Caro Ramsay is a Scottish writer of

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. Her first ten novels are

police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on eith ...

s, set in

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, featuring DI Colin Anderson and DS Freddie Costello.

Background

Caro was born in

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, on Glasgow's south side. A graduate of the

British School of Osteopathy The University College of Osteopathy (UCO), formerly the British School of Osteopathy (BSO), is the largest and oldest school of osteopathy in the United Kingdom. The UCO holds Recognised Qualification (RQ) status from the statutory regulatory ...

, she runs a large osteopath centre in West Scotland, treating animals and humans, and writes in her spare time. Her first novel ''Absolution'' was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger 2008 and her second ''Singing to the Dead'' was longlisted for the

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award The Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award is one of the UK's top crime-fiction awards, sponsored by Theakston's Old Peculier. It is awarded annually at Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and the administrative centre of ...

2010. The third in the series, ''Dark Water'', was published on 4 August 2010, and the fourth book ''The Blood of Crows'' was published on 30 August 2012. Critic

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in ''

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'' opined that Ramsay's series "excels in sense of place, realism, plotting and caustic humour", describing it as "Bleak, black and brilliant". Ramsay was the subject of a 2007

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documentary film, and appeared on STV show '' The Hour'' in 2010.

Bibliography

* ''Absolution'' (2007) * ''Singing to the Dead'' (2009) * ''Dark Water'' (2010) * ''The Blood of Crows '' (2012) * ''The Night Hunter'' (2014) * ''The Tears of Angels'' (2015) * ''Rat Run'' (2016) * ''Standing Still'' (2017) * ''The Suffering of Strangers'' (2017) * ''The Sideman'' (2018) * Mosaic (2019) Note that ''Tambourine Girl'' was the working title of ''Singing to the Dead'', not a separate book.

References

External links

Official site

at Penguin Most Wanted
Caro Ramsay feature
in the '' Daily Record'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsay, Caro Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Scottish crime fiction writers People from Govan Women mystery writers Tartan Noir writers Scottish mystery writers