The Wolf Hunters

*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2022 *** This debut crime novel is set in a brutal, chaotic Scotland of the near future, where it's business at any cost for the people who live there. Archie Henderson, a passionate hunter, has rewilded his vast Highland estate filling the mountains and woods with wolves and bears. Here he runs wolf hunts with a terrible difference. But when a young man is killed by a bear on the reserve, DI Rhona Ballantyne is assigned the case. As her enquiries progress, she begins to unravel the dark secret behind the death, and uncovers a terrifying truth that will put her own life in jeopardy. Will the hunter become the hunted? A new writer to this genre, Amanda Mitchison has hit the ground running with a new spin to Tartan Noir.

Amanda Mitchison was born and brought up in Scotland. She is an award winning journalist and spent her twenties in Italy and the Middle East. She has written seven children's books, including a pet care guide to dragons and Mission Telemark, a remake (featuring children) of the famous World War Two Special Operations Executive raid on the Vemork power station in Rjukan, Norway. Her children's thriller Crog was set in Glencoe and has been described as 'Stig of the Dump meets 39 Steps'. The Wolf Hunters is Amanda's debut crime fiction novel.