Iain McDowall is a British crime fiction author. He has written seven novels in his ‘Crowby’ series, featuring the present-day investigations of Inspector Jacobson and his team of provincial police detectives. The Crowby novels broadly follow the conventions of the
police procedural
The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on eith ...
but they are distinguished by an unusual narrative emphasis on the point of view of their non-police protagonists. McDowall’s books are frequently concerned with controversial social and political themes. Since 2007, his books, in translation, have also achieved success in Germany.
McDowall was born in
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...
, Scotland. He lives in the
English Midlands
The Midlands (also referred to as Central England) are a part of England that broadly correspond to the Kingdom of Mercia of the Early Middle Ages, bordered by Wales, Northern England and Southern England. The Midlands were important in the Ind ...
where his novels are chiefly located. Before embarking on a writing career, he was a university teacher and researcher.
Novels
*''A Study in Death (2000)''
*''Making A Killing (2001)''
*''Perfectly Dead (2003)''
*''Killing For England (2005)''
*''Cut Her Dead (2007)''
*''Envy The Dead (2009)''
*''The Evil Thereof (2014)''
References
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Mat Coward: Morning Star, 20 August 2007
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External links
Iain McDowall's websitebibliography at Fantastic FictionCrime Time feature Envy The Dead Review (German)Frankfurt Book Fair reading (video)
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Living people
People from Kilmarnock
Scottish crime fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)