J.D. Kirk is the crime-writing pen name of Scottish author Barry Hutchison, best known for the DCI Jack Logan series. Beginning with A Litter of Bones, the books follow a tough, dryly funny detective working violent cases across the... Scottish Highlands, where remote landscapes, close-knit communities, and buried secrets give the investigations their distinctive atmosphere. Kirk’s police procedurals balance dark crimes with sharp dialogue, team banter, and a strong sense of place, making the Highlands feel both beautiful and dangerous. The series grows around Logan’s evolving relationships with his fellow officers, while related characters and spin-off threads expand the wider fictional world. Readers return to Kirk for brisk pacing, grim cases, memorable humor, and crime fiction rooted firmly in Scottish setting and voice.
