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

**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 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.