The Innocent and the Dead

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 worked as a prostitute.

For this reason, getting people
who knew her to come forward will prove difficult. Knox will have to cut
through their lies, establish a motive and collar the killer.

This is the detective’s dilemma in LABYRINTH, the prequel to a new series of mysteries set in Scotland’s capital.

In THE INNOCENT AND THE DEAD, the second book in the series, DI Jack
Knox is called in to investigate a high-profile case. A local
distiller’s daughter has gone missing, and when he receives a ransom
note, his fears that it is a kidnapping are confirmed.

Knox
decides to take a serious risk to capture the abductors, but the stakes
could not be higher. The father is wealthy and well-connected. If Knox’s
gamble goes wrong, he’ll have hell to pay.

DI Jack Knox is a
likeable detective. He likes the odd dram, hankers after his family who
are based in Australia, and has a relationship with a colleague he tries
to keep under wraps.