The Darkland Tales series sees Scotland’s best writers re-imagining stories from the country’s history, myth and legend for a modern audience. Multi-award-winning master of crime Denise Mina presents a radical new take on one of the darkest episodes in Scottish history - the bloody assassination of David Rizzio in Mary, Queen of Scots' chambers in Holyrood Palace. This breathtakingly tense work is a tale of sex, seduction, secrets and lies, one that looks at history through a modern lens and explores the lengths that men - and women - will go to in the search for love and power.