Blogs in May 2020

The Innocent and the Dead 18th May 2020

One woman found dead. Another kidnapped. Two cases. Two books. One overworked Scottish detective. When the body of an attractive young woman is found in woodland on Edinburgh’s iconic Calton Hill, DI Jack Knox quickly establishes that she had...

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Murder at Flood Tide 18th May 2020

Detective Jack Knox is faced with a troubling case when a woman’s body is found on a beach east of Edinburgh Police have to match her to missing persons, because her personal effects have been swept out to sea....

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Dead Of Night 18th May 2020

A French philanderer gets his comeuppance in Edinburgh, but which, if any, of his spurned lovers sealed his fate? A college lecturer is killed and dumped in the Union Canal. When DI Jack Knox investigates his past, he discovers...

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The Tuppenny Child 18th May 2020

‘She’s not worth more than tuppence, that child!’ Those are the words that haunt Sadie Linthorpe. She is the talk of Ryhope when she arrives there, aged seventeen, alone, seeking work and a home in the pit village. But...

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Pearl of Pit Lane 18th May 2020

‘Put me to work on the pit lane, would you? Is that all you think I’m worth?’ When her mother dies in childbirth, Pearl Edwards is left in the care of her aunt, Annie Grafton. Annie loves Pearl like...

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