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 felt it then. Uncoiling in my gut, warm and slick. That strange mix of feebleness and fury, like …

‘They were passing a knot of middle-aged men, caps fixed tightly to heads, collars up. There were gr …

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 – …
Mrs Burke & Mrs Hare by Michelle Sloan

‘If you rip these bodies from the place that’s been blessed as their final place of peace, where fam …
It’s Hotting Up! Summer Reading Suggestions

‘Carso sits on the very north edge of Britain, higher than the Highlands, where the swirling waters …