Scotland Mystery

Death in Taigh Mhor (Jane Blackthorn Mysteries Book 3) Marry in haste and repent in leisure, or so the old saying goes. Jane is not unhappy in her own marriage but a friend from college, a young heiress, had stumbled into a dark relationship which could end up costing her life. Jane is summoned to Taigh Mhor by a desperate letter talking of malicious spirits and strange accidents. She arrives to find that the unpleasant situation has come to a sinister pass. All her wits will be needed to save her friend from the local evil that wants to see her dead. Christmas in a Cold Place (Short Story)...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ With so many plot twists, nothing is as it seems. This book is a real page turner. You just can't put it down - Goodreads reviewer A Crime Novel That Keeps You Guessing Detective Inspector Tara Jones is pushed to the limit when she faces a serial killer who always seems to be one step ahead. But when the hunter becomes the hunted, Jones has to choose – between the law she loves, and justice. Prepare for a rollercoaster of twists – with a finale you won’t see coming! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You are grabbed from the beginning and taken through so many twists and turns that you ...

No one thinks very much at all about carwash employee Davey Burnet, until one day he takes the wrong customer's motor for a ride. One kidnapping later, he and the carwash are officially part of Glasgow's criminal underworld, working for a psychopath who enjoys playing games like "Keep Yer Kneecaps" with any poor bastard who crosses him. Can Davey escape from the gang's clutches with his kneecaps and life intact? Perhaps this polis Ally McCoist who keeps nosing around the carwash could help. That's if she doesn't get herself killed first.

Author of Kirkville, and A Cursed Heart, brings to you her next novel. A fictional comedy detective series. The second book in the Lady Ashcroft Mysteries. Continuing forward, after their last wave of crime solving. We have another story to unravel. Join Lady Ashcroft, and her friends, on their visit to the Haunted Highland Hotel. But is it haunted? Is there a spirit from her past that wishes to end her life? Ellie, and Terrance shall need to muster all of their skills, and wisdom. If they are to save lives from the horror that will strike against them. The black widow is amongst them, and ...

In 1950, Philip Bryce is suddenly given two pieces of unexpected but welcome news - one domestic, the other work-related. He is also given a new case to tackle. It’s a change from the murder cases he spends a lot of time on, but it’s tricky. This is one involving ‘demands with menaces’ – the offence commonly known as blackmail. And the first three victims are very high-ranking people. Bryce investigates, with the newly-promoted Inspector Haig alongside him. But who is the blackmailer? From where does he or she acquire the information? And just how innocent are the ‘victims’?

Christmastime in London. When three seemingly unconnected victims are murdered with matching sequential Roman numerals carved into their foreheads, Metropolitan Police Commander Austin Grant finds his answer in one of the last places he'd expect: the Holy Bible. Each of the deaths correspond to a transgression of one of the Ten Commandments, and Grant must find the killer before the remaining Commandments are commemorated with homicides.

Left to her own devices, Detective Sergeant Charlie West struggles with the responsibility of a full-blown murder investigation when a man is pushed off a cliff. Not ready to have her apron strings severed so soon, West finds Munro who reluctantly agrees to shed light on the Ayrshire detectives' most challenging case yet. Once the police have discovered the identity of the dead man, and established his demise was the result of foul play, the race is on to hunt down the murderer.

The strangest story ever written - it couldn't possibly be true. This is a completely mad tale of an extended Scottish family battling for an inheritance. A battle that reaches to the US President, ancient Mayan predictions and alien artefacts that cause a stir among every spy and extreme group in the known world. While investigating a double murder over a scrabble board with a central seven letter word - INHERIT - Detective Constable Callum MacCallum becomes drawn into an ancient mystery, helped along by the antics of the runaway CIA agent Jack Jacks III and the mysterious police woman ...

Scotland, 1906. A mysterious object discovered inside an ancient castle calls Maximilian Haywood, the new Duke of Olympia, and his fellow researcher Emmeline Truelove north to the remote Orkney Islands. No stranger to the study of anachronisms in archeological digs, Haywood is nevertheless puzzled by the artifact: a suit of clothing that, according to family legend, once belonged to a selkie who rose from the sea and married the castle's first laird. But Haywood and Truelove soon realize they're not the only ones interested in the selkie's strange hide.

In The Highlander’s Song, Irish harper Siobhan O’Brien carries coded messages hidden in her music—secrets that could save her father or spark war. At Castle MacLeod, her mission collides with Alasdair MacLeod, a duty-bound Highlander torn between suspicion and desire. As danger mounts, so does their forbidden bond. With betrayal closing in, Siobhan and Alasdair must choose between loyalty and love in a world where every melody hides a secret—and every heart carries a risk.

STAND-ALONE, #18 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "A COMPELLING BRITISH CRIME MYSTERY." A BLIND EYE TURNED, AN INJUSTICE DONE. High in lonely Swinesdale, notorious burglars Jake and Boris Baddun perish in a burnt-out stolen Mercedes. Known associate Dale Spooner leaves his biological signature and the predatory DI Alec Smart moves in for the kill. Spooner is convicted, and now languishes in jail. A rumour reaches Skelgill: Spooner is innocent and can prove it – a cast-iron alibi, a video on a hidden mobile phone. But Spooner will not talk. At stake is the safety of ...

Literary sherry parties were not Alan Grant's cup of tea. But when the Scotland Yard Inspector arrived to pick up actress Marta Hallard for dinner, he was struck by the handsome young American photographer, Leslie Searle. Author Lavinia Fitch was sure her guest "must have been something very wicked in ancient Greece," and the art colony at Salcott St. Mary would have agreed. Yet Grant heard nothing more of Searle until the news of his disappearance. Had Searle drowned by accident or could he have been murdered by one of his young women admirers?

It's easy to kill a man. It's hard to kill a man well. A 29-year-old man lives alone in his Glasgow flat. The telephone rings; a casual conversation, but behind this a job offer. The clues are there if you know to look for them. He is an expert. A loner. Freelance. Another job is another job, but what if this organization wants more? A meeting at a club. An offer. A target: Lewis Winter, a necessary sacrifice that will be only the first step in an all-out war between crime syndicates the likes of which hasn't been seen for decades. It's easy to kill a man.

The first anniversary of their wedding was a cause for celebration for Lord and Lady Sinclair and a ball was being held at the family manse in Scotland at Loch Eden. What should have been a happy celebration of their first year became a nightmare when a masked intruder entered the ballroom and shot James, Lord Sinclair, leaving him badly wounded. As he lay recuperating his wife Danni and his PI partner Jim Ashton and their friend DCI Andrews took up the investigation. Danni, a dancer, now became a detective for the first time.

Jewels is trapped in a monotonous job, yearning for something more in life. An unexpected arrival of a mysterious package, containing an ornate carved wooden clock becomes the catalyst for a fantastical adventure. Does she find love, or does she find danger? This enchanting tale transcends the boundaries of time.

A mystery novel set in London during the early 20th century. Step into the bustling streets of early 20th century London, where secrets linger behind closed doors and crime is as common as the fog that envelops the city. In "Jewel Thieves," Divisional Detective Inspector Amir is thrust into the heart of a scandalous jewel heist that could shatter the lives of the wealthy elite and bring chaos to Scotland Yard. When a staggering £250,000 worth of precious jewels vanishes from Solly Rosenberg's opulent Parkson House, the pressure mounts on the scruffy yet astute Amir. As he delves into the ...

Two more cases for Philip Bryce 1. In the City of London, a well-respected barrister is murdered in his chambers.The City Police ask for the help of Scotland Yard, and Detective Chief Superintendent Bryce investigates. 2. The Board of a large pharmaceutical company is meeting. One of the directors dies suddenly. The cause is clearly cyanide poisoning. But was it self-administered, or could it be murder? The local police inspector believes it was a case of suicide, but when he is taken seriously ill and admitted to hospital, and his sergeant almost simultaneously has a mental breakdown, ...

It is 1942. Three years into World War Two. Fiona, rich and privileged, is still enjoying a glamorous lifestyle. She is married to gorgeous, young Squadron Leader Matthew Manfred, more than ten years her junior. A certain troubling matter of last year has been cleared up…you know, when Matthew (who, it turned out, was a British MI5 agent) exposed her as a German spy…and ‘turned’ her into a British double agent. And married her. And presented her, some months later, with a beautiful daughter, Eugenia. All that unpleasant spy business is forgotten now, isn’t it? Everything is fine, ...

The Open Championship returns to St. Andrews, Scotland, the Home of Golf. But an official with the Links Trust turns up dead, stuffed into the Bottle Dungeon at St. Andrews Castle, and, as usual, Hacker has to help find the killer. There are Russians everywhere in the Auld Grey Toon, along with a famous U.S. resort developer, and an alcoholic caddie on the run. Luckily, Hacker has his significant other, Mary Jane, along for the ride, with an ending no one sees coming.

After more than a decade of being in prison for the brutal murder of two Stirling University students, Colin Sanderson has been released after his conviction was found to be unsafe. Returning home to a small village not far from Stirling, Sanderson refuses police protection, even in the face of a death threat. But the PR firm that has scooped him up to sell his story does know of a protection expert in Stirling. They want Connor Fraser.