Calling Issue 20 of The Big Click “The Scottish Issue” gives it a sort of cache, but these fine examples of Scottish noir have no curses attached to them. Not that we know of, at any rate. Instead of curses, Barry Graham, our guest editor, presents “The Four Fields,” by Tony Black, and “Conduct Unbecoming” by Ray Banks, two shining stars in the black firmament of Scottish noir. But, they’re not the only stars, as Barry Graham in “The Crime of being Scottish” and Fiona Johnson in her capsule reviews will reveal.

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