The Silent House of Sleep

Allan Gaw is a Scottish author who lives and works near Glasgow. He studied medicine and is a pathologist by training but a writer by inclination. Having worked in the NHS and universities in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and the US, he now devotes his time to writing. He has published a variety of non-fiction material including medical textbooks and regular magazine articles on topics as diverse as the thalidomide story, the medical challenges of space travel and the medico-legal consequences of the Hillsborough disaster. His debut novel, The Silent House of Sleep, the first in the Dr Jack Cuthbert Mysteries Series, won the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel Prize in 2024, followed by the publication of # 2 and 3 in the same series: The Moon's More Feeble Fire and To the Shades Descend. #4 in the series, The Shadows and the Dust, is due out in 2026.

Ciaran Saward was born in Essex where he was lucky to live near a public library and have parents (and a cassette player) that read stories to him. After studies in Cornwall and Germany, he has narrated more than 100 audiobooks, with warm reviews in AudioFile magazine. Ciaran has performed in bestselling audio dramas, comedy podcasts, and AAA videogames. He has also volunteered with Talking Newspapers for the blind.