A New York Times Notable Crime Book of the Year - A Finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize

[A Darker Domain] combines a thrilling story with heartbreaking questions of social justice and history. –Seattle Times

The New York Times calls Val McDermid, As smooth a practitioner of crime fiction as anyone out there…the best we’ve got. Time spent with her extraordinary thriller, A Darker Domain, will prove that it’s true. Set in Scotland, the milieu of Ian Rankin’s John Rebus, McDermid’s brilliant exploration of loyalty and greed intertwines the past and present.