Tariq Ashkanani & Kirsty Lockwood: Breaking the Silence

Tariq Ashkanani, winner of the McIlvanney Prize 2025, presents his latest thriller, The Hollow Boys, following a young boy’s return 10 months after disappearing.

Meanwhile, Scottish political journalist Kirsty Lockwood introduces her debut, We Know What You Did, in which a seemingly sweet, lonely girl refuses to speak following a livestreamed murder.

Today, both crime novelists join Bryan Burnett to talk murder, mystery, and menace.