice (2025)
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Award nominations
2021 McIlvanney Prize (nominee) : Before the Storm
2020 CWA Dagger in the Library (shortlist)


Alex Gray recommends
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Isolation Island (2024)
Louise Minchin
"Gripped me from start to finish."
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Breakneck Point (2022)
(CSI Ally Dymond, book 1)
T Orr Munro
"I genuinely found it hard to put down. The writing is beautifully paced and the double viewpoint creates great tension."
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The Uniform (2021)
(Detective Helen Carter, book 1)
Jodie Lawrance
"A genuine page turner."

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