When describing the success of Ian Rankin, the master of the modern US hard-boiled crime story came up with the term tartan noir. Barko was heard to woof in agreement. Alanna Knight, Alex Gray and ...

He's been overshadowed by the likes of Val McDermid and Ian Rankin… but was Bill Knox the REAL father of tartan noir? He was the avuncular man in sensible specs who, at his peak, was a Scottish ...