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Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
For John Rebus, 40 years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. She was murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there, and Maria's killer has never been found. Meanwhile, the dark heart of Edinburgh remains up for grabs. A young pretender, Darryl Christie, may have staked his claim, but a vicious attack leaves him weakened and vulnerable, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A missing private investigator is found locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still--both for his family and the police--is that his body was in an area that had already been searched. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled, and now--after a decade without answers--it's time for the truth. Every officer...
Author
Series
Frey and McGray novels volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The brutal slaying of a violinist in his home in 1888 sparks a locked room murder mystery investigated by two diametrically opposed Edinburgh detectives. --Publisher
7) Body politic
Author
Series
Quint Dalrymple novels volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
By 2020--following a ban on politically incorrect books, music and TV--Edinburgh is a crime-free city state. But the idyll ends when a serial killer appears. Disgraced private eye Quintilian Dalrymple is brought back from retirement to find him.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One evening, as a young boy growing up in Benghazi, Khaled hears a bizarre short story read aloud on the radio, about a man being eaten alive by a cat. Obsessed by the power of those words - and by their enigmatic author, Hosam Zawa - Khaled eventually embarks on a journey that will take him far from home, to pursue a life of the mind at the University of Edinburgh. There, thrust into an open society that is light years away from the world he knew...
Author
Series
Inspector John Rebus mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
Inspector John Rebus of the Edinburgh police hunts for a World War II criminal, a Nazi officer who massacred an entire village in France. At the same time he has to bust a ring which is importing East European prostitutes.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006], c2005
Language
English
Description
John Rebus is a hard bitten detective who pursues truth on the gritty streets of modern-day Edinburgh. When a beautiful young seamstress goes missing, the search take Rebus and Clarke to the mean, melting streets of Knoxland Estate, the high-rise project that houses Edinburgh's Kosovan immigrant community.
Author
Series
Jackson Brodie mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
Millionaire ex-detective Jackson Brodie follows his girlfriend to Edinburgh for the famous arts festival, but when he witnesses a brutal attack on a man, he becomes caught up in a string of events that draw him into a deadly conspiracy.
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 10
Language
English
Description
Things are looking up for seven-year-old Bertie Pollock. The arrival of his spirited grandmother and the absence of his meddlesome mother--who is currently running a book club in a Bedouin harem (don't ask)--bring unforeseen blessings: no psychotherapy, no Italian lessons, and no yoga classes. Meanwhile, surprises await Scotland Street's grown-ups. Matthew makes a discovery that could be a major windfall for his family, but also presents a worrisome...
14) Edinburgh Castle
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This title takes readers through the grounds, halls, and history of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. Readers will learn about who lived there, including kings and queens, what purposes the castle served, and what visitors can expect when they explore Edinburgh Castle today.
15) Let it bleed
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009, ©1996
Language
English
Description
"In the dark days and biting windstorms of an Edinburgh winter, two drop-out kids dive off the towering Forth Road Bridge. A civic office is spattered by a grisly gun blast. Two suicides and a murder that just don't add up, unless John Rebus can crunch the numbers. Following a trail that snakes through stark alleys and sad bars, shredded files and lacerated lives, Rebus finds himself up against a murderous conglomerate on the make in every arena of...
17) Water of death
Author
Series
Quint Dalrymple novels volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Edinburgh, 2025: an almost crime-free oasis surrounded by anarchic city-states. But global warming has turned summer into the Big Heat, and water, like everything else, is strictly rationed. Citizens live only for the weekly lottery drawing. When a recent winner goes missing, however, subversive investigator Quintilian Dalrymple is called in to deal with a case of the summertime blues.
Then a body is discovered face down in the Water of Leith, and...
18) Heads or hearts
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Maverick ex-cop Quint Dalrymple returns to investigate a series of gruesome murders in a near-future independent Edinburgh. Independent Edinburgh, 2033. The Council of City Guardians has been forced to relax its grip on citizens and the borders are no longer secure. Then a human heart is found on a football pitch. Maverick investigator Quint Dalrymple is called in - but before he makes much progress, a citizen's headless body floats down a canal....
19) Case histories
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Detective Jackson Brodie takes on the case of a girl who disappeared 30 years ago, helps a crime novelist who becomes involved in a road rage incident, investigates the mystery of a novelist's holiday in Russia, and looks for another missing girl after being released from jail.
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