Dark Travellers

PART OF THE From the Shadows ISSUE

The Rise of Scottish Crime Fiction

‘Summing up the human condition; you could say that this is at the core of what makes crime writing so popular.’

The film was premiered at the Bloody Scotland festival, Stirling, Scotland, on 17 September 2021.

Here is a selection of the books featured in the film:

Laidlaw, by William McIlvanney

The Dark Remains, by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin

1979, by Val McDermid

Rizzio, by Denise Mina

His Bloody Project, by Graeme Macrae Burnet

‘I like to ground my fantasy worlds with nods to our own world. That way they feel familiar yet othe …

‘You’re the new and improved You. Sure, you’ve started eating meat again, but don’t tell her that. J …

Badlands by Deirdre Chapman

‘She is still walking but he has stopped. She turns to find that he is waiting for a response to som …
David Robinson Reviews: Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross

‘Ross is always lucid, almost reverent, about the whole process of archaeological discovery.’
Abdullah’s Bear Needs a Name! by Yasmin Hanif

‘”Why don’t you guess?” said Abba. “You’ll know in your heart when you’ve found the right one.”‘
Food, Whisky, Life by Ghillie BaŞan

‘Pastries filled with ground nuts, baked fruit or creamy, semolina mixtures, and bathed in honey or …
A Chaos of Light: New Writing Scotland

‘The attic lowed like a crystal haal, last I saa her – / dark-eyed and ready tae furgit me.’
The Fathers by John Niven

‘The pleasures of the unexamined life and all that. Dan had read somewhere that the lower classes – …