{"id":40075,"date":"2026-01-26T00:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=40075"},"modified":"2026-10-04T22:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T22:53:49","slug":"a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/","title":{"rendered":"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-\">In <em>A Darker Domain<\/em>, <strong>Val McDermid<\/strong> weaves together two cold cases that converge around the legacy of the 1984-85 miners&#8217; strike in Fife, Scotland. Detective Inspector Karen Pirie, head of the Cold Case Unit, investigates the disappearance of Mick Prentice, who vanished during the strike, and the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman&#8217;s daughter that occurred around the same time. McDermid uses the structure of parallel investigations to explore how the industrial strife of the Thatcher era shattered working-class communities and left wounds that never healed. The novel examines class warfare, betrayal, and the long shadow of economic devastation on ordinary lives. McDermid&#8217;s meticulous plotting and deep understanding of Scottish working-class culture elevate this beyond standard procedural fare into social documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\"><strong>Genre: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/category\/mystery\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mystery<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subject:<\/strong> Fiction \/ Mystery &amp; Detective \/ General; Fiction \/ Psychological \/ Non-Lesbian book<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-comments\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?s=Val+McDermid\">Val McDermid<\/a> is a pioneering lesbian author whose early <a href=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?s=Lindsay+Gordon\">Lindsay Gordon<\/a> series (beginning with <em>Report for Murder<\/em> in 1987) introduced the first British lesbian detective in crime fiction. While <em>A Darker Domain<\/em> features a heterosexual protagonist and focuses on mainstream crime narratives, McDermid&#8217;s visibility as an openly lesbian writer who achieved significant commercial success helped pave the way for LGBT authors in the crime genre and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In A Darker Domain, Val McDermid weaves together two cold cases that converge around the legacy of the 1984-85 miners&#8217; strike in Fife, Scotland. Detective Inspector Karen Pirie, head of the Cold Case Unit, investigates the disappearance of Mick Prentice, who vanished during the strike, and the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman&#8217;s daughter that occurred &#8230; <a title=\"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4324],"tags":[],"pub_year":[],"class_list":["post-40075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mystery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions) - Lesbian Bibliography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Val McDermid&#039;s crime novel interweaving cold cases from Scotland&#039;s 1984-85 miners&#039; strike with class conflict and betrayal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Val McDermid&#039;s crime novel interweaving cold cases from Scotland&#039;s 1984-85 miners&#039; strike with class conflict and betrayal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesbian Bibliography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-26T00:52:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-04T22:53:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"186\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"287\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"NorthShore Noir Press\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"NorthShore Noir Press\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"NorthShore Noir Press\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47475bc37f43183328c7cf208b3d817f\"},\"headline\":\"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions)\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-26T00:52:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-04T22:53:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Mystery\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions) - Lesbian Bibliography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-26T00:52:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-04T22:53:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"Val McDermid's crime novel interweaving cold cases from Scotland's 1984-85 miners' strike with class conflict and betrayal.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg\",\"width\":186,\"height\":287},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lesbian Bibliography\",\"description\":\"The Lesbian Literature Bibliography\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lesbian Fun World Books\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/cropped-LFW-HDLogo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/cropped-LFW-HDLogo.jpg\",\"width\":1157,\"height\":598,\"caption\":\"Lesbian Fun World Books\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lesbianfunworld.com\\\/books\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47475bc37f43183328c7cf208b3d817f\",\"name\":\"NorthShore Noir Press\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a5ffb32eedf79f1cf201ae2e46198120d552a5a48e907f4d5c5e8d6087a83bba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a5ffb32eedf79f1cf201ae2e46198120d552a5a48e907f4d5c5e8d6087a83bba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a5ffb32eedf79f1cf201ae2e46198120d552a5a48e907f4d5c5e8d6087a83bba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"NorthShore Noir Press\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions) - Lesbian Bibliography","description":"Val McDermid's crime novel interweaving cold cases from Scotland's 1984-85 miners' strike with class conflict and betrayal.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions)","og_description":"Val McDermid's crime novel interweaving cold cases from Scotland's 1984-85 miners' strike with class conflict and betrayal.","og_url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/","og_site_name":"Lesbian Bibliography","article_published_time":"2026-01-26T00:52:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-04T22:53:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":186,"height":287,"url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"NorthShore Noir Press","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"NorthShore Noir Press","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/"},"author":{"name":"NorthShore Noir Press","@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/#\/schema\/person\/47475bc37f43183328c7cf208b3d817f"},"headline":"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions)","datePublished":"2026-01-26T00:52:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-04T22:53:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/"},"wordCount":208,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg","articleSection":["Mystery"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/","url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/","name":"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions) - Lesbian Bibliography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-26T00:52:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-04T22:53:49+00:00","description":"Val McDermid's crime novel interweaving cold cases from Scotland's 1984-85 miners' strike with class conflict and betrayal.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mcdermid-darker-domain-4380.jpg","width":186,"height":287},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/a-darker-domain-by-val-mcdermid-all-editions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (All Editions)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/","name":"Lesbian Bibliography","description":"The Lesbian Literature Bibliography","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/#organization","name":"Lesbian Fun World Books","url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-LFW-HDLogo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-LFW-HDLogo.jpg","width":1157,"height":598,"caption":"Lesbian Fun World Books"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/#\/schema\/person\/47475bc37f43183328c7cf208b3d817f","name":"NorthShore Noir Press","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5ffb32eedf79f1cf201ae2e46198120d552a5a48e907f4d5c5e8d6087a83bba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5ffb32eedf79f1cf201ae2e46198120d552a5a48e907f4d5c5e8d6087a83bba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5ffb32eedf79f1cf201ae2e46198120d552a5a48e907f4d5c5e8d6087a83bba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"NorthShore Noir Press"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68234,"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40075\/revisions\/68234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40075"},{"taxonomy":"pub_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pub_year?post=40075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}