Contemporary fiction set in scotland

Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope books are set in and around Newcastle, not Scotland, so they shouldn’t be on here.
The Shetland series is Scotland.
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However, aside from the classics, there is a huge, flourishing influx of contemporary Scottish books that similarly embraces the gloomy and the gothic, represents the compassion that small communities in Scotland can offer, and challenges convention, genre, and what writing can do.
The literary scene here is alive, well, and raring to go! .

For fans of literary fiction with a dash of stream-of-consciousness.
No list of books set in Scotland would be complete without the popular Outlander series.
These historical romances center around Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser after Claire, who is on a second honeymoon with her husband in 1945, travels back in time to 1743.

Scottish fiction has a reputation for being dominated by crime stories (which is evidenced by the number of crime or detective tales on this list, too), most likely because our gloomy weather and old, old cities make for atmospheric backdrops, perfect for murder and misery.