As the noise around Netflix’s Edinburgh-set crime hit Department Q fades into the background, there’s more news on the TV detective front ...

Allan Massie reviews “Laidlaw,” “The Papers of Tony Veitch” and “Strange Loyalties” by William McIlvanney.

He was the avuncular man in sensible specs who, at his peak, was a Scottish household name – and the true pioneer of the gritty, murderous genre that is 'tartan noir'. Bill Knox, a journalist ...

Adam Woog rounds up three splendid new examples of "tartan noir," mysteries by Scottish authors Brian May, Val McDermid and A.D. Scott.

Tartan noir author Val McDermid among hopefuls shortlisted for Bloody Scotland’s Crime Book of the Year award. The 62-year-old goes up against another of the best-known women in Scottish crime ...

The opening scene of Scottish suspense master Denise Mina’s new novel is as odd as its title: “Blood, Salt, Water.” In a deserted area near Loch Lomond, two men and a woman get out of their ...

Tartan Noir. This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any ...

Set in Darkness, by Ian Rankin (St. Martin’s, $6.99, paperback): If there were a “McNoir clan,” Ian Rankin would be the laird. His gritty, atmospheric series featuring cynical, flawed ...