Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dead Don’t Boogie | 2016 | Douglas Skelton | Buy |
| 2 | Tag - You’re Dead | 2017 | Douglas Skelton | Buy |
| 3 | Springtime for a Dead Man | 2020 | Douglas Skelton | Buy |
The Dominic Queste series represents Douglas Skelton’s lighter side as a crime writer. Queste is a Glasgow private investigator whose cases take him through the city’s rougher corners, but the tone is drier and more humorous than Skelton’s other fiction. Starting with The Dead Don’t Boogie in 2016, the three novels follow Queste through increasingly complicated situations where his mouth gets him into as much trouble as his investigations.
Skelton maintains the authentic Glasgow atmosphere that defines his other work, but gives Queste a self-aware voice that sets these books apart. The series ran through Tag - You’re Dead and Springtime for a Dead Man, each delivering a plot that balances genuine menace with comic timing. Readers looking for Scottish crime fiction with a lighter touch will enjoy these.