Ewart Hutton was born and raised in and around Glasgow before slipping south to university in Manchester, and then on to diverse occupations in London. He has won numerous awards and prizes for his radio plays which have been produced for BBC Radio 4, RTE, and Radio Clyde. His first Glyn Capaldi mystery, GOOD PEOPLE, was shortlisted for the CWA’s Debut Dagger award in 2012. WILD PEOPLE is Hutton’s third Capaldi mystery. He lives in southern France with his wife Annie.

‘Everyone who thinks that Ian Rankin doesn't write fast enough should give newcomer Hutton a try’Books of the Year, KirkusPraise for Ewart Hutton’s GOOD PEOPLE:'GOOD PEOPLE's corkscrew plot skewers small-town hypocrisy with a wry smile and a sniff of disgust. An entertaining debut with more stings in the tail than a bag of scorpions.' VAL McDermid‘a terrific novel that blows a fresh breath in to crime fiction … as if Ian Rankin had been transported to Wales’crimesquad.com‘A cross between Frost and Hot Fuzz … one of the most interesting and enjoyable crime books I’ve read for a long time’ reviewingtheevidence.com

Ewart Hutton was born and raised in and around Glasgow before slipping south to university in Manchester, and then on to diverse occupations in London. He has won numerous awards and prizes for his radio plays which have been produced for BBC Radio 4, RTE, and Radio Clyde. His first Glyn Capaldi mystery, GOOD PEOPLE, was shortlisted for the CWA’s Debut Dagger award in 2012. WILD PEOPLE is Hutton’s third Capaldi mystery. He lives in southern France with his wife Annie.

‘Everyone who thinks that Ian Rankin doesn't write fast enough should give newcomer Hutton a try’Books of the Year, KirkusPraise for Ewart Hutton’s GOOD PEOPLE:'GOOD PEOPLE's corkscrew plot skewers small-town hypocrisy with a wry smile and a sniff of disgust. An entertaining debut with more stings in the tail than a bag of scorpions.' VAL McDermid‘a terrific novel that blows a fresh breath in to crime fiction … as if Ian Rankin had been transported to Wales’crimesquad.com‘A cross between Frost and Hot Fuzz … one of the most interesting and enjoyable crime books I’ve read for a long time’ reviewingtheevidence.com