Iain McDowall
Encyclopedia
Iain McDowall is a British crime fiction author. He has written six 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
but they are distinguished by an unusual narrative emphasis on the point of view of their non-police protagonists. McDowall’s books are also characteristically political in their themes and concerns and McDowall is viewed (with approval) by some critics as a left-wing author. Since 2007, his books, in translation, have also achieved success in Germany.
McDowall was born in Kilmarnock
, Scotland. He lives in the English Midlands
where his novels are chiefly located. Before embarking on a writing career, he was a university teacher and researcher.
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...
but they are distinguished by an unusual narrative emphasis on the point of view of their non-police protagonists. McDowall’s books are also characteristically political in their themes and concerns and McDowall is viewed (with approval) by some critics as a left-wing author. Since 2007, his books, in translation, have also achieved success in Germany.
McDowall was born in Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44,734. It is the second largest town in Ayrshire. The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'...
, Scotland. He lives in the English Midlands
English Midlands
The Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...
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)