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Dark Road
Dark Road: A play | Ian Rankin, Mark Thomson
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First performed at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre, the first stage play from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestselling author of SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE. It's been 25 years since Alfred Chalmers was convicted of the gruesome murder of four young women in Edinburgh. Isobel McArthur, Scotland's first Chief Constable, was the woman responsible for putting him behind bars, but the case has haunted her ever since. Now, with her retirement approaching, McArthur decides the time has come for answers. To uncover the truth, she revisits the case and interviews Chalmers for the first time in decades. But her decision rips opens old wounds and McArthur is soon caught up in a web of corruption, psychological mind-games and deceit that threatens not only her own life, but those of her fellow officers and even her own daughter. Tense, gritty and hard-hitting, DARK ROAD is the first ever stage play from bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin, co-written by the Royal Lyceum's Artistic Director Mark Thomson.
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rabbitprincess
Dark Road: A play | Ian Rankin, Mark Thomson
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3.5⭐️ -- 3 for the play itself, which was good but not a replacement for an Ian Rankin novel, and an extra 0.5 for the bonus material about the process of bringing the play to the stage. I also liked the photos from the original stage production.

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rabbitprincess
Dark Road: A play | Ian Rankin, Mark Thomson
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#marchmadness day 3: red and black. I posted this for a different photo challenge back in June and expressed the hope that I would read it that year...haha that didn't happen 👀

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rabbitprincess
Dark Road: A play | Ian Rankin, Mark Thomson
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This is Ian Rankin's debut play. Hoping to make it one of the three plays I read this year.
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