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Edinburgh, Christmas Eve, 1936. A gruesome double murder. A white-faced killer. A mysterious stranger…

Still haunted by his recent past, Professor Finlay MacBeth is called in to assist the police following an horrific double murder. Traces of greasepaint and white cotton lead MacBeth and Inspector Callaghan to the Christmas Circus, but while they search for clues, someone else is watching them.

Meanwhile, bent cop Kilmartin still has MacBeth in his sights…

Additional info and purchase links for this book are on my Books for Adults page.

Assassins in Edinburgh. A Russian crime boss. A potential gang war.

Relic Black and Norwegian assassin Astrid, have two contracts to carry out in Edinburgh. But following the killings, they learn the victims are linked to an organised crime gang in the city, as well as to a former member of the Russian mafia. Realising a mysterious stranger is tracking them, they return to the scene of one of the murders in a bid to find out why.

Additional info and purchase links for this book are on my Books for Adults page.

Edinburgh, 1936. People are disappearing. The police are clueless. Can Finlay MacBeth track down the perpetrator before someone else goes missing?

Haunted by his recent past, Professor Finlay MacBeth returns to his home town to take up a new post at the university. Within hours, his reputation for solving the occasional murder prompts the police to ask for his help. Four men—seemingly unconnected—have vanished into thin air. MacBeth must find whatever it is that links the men before the kidnapper strikes again.

Additional info and purchase links for this book are on my Books for Adults page.

A late night phone call. An abduction. A gang boss clearing the decks.

Newly recruited to Chrissy Ridley’s organised crime gang, Norwegian assassin Astrid teams up with Relic Black to track down their missing pal Ali McKay. Chasing his abductors across country the pair close in and soon find themselves with a dead man on their hands. At police headquarters, bent cop Rebecca McKenzie is forced to take action as her DC continues to poke his nose into her affairs. Meanwhile, Glasgow crime boss McGarrity plans to rid himself of the dead wood in his organisation – starting with Inverness…

Additional info and purchase links for this book are on my Books for Adults page.

London, 1677. A house with a dark secret. A lawyer in pursuit of magick. A witch, dead for fifty years.

Israel Cutler, dealer in second-hand goods, discovers the journals of Doctor Winter. Detailing the doctor’s relationship with a hanged witch, he recognises an opportunity. Seeking out a lawyer he knows with an interest in the occult, Cutler tries to sell the journals, but soon finds himself involved in a terrifying ritual—one that could bring black witch Lizzie Pickin back from the dead. Again.

Additional info and purchase links for this book are on my Books for Adults page.

An assassin out for revenge. A missing police officer. A trail of bodies.

Still dealing with the fallout from the McClure brothers’ activities, Chrissy Ridley’s Organized Crime Gang faces a new threat – an assassin has been engaged to take revenge for the death of Norwegian Stig Halvorsen. With no clue who this person is, the gang set out to track down new faces in the city.

Additional info and purchase links for this book are on my Books for Adults page.