[A Darker Domain] combines a thrilling story with heartbreaking questions of social justice and history. Seattle TimesThe 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. It was chosen as a New York Times Notable Crime Book of the Year and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize."