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Dark Road: From the iconic #1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES
Ian Rankin, Mark Thomson
Plays, playscripts, Fiction, Crime & mystery
First performed at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre, the first stage play from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestselling author of SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE.
It's been 25 years since Alfred Chalmers was convicted of the gruesome murder of four young women in Edinburgh. Isobel McArthur, Scotland's first Chief Superintendent, was the woman responsible for putting him behind bars, but the case has haunted her ever since.
Now, with her retirement approaching, McArthur decides the time has come for answers. To uncover the truth, she revisits the case and interviews Chalmers for the first time in decades. But her decision rips opens old wounds and McArthur is soon caught up in a web of corruption, psychological mind-games and deceit that threatens not only her own life, but those of her fellow officers and even her own daughter.
Tense, gritty and hard-hitting, DARK ROAD is the first ever stage play from bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin, co-written by the Royal Lyceum's Artistic Director Mark Thomson.
Praise for Dark Road: From the iconic #1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES
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Rankin continues to be unsurpassed among living British crime writers - THE TIMES
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Outstanding ... very ambitious and very confident - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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Gritty and hard-hitting, it's the work of a writer at the very top of his game - SUNDAY MIRROR
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Genius ... Rankin once again proves himself to be the consummate master of crime - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
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Rankin's dialogue flows so naturally that it's easy to dismiss his subtler gifts; no one captures the bleak grandeur of Scotland, or the mindset of those charged with upholding its law, in quite the same way - FINANCIAL TIMES
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A richly-plotted and densely-textured portrait of modern Scotland and its ills - INDEPENDENT
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Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is the multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller of over thirty novels and creator of John Rebus. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages and have been adapted for radio, the stage and the screen.
Rankin is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, including the Diamond Dagger, the UK's most prestigious award for crime fiction. In the United States, he has won the celebrated Edgar Award and been shortlisted for the Anthony Award. In Europe, he has won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the German Deutscher Krimipreis.
He is the recipient of honorary degrees from universities across the UK, is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature, and has received an OBE for his services to literature.
Website: IanRankin.net
X: @Beathhigh
Facebook: IanRankinBooks
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