Glasgow Underworld Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| How a Gunman Says Goodbye | 2013 | Buy |
| The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter | 2013 | Buy |
| The Sudden Arrival of Violence | 2015 | Buy |
Saviors Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| In the Cage Where Your Saviours Hide | 2018 | Buy |
| A Line of Forgotten Blood | 2019 | Buy |
| Saviors | 2019 | Buy |
Malcolm Mackay is a Scottish crime fiction writer from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. He broke out with the Glasgow Underworld trilogy, starting with The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter in 2013. The trilogy takes readers into the criminal underworld of Glasgow, telling its story through hitmen, loan sharks, and the people caught up in organized crime. His writing style is spare and bleak, fitting squarely in the Scottish noir tradition.
After finishing the Glasgow Underworld trilogy with The Sudden Arrival of Violence in 2015, Mackay shifted settings for his Saviors series. These books are set in a fictional remote Scottish Highland community, trading the city streets of Glasgow for a more isolated backdrop. Across both series, Mackay has built a reputation for dark, tightly plotted crime fiction that doesn’t waste words.