William McIntyre (novelist)
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William H. S. McIntyre | |
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 Author William McIntyre speaking at a BookCrossing Convention, Falkirk June 2023 | |
| Born | 25 March 1960 Linlithgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Novelist, criminal defence lawyer |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Crime Fiction, Thrillers |
| Subject | Criminal Defence |
| Spouse | Gillian McIntyre |
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William H. S. McIntyre (born 25 March 1960) is a Scottish novelist whose novels mix comedy, legal procedure, social comment and action. His debut novel was Relatively Guilty[1] and subsequent works have included Duty Man and Sharp Practice. He is a lawyer working in criminal defence.
Biography
[edit]McIntyre was born in Linlithgow attending Linlithgow Primary School and Linlithgow Academy. He studied law at the University of Edinburgh. He has been a partner of Russel + Aitken LLP since 1988.
McIntyre is married and has four sons.[2] He writes in his spare time, blogs[3] for the Scottish Legal News and coaches East Stirlingshire F.C.'s 1999 youth (under 16) football team.
Bibliography
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Relatively Guilty (2012), (Best Defence Ltd) ISBN 978-1456521707
- Duty Man (2012), (Best Defence Ltd)
- Sharp Practice (2013) (Best Defence Ltd)
- Killer Contract (2013) (Best Defence Ltd)
- Crime Fiction (2014) (Best Defence Ltd)
- Last Will (2015) (Sandstone Press)
- Present Tense (2016) (Sandstone Press)
- Good News Bad News (2017) (Sandstone Press)
- Stitch Up (16 August 2018) (Sandstone Press)
- Fixed Odds (4 July 2019) (Sandstone Press)
- Bad Debt (22 October 2020) (Sandstone Press)
- Best Defence (1 January 2022) (Amazon Publishing)
- How Come? (15 June 2023) (Amazon Publishing)
Nonfiction
[edit]- Alex Munro's Whisky Tour
Written by McIntyre's alter ego, a character from the fictional Best Defence Series, this is a guide to some of the best and most readily available Scots single malt whiskies.
Recurring characters
[edit]Some of the recurring characters in the Best Defence series are listed below:
- Robbie Munro, a Scots criminal defence lawyer
- Alex Munro, Robbie's father, ex-police officer, disapproving of his son's profession
- Malky Munro, Robbie's elder brother, former football legend and apple of his father's eye
- Grace-Mary, Robbie's long suffering secretary.
- Jake Turpie, Robbie's landlord and well known local crook.
- Sheriff Albert Brechin, A judge with few doubts, and even fewer reasonable ones
- Fiona Faye Q.C., Robbie's first choice Silk, .
- Cameron Crowe Q.C. Advocate depute, 'Nosferatu in Pinstripes'
- Sandy, Café owner and purveyor of West Lothian's finest bacon roll
- Jill Green, breaker of Robbie's heart
- Andy Ingram, Robbie's annoyingly ethical legal assistant
- Joanna Jordon, Robbie's new legal assistant
- Tina Munro, Robbie's surprise offspring
Award nomination
[edit]- Relatively Guilty was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize 2012.[4]
- Bad Debt was longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2021.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Guthrie, Allan (7 April 2011). "CriminalE: Relativey Guilty". Criminal-e.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Profile – Best Defence". Bestdefence.biz. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Scottish Legal News | Features". Scottishlegal.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Dundee International Book Prize 2012 Shortlist". Edinburgh Book Review.
- ^ "McIlvanney Prize longlist 2021 announced!". 15 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1960 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- People educated at Linlithgow Academy
- People from Linlithgow
- Scottish crime fiction writers
- Scottish novelists
- 20th-century Scottish novelists
- 21st-century Scottish novelists
- 20th-century Scottish lawyers
- Scottish lawyers
- 21st-century Scottish lawyers
- Tartan Noir writers