Scotland Mystery

St. Andrews, Scotland: Renovation works on the famous Old Course golf course uncovers the remains of a body in a shallow grave—two bullet holes in the skull. DNA confirms the victim as Rab Shepherd, the missing brother of Scotland's late crime patriarch, Jock Shepherd. But Rab pulled out of the family business over twenty years ago, and moved to Australia where he allegedly lived an honest and wealthy life. This body confirms otherwise. Why was Rab killed? And who would risk killing him, knowing he was big Jock's brother?

A fist-fight by an open grave leads Dorothy to investigate the possibility of a faked death, while a young woman's obsession with Hannah threatens her relationship with Indy and puts them both in mortal danger. An elderly man claims he's being abused by the ghost of his late wife, while ghosts of another kind come back to haunt Jenny from the grave...pushing her to breaking point. As the Skelfs struggle with increasingly unnerving cases and chilling danger lurks close to home, it becomes clear that grief, in all its forms, can be deadly.

Seven more cases for HC Bailey's eclectic golden age sleuth Mr Reginald Fortune: surgeon, general practitioner, and advisor to Scotland Yard wherever surgery, medicine or kindred sciences can elucidate what is or is not crime. Including: a sudden death at Royal Ascot; a young doctor accused of a diamond theft; a strange country house burglary; an incident at the British Museum leading to a far darker crime; a vanished actress; and a diabolical murder at an orphanage, linked to an apparently accidental death and a near-fatal poisoning.

State prosecutor Chastity Riley runs off to Glasgow. For one, there is that letter, written by a lawyer, that lures her to the birthplace of her great-great-grandfather. And secondly, her life in Hamburg has arrived at a sad impasse. In the rough Scottish city, she meets Tom, who knows the key that unlocks the Rileys’ family secret. She never dared confront the painful truths about herself, but some whisky and a few ghosts help her to do just that.

When a man in eighteenth-century Highland dress is found dead on the site of the Battle of Culloden, where Bonnie Prince Charlie led his forces to a rout seared into Scottish memory, Rebecca Connolly takes up the case for the Chronicle. A controversial film about the rebellion and battle is being shot nearby, and it has drawn the ire of the right-wing nationalist movement Spirit of the Gael. Is there some link between the murder—the weapon used to impale the man leaves no doubt it was murder—and Spirit of the Gael or the shadowy militant group New Dawn?

She's a vivacious, light-hearted young beauty from Beacon Hill. He's a world-weary not-so-young exile from Scotland Yard. She's an orphaned decorator who longs for a family of her own. He's a rogue detective with a superhero complex. She's smitten with this superhero who is the last man she sees in the picket-fence picture of her future. He's smitten with this fluffy young romantic who he sees as kryptonite to his career and well-being. But if you saw Grace and David in a room full of people, and you had to pick one man and one woman who belonged together, you would pick them. They would be The Throwbacks.

As the station prepares to close down for good, DI Georgie Strachan is running out of time to find out what is really going on in Burrowhead and put a stop to it. A deadly drug appears in the small Scottish village, best consumed with the blood of a freshly slaughtered animal. But what does this have to do with the deaths and suicides? And who is responsible for supplying it?

The arrest of a Finnish contract killer and the subsequent murder of an Edinburgh reporter seem unconnected—until a ghost from the past appears in the investigation. The horrors of past misdeeds in Northern Ireland, contract killers, military secrets and organised-crime feuds collide on the streets of Edinburgh and the Irish Republic, drawing Detective Grace Macallan into brutal score-settling on Dublin's streets and a life-or-death race against time.

Quando il professor Azhar torna a casa e scopre che la figlia di nove anni è scomparsa insieme a quasi tutte le sue cose, non può che bussare disperato alla porta accanto e chiedere aiuto alla sua vicina e amica, il sergente Barbara Havers. Presto si scopre che a portar via la bambina è stata la madre, trasferitasi in Italia, a Lucca, per seguire il suo nuovo amore. In bilico tra i sentimenti e la ragione, Barbara si impegna a indagare ufficiosamente sul caso, ritrovandosi presto nei guai con i superiori a causa delle ingiustificate assenze dal lavoro.

1942. The war at sea is being lost. One percent of all naval personnel are being referred to as psychiatric casualties. The British Admiralty introduces the Stone Frigate approach.

When Ailsa Reid becomes the subject of a trial by media after an incident at the school where she works, she escapes to the comfort of her grandparents' house in Fife. But she arrives to find her grandmother, Moira - recently diagnosed with dementia - has gone missing, and her grandfather, Rupert, gravely injured. Desperate to ensure Moira's safe return, Ailsa must rely on the help of her estranged mother, Rowan, who abandoned her at birth. Tensions simmer between the two women as they attempt to piece together the lead-up to Moira's disappearance.

This is an excellent, page-turning Sherlock Holmes pastiche by noted author and historian Barry Day. It explores the fascinating "what if" proposition supposing the latent return of a legendary murderer, whose "signature", left upon his victims' skillfully eviscerated bodies, alerts Holmes and Scotland Yard to his unmistakable presence anew in England. To quote the cover of this recently released book: "Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper, Oscar Wilde, and THE Woman!"

It’s 1981 in Fort Myers, Florida. Scotland Ross hasn’t given up drinking, but he has sworn off of trouble. At a waterside tavern the day the pope got shot, Scotland drank to cloud the memories of his dead infant son on an anniversary such as this. Distraction comes when the bar owner needs his help. Despite his vow of living within the law, Scotland soon finds himself tangling with a redneck clan, a Cuban gang, a connected crew from New York, and the very friend he set out to help.

"Alla fine, tutto sembra ricondursi al denaro", riflette lapidario Thomas Lynley di fronte all'indagine che lo ha portato in Cumbria, un incarico strettamente confidenziale affidatogli da Sir David Hillier. A chiamare in causa Scotland Yard è Bernard Fairclough, baronetto di recente nomina e ricco industriale, convinto che la morte per annegamento di suo nipote Ian, archiviata dal coroner come accidentale, sia stata in realtà un omicidio. Affiancato da Deborah e Simon St. James, che lo seguono in incognito, Lynley si ritrova a frugare tra gli scheletri nell'armadio di molte.

Dunkle Machenschaften in der größten Metropole ihrer Zeit! London, 1830: Constable Graham Cluskey von Scotland Yard ist der Verschwörung gegen die Krone auf der Spur. Für seine Fahndungserfolge wird er zum Chief Inspector befördert. Doch ist die Gefahr gebannt? Da wird Cluskey zu einem Unglück gerufen: Bei der Eröffnung der Liverpool and Manchester Railway wird der Parlamentsabgeordnete von Liverpool von der Lokomotive "The Rocket" überfahren. Alles deutet zunächst auf einen Unfall hin - bis Cluskey die Beteiligten vernimmt.

When an officer is called to a house, he discovers a chilling and bizarre crime scene. Sitting at a dining room table, as if enjoying their evening meal, he finds the decomposing bodies of an entire family. Each one murdered and posed like mannequins. The only person missing from the disturbing scene is the family maid, Elizabeth. Detective Richard Crombie is assigned the case but after weeks of pressure and no results, he reluctantly requests the help of criminal psychiatrist, Doctor Killam, who once worked with Scotland Yard.

Ein Krieg steht bevor! London, 1830: Ein mächtiger Geheimbund hat die Regierungsgeschäfte der englischen Krone in der Hand und treibt das Empire in einen aussichtslosen Krieg. Da wird Chief Superintendent Graham Cluskey von Scotland Yard zu einem ungewöhnlichen Mord gerufen: Lord Tobin, Earl of Sussex, wird leblos im Teich eines exotischen Gewächshauses aufgefunden - nackt und mit roter, geschundener Haut. Der Besitzer des Gewächshauses macht um seine Identität ein Geheimnis. Und Cluskey soll ermitteln, ohne den Yard einzuweihen.

Drei verschwundene Mädchen und eine Spur, die weit in die Vergangenheit führt... In den Hochmooren Nordenglands wird die Leiche der ein Jahr zuvor verschwundenen 14-jährigen Saskia Morris gefunden. Kurze Zeit später wird ein weiteres junges Mädchen vermisst, die ebenfalls 14-jährige Amelie Goldsby. Die Polizei in Scarborough ist alarmiert. Treibt ein Serientäter sein Unwesen? In den Medien ist schnell vom Hochmoor-Killer die Rede, was den Druck auf Detective Chief Inspector Caleb Hale erhöht. Auch Detective Sergeant Kate Linville von Scotland Yard ist in der Gegend, um ihr ehemaliges Elternhaus zu verkaufen.

Efter flera år i Scotland Yards tjänst har kriminalkommissarie John Madden dragit sig tillbaka. Tillsammans med hustrun Helen och deras två barn lever han ett stillsamt liv på landet i det fridfulla Surrey. Men minnena från hans svåraste fall sommaren 1921 då en psykopatisk krigsveteran satte skräck i en hel landsända gör sig fortfarande påminda då och då. När den tolvåriga Alice Bridge försvinner och en omfattande skallgångskedja sätts igång för att hitta henne blir Madden den som bokstavligen snubblar över hennes svårt sargade lik.

Det är sommaren 1921. John Madden vid Scotland Yard tillkallas av polisen i Guildford för att utreda de brutala morden på överste Fletcher och hans familj i Surrey. Den enda som överlevt är femåriga Sophy, men hon är så chockad att hon inte kan frågas ut och tas om hand av familjens läkare, Helen Blackwell. Lokalpolisen vill rubricera morden som inbrottsförsök, men Madden - som själv blivit vittne till många vansinnesdåd under kriget - är övertygad om att de begåtts av en psykopatisk krigsveteran som inte tvekar att slå till igen, och det snart.