Try Tartan Noir Set in Glasgow If You Like Your Crime Novel Dark and Gritty

If you like your crime novels dark, depressing, violent and generally gritty you can usually find them in books set in Glasgow. A few authors and series to check out:

Denise Mina has three eries: One featuring Maureen McDonnell a psychiatric patient as the main protagonist-the first book being Garnethill. The second features Paddy Meehan a young Catholic journalist, the first book of which is Field of Blood. The last leads with Alex Morrow an actual police officer and the first book is Still Midnight.

Christopher Brookmyre set many of his comic crime capers in Glasgow, but later wrote entirely dark three book series about Jasmine who takes over a private Investigation agency starting with Where the Bodies are Buried.

But before either of these was William McIlVanney whose first book Laidlaw, the eponymous DI Inspector who set the standard for dark and gritty Glasgow Noir.

I have no idea if Liam McIlvanney is related to William, but his series featuring Duncan McCormack starting with The Quaker certain follows closely in the same tradition and possible ups the ante

Alex Gray's DI Lorimer series is another set in Glasgow.

Others authors worth checking out include Louise Welch's The Cutting Room and The Bullet Trick

Also worthy of mention is Gillespie and I by Jane Harris though it seems comic to start by the end it is as dark as anything you'll read.

And of course I can't leave with mentioning Alan Banks The Crow Road a classic book in its own right as well as a great dark tale of crime and mystery set in yes, Glasgow.