Yes of course, there are plenty police officers in Tartan Noir, but how many authors have gone from being in the force to penning crime dramas? Not as many as you’d imagine, though Karen ...

He's been overshadowed by the likes of Val McDermid and Ian Rankin… but was Bill Knox the REAL father of tartan noir? He was the avuncular man in sensible specs who, at his peak, was a Scottish ...