About this book
Queen Macbeth (2024) is Val McDermid's contribution to Polygon's multi-author Darkland Tales series, reclaiming Shakespeare's villainess from an eleventh-century Scottish perspective. At 144 pages, it followed her Austen Project novel Northanger Abbey and precedes her second Darkland Tales entry, This Door of the Seas.
Key facts about Queen Macbeth
Val McDermid wrote Queen Macbeth, a book on our list. It has been out since 2024. The book has 144 pages.
We list 3 editions of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780802164292 to find the main one.
Val McDermid has 42 books on our list. 33 of them belong to a series, while 9 stand alone. All 42 are out now. Other books by Val McDermid on file include 1989 (2022), 1979 (2021), Still Life (2020) and How the Dead Speak (2019).
Earlier, Past Lying came out in 2023. After it came Silent Bones in 2025. Since then, our list has added 2 more books by Val McDermid.
Val McDermid has 5 series on file, such as Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan and Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. Those series sit on our crime fiction shelf. Meanwhile, This Door of the Seas is the latest published Val McDermid book on file, from 6 August 2026.
About Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer whose career spans nearly four decades and five distinct series, making her one of the most prolific and structurally ambitious authors working in British crime fiction. See every Val McDermid book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780802164292
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781788856720
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781846976759