Russel D McLean is the author of The Good Son, his debut crime novel, available in winter '08/'09 and published by Five Leaves Publications. His short stories have been published in a variety of markets including Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and the 2007 anthology Expletive Deleted, where 'Pedro Paul' was singled out by Publisher's Weekly as "awesomely dark". He has previously run the highly regarded noir fiction ezine Crime Scene Scotland, and still reviews crime novels both in print and online. He lives in Dundee.