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

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 ...

As Scotland's secret king of crime, he's been overshadowed by the likes of Val McDermid and Ian Rankin… but was Bill Knox the REAL father of tartan noir?

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 ...

Bill died in 1999 and although one last novel - The Lazarus Widow - was finished by writer Martin Edwards, the rest of his 65 books soon fell out of print.

William McIlvanney broke the mould of Scottish crime writing but, while the writers he influenced went on to top the bestsellers list, books by "the father of tartan noir" went out of print.

The first in a trilogy of “Tartan noir” tales from Scotland kicks off this month’s selection of crime fiction. Malcolm Mackay’s “The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter”(Mulholland, 352 pp ...