Darkland Tales Books in Order

30
Books
2021
First Book
2022
Latest Book
2
Years

Below you'll find the complete list of Darkland Tales books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.

Reading order verified: January 2026

Publication Order

1

Rizzio (By: Denise Mina)

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2021

2

Hex (By: Jenni Fagan)

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2022

3

Nothing Left to Fear From Hell (By: Alan Warner)

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2023

4

Columba's Bones (By: David Greig)

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2023

5

Queen Macbeth

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2024

6

Benbecula (By: Graeme Macrae Burnet)

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2025

7

12 Days: A Modern Twist on The Twelve Days of Christmas

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2000

8

Naked Came the Phoenix

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2001

9

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3

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2002

10

Tart Noir

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2003

11

Like a Charm

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2004

12

The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories

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2005

13

Magnetic North

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2005

14

Crime Scenes Revisited: Scottish Popular Fiction

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2006

15

A Merry Band of Murderers

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2006

16

Criminal Tendencies

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2009

17

The Sounds Of Crime

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2010

18

The Library Book

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2012

19

The Killer Cookbook

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2012

20

Inherit the Dead

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2013

21

OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters

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2014

22

Out There: An Anthology of Scottish LGBT writing

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2014

23

Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime

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2016

24

Killer Women

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2016

25

Crime Plus Music

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2016

26

2017

27

Exit Wounds

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2019

28

Bloody Scotland

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2019

29

Imagine A Country

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2020

30

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

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2022

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Darkland Tales series is publication order: 1. Rizzio (By: Denise Mina) (2021), 2. Hex (By: Jenni Fagan) (2022), 3. Nothing Left to Fear From Hell (By: Alan Warner) (2023), 4. Columba's Bones (By: David Greig) (2023), 5. Queen Macbeth (2024), and 25 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Darkland Tales series by Val McDermid contains 30 books. The series began in 2021 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Darkland Tales series is written by Val McDermid. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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