‘Summing up the human condition; you could say that this is at the core of what makes crime writing so popular.’
The film was premiered at the Bloody Scotland festival, Stirling, Scotland, on 17 September 2021.
Here is a selection of the books featured in the film:
Laidlaw, by William McIlvanney
The Dark Remains, by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
1979, by Val McDermid
Rizzio, by Denise Mina
The Way of All Flesh, by Ambrose Parry
His Bloody Project, by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Shadows of Men, by Abir Mukherjee
In a House of Lies, by Ian Rankin
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