Douglas Skelton
Author
Series
Rebecca Connolly series volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When reporter Rebecca Connolly gets a tip that suspected murderer Roddie Drummond will be returning to the island of Stoirm, she smells a story. Though never convicted in the death of his girlfriend Mhairi fifteen years earlier, Drummond is still guilty in the eyes of many islanders, and his return for his mother's funeral is sure to stir up old resentments, hatreds, possibly even violence. Rebecca has another reason for going to Stoirm. Her own...
Author
Series
Rebecca Connolly series volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When banners proclaiming the innocence of James Stewart spring up at the gravesite of his famous namesake...investigative reporter Rebecca Connolly smells a story...The young Stewart has been in prison for ten years for the brutal murder of his lover, lawyer and politician Murdo Maxwell...Rebecca soon discovers that, prior to his murder, Maxwell believed he was being followed...As Rebecca keeps digging, she finds herself in the sights of Inverness...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Coleman Lang finds his girlfriend Gina dead in his New York City apartment, he thinks nothing could be worse... until he becomes the prime suspect.
Desperate to uncover the truth and clear his name, Coleman hits the streets. But there's a deranged Italian hitman, an intuitive cop, two US Marshals, and his ex-wife all on his tail. And trying to piece together Gina's murky past without dredging up his own seems impossible. Worse, the closer he...
Author
Series
Dominic Queste novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
A missing teenage girl should be an easy job for Dominic Queste — after all, finding lost souls is what he does best. But sometimes it's better if those souls stay lost. Jenny Deavers is trouble, especially for an ex-cokehead like Queste. Some truly nasty characters are very keen indeed to get to Jenny and will stop at nothing... including murder.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
England, 1716. The only certainty in a thief's life… is death.
Christopher Templeton is a lawyer whose conscience troubles him. He knows many of the secrets of The Fellowship, the shadowy group profiting from the civil unrest in the nation, and has intimated to the Company of Rogues that he is willing to share them.
The problem is, he has vanished. Jonas Flynt – thief, gambler, killer – still recovering from a duel with death upon the frozen...
Author
Series
Rebecca Connolly series volume 4
Language
English
Description
A gritty page-turner, "fast-paced and straight to the point-like a well-aimed . . . projectile" (Times Scotland)
Set amid the dramatic beauty of the Scottish Highlands and threaded with Highland history and lore, the latest Rebecca Connolly thriller is another stellar crime novel from "a writer to watch" (Publishers Weekly).
Something scared Nuala Flaherty to death. When her body is found in the center of a pentagram on a lonely moor in the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Introducing Jonas Flynt. Gambler. Thief. Killer. Man of honour.
'Fast, furious and with a glint of gallows humour, this is high-octane historical fiction' Daily Mail
'Swashbuckling action against a vivid historical backdrop. I loved this book' Ian Rankin
'High adventure meets espionage thriller as Jonas Flynt battles the tide of history and the deadly secrets of his own past…' D. V. Bishop, author of City of Vengeance
1715. Jonas Flynt,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
London, 1716. Revenge is a dish best served ice-cold…
'Great fun ... the language is colourful and the action never stops' Laura Shepherd-Robinson
The city is caught in the vice-like grip of a savage winter. Even the Thames has frozen over. But for Jonas Flynt – thief, gambler, killer – the chilling elements are the least of his worries…
Justice Geoffrey Dumont has been found dead at the base of St Paul's cathedral, and a young male...
Author
Series
Rebecca Connolly series volume 2
Language
English
Description
Investigative journalist Rebecca Connolly returns in this riveting, immersive thriller from the author of Thunder Bay-for readers of Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, and Denise Mina. 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...