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💙📚Writer and Glasweigan chancer. 📖A BAD BAD PLACE Agents: Euan Thorneycroft & Oli Munsen @AMHeath Editor: Finn Cotton Transworld Penguin

Frances with judges at Theakstones crime festival. She is trying hard not to drop the barrel award
Frances in 2025 wearing T-shirt shamelessly promoting A Bad Bad Place novel beside Frances in 2026 holding large poster promoting same novel on Debut Prize shortlist
List of books on McIlvanney longlist 2026. THE HOLLOW BOYS by Tariq Ashkanani (Viper) 138 MAIN STREET by Gavin Bell (S&S) QUITE UGLY ONE EVENING by Chris Brookmyre (Abacus) A BAD, BAD PLACE by Frances Crawford (Bantam) UNKNOWN by Heather Critchlow (Canelo Crime) SOLITARY AGENTS by David Goodman (Headline) WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID by Kirsty Lockwood (Orion) RAT RACE by Callum McSorley (Pushkin Vertigo) THE DIARY OF LIES by Philip Miller (Polygon) THE PINNACLE by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill) THE VANISHING PLACE by Zoe Rankin (Viper) LIAR THIEF by May Rinaldi (Black Spring Crime)
Front cover of Frances’ novel A Bad Bad Place on list of Best Books of 2026 Thrillers & Mysteries.
Frances looking happy on a poster advertising Bloody Scotland crime festival in Stirling September 2026
Frances in Stirling Scotland with Denise Mina and fellow Debut Prize nominees Kirsty, May and Linda. Also spooky gothy horror lassie
5 novels shortlisted for Bloody Scotland Debut Prize including Frances’ A Bad Bad Place. Denise Mina is quoted saying it is fucking brilliant that the lineup is all women
Frances onstage at Hay describing something unknown with a weird hand gesture
Front covers for 6 novels A Bad Bad Place. The Exes. Innocent Guilt. The Quiet. A Murder for Miss Hortense. How to Get Away with Murder
Details of event. Tuesday May 26th 5.30. Val talks to Frances about novel A Bad Bad Place
All book covers in 2026 longlist Crime Novel
Poster for crowdcast event with pictures of the three writers taking part
Amazon kindle chart showing A Bad Bad Place at number 22
Muriel Spark biography on library shelf
Picture of a cardboard advertising stand-up showing Sid Vicious the dog in novel
Cat bookmark for James’ biography
Book cover. Like a Cat Loves a Bird. Biography of Muriel Spark by James Bailey. Also wee black shiny cat face badge.
Boiled egg with badly drawn face
Frances chatting and laughing in bookshop with owner Elaine
Penguin recommendations for Book Groups in 2026.
Frances during Q and A in Glasgow library
Book launch poster for A Bad Bad Place. Waterstones, Sauchiehall Street. Glasgow at 7pm
Cover of A Bad Bad Place showing Glasgow high rise flats and big ugly dog
Val and Frances chat about A Bad Bad Place at Portobello Bookshop
Front cover of A Bad Bad Place showing black dog, blue swirls and punk font.
Frances standing on stairs at Penguin Random House with copy of A Bad Bad Place.
25% off pre orders at Barnes &Noble
Cover of Ian Banks novel The Wasp Factory
Frances Crawford in Edinburgh Bookshop presenting Stephanie with copy of A Bad Bad Place
Page in The Bookseller magazine previewing release of A Bad Bad Place novel
Cover of novel A Bad Bad Place from Waterstones book shop online
Frances as punk in Photo Booth picture from 1979
Cover of A Bad Bad Place novel with review quotes from writers
Glasgow Argyle street with ash tree growing from pavement
suicide prevention poster with uk phone number 116 123
Frances Crawford with poster and copies of book
Video of cover for novel A Bad Bad Place released in February 2026
Frances Crawford at Harrogate wearing T-shirt for book A Bad Bad Place
Photo of woman using a Potato vending machine in 1962
News report - local campaign saves libraries from closure in Aberdeenshire
Mental health week poster
1950s couple with vending machine labelled Mince and Tatties
Poster supporting day of action against meta using authors work to train AI
Rights page of Penguin novel with publication date 2026
Book cover of Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin
Bigfoot toy in box
Bigfoot toy
Poster for film The Spy who came in from The Cold
Novel. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
A BAD BAD PLACE will be published by Transworld Penguin, Harper Collins Canada, Soho Press USA and Metailie France
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Small bottle of whisky with banana for scale
Cat walking in lane