Scottish Crime Fiction has seen a phenomenal surge in popularity in recent years and names like Ian Rankin and Quintin Jardine are known worldwide. They are certainly not alone and Edinburgh currently seems to be a favourite backdrop for the activities of countless detectives. Glasgow isn't forgotten with Denise Mina amongst the writers working from there and recent entrant Stuart MacBride bases his stories in Aberdeen. Less conventional are the idiosycratic and humorous novels of Christopher Brookmyre and the futuristic stories of Paul Johnston while Alexander McCall Smith has developed a world-wide following for his creation of Precious Ramotswe, heroine of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
And of course we mustn't forget that the greatest detective of them all - Sherlock Holmes - was the product of a Scottish writer and inspired by an Edinburgh pathologist.
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away
A Coffin for Two
Quintin Jardine
An Oz Blackstone mystery, with Oz and Primevera in Spain and surrounded by murder and mystery.
A Rush of Blood
Quintin Jardine
A complex tale of deception and revenge leads Skinner and his people to a bloody encounter and a dramatic confrontation.
A Sickness in the Family
A Study in Scarlet
A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil
Aftershock
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye
Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks
Autographs in the Rain
Quintin Jardine
Bob Skinner is out on the town with a film star who is also an old flame when someone fires a shotgun at them.
Black and Blue
Bleeding Hearts
Blood Hunt
Ian Rankin
It begins with a phone call. Gordon Reeve's brother has been found dead in his car in San Diego. The car was locked from the inside...
Blood Red
Boiling a Frog
Country of the Blind
Dark Entries
Dead and Buried
Dead Souls
Death's Door
Exile
Exit Music
Fallen Gods
Quintin Jardine
With his health under suspicion and his brother found drowned, Bob Skinner faces problems at home while his wife faces arrest for murder in America.
Fatal Last Words
Fleshmarket Close
For the Death of Me
Quintin Jardine
Oz Blackstone seems to have all he needs in his villa in Monaco but he's about to be enmeshed in blackmail and serious crime.
Gallery Whispers
Garnethill
Head Shot
Quintin Jardine
Bob Skinner has to identify the murdered bodies of his wife's parents. Is it a burglary gone wrong or something much more serious?
His Last Bow
Let it Bleed
Lethal Intent
Quintin Jardine
With crime gangs in Edinburgh and MI5 involved things get messy for Bob Skinner.
Maps of Hell
Mortal Causes
Murmuring the Judges
Not the End of the World
On Honeymoon with Death
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night
Poisoned Cherries
Precious and the Puggies
Alexander McCall Smith
Tells the story of the girlhood adventures of Precious Ramotswe, founder of the Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
Quest for a Killer
Alanna Knight
When the circus arrives in Edinburgh, Rose McQuinn is delighted. However, the much anticipated festivities are overshadowed by a curious set of crimes.
Resolution
Resurrection Men
Sanctum
Sherlock Holmes
Skinner's Festival
Skinner's Ghosts
Skinner's Ordeal
Skinner's Round
Skinner's Trail
Stay of Execution
Still Midnight
Strip Jack
The Complaints
Ian Rankin
Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops.
The Complete Richard Hannay
John Buchan
Omnibus edition featuring "The Thirty-Nine Steps", "Greenmantle", "Mr Standfast", "The Three Hostages" and "The Island of Sheep".
The Dead Hour
The Double Comfort Safari Club
The Falls
The Field of Blood
Denise Mina
In Glasgow, a child goes missing, taken from the front garden of his home .
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
The Hound of the BaskervillesThe Leithen Stories
John Buchan
Omnibus edition containing "The Power House", "John Macnab", "Dancing Floor", and "Sick Heart River".
The Loner
Quintin Jardine
This is a unique and gripping stand-alone novel - a powerful story of one man who discovers shocking secrets.
The Sacred Art Of Stealing
The Seal King Murders
The Sign of Four
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Thursday Legends
Tooth and Nail
Unnatural Justice
Watchman
Ian Rankin
Bombs are exploding in the streets of London, but life seems to have planted more subtle booby-traps for Miles Flint. Miles is a spy.
Wearing Purple
Where the Bodies are Buried
Witch Hunt
Ian Rankin
Witch - infamous, clever, invisible, assassin. And this time the hunt for her is personal.