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"DI Charlie West and irrepressible ex-detective James Munro return in a new murder mystery. HUBRIS is the eleventh book to feature retired detective James Munro and his protEgE DI Charlotte West.
When a sheep farmer boards a stricken fishing vessel stranded on the shore, he is in for the shock of his life. Within lies the body of a man who is inside out. The police find a filleting knife in the hold, covered in the victim's blood. DI Charlie West arrives on the scene, and given the obvious disembowelment, immediately determines that a murder has taken place. The boat is otherwise abandoned, but detectives soon trace the owner, a man well known to the police. He has a clear alibi but after some less-than-delicate probing, his story springs a leak. However, the investigation is thrown into confusion when a local girl goes missing. What is the connection to the gutless sailor? Or the arrogant boat owner?"
"Detectives Munro and West get more on their plate than they bargained for in this clever murder mystery
DI Charlie West is investigating a series of robberies when three fingers are found in a refuse site. The investigation leads the team to a local restaurant, the university campus and the municipal dump. But when a man walks into a jeweller's shop and calmly bashes in the head of the owner, they have a murder case on their hands. Despite the discovery of a man in some discomfort due to missing the fingers on his hand, the investigation draws blanks. It will take the wisdom of Munro, officially retired and recovering from heart bypass surgery, to see the connections between these places and events. With plenty of red-herrings, twists and a satisfying ending, you'll love the latest DI Munro mystery."
"Penitent is the ninth standalone murder mystery in this bestselling series. When the known stalker of a young woman is arrested for her murder, it should be an open-and-shut case for DI Charlie West.
A woman is found bludgeoned to death in a swimming pool. A pensioner who disappeared many moons ago turns up out of the blue. A cockeyed boxer has more success outside the ring than in it. What connects these events may be the clue DI Charlie West is looking for to solve the latest murder on her patch. But just when West has a likely suspect in custody, Munro returns to the scene – his enforced repose having done little to dent his appetite for the finer and richer things in life – with an oblique angle on the case. Has West got it right, or will the investigation have to start from square one?"
"RANCOUR is the eighth Scottish murder mystery to feature detectives James Munro and Charlie West.
The conditions were terrible for a hike up Goat Fell, so why did a group of schoolgirls attempt it? One of the girls presses on when the others turn back; inappropriately dressed and unprepared, she meets her death. After mountain rescue retrieve the body, various questions start to be raised. Inconsistencies in her companions' accounts of events are exposed, and it turns out the victim may have been drugged. The police investigation begins to centre on a suave, enigmatic Italian man who has made his home on the mainland. Having conquered more than a few hearts, his past record troubles detective Charlie West. When the body of another young woman is found, police move quickly. But have they got the right guy?"
"If you enjoy Scandinavian-style noir, police procedurals and stories with a sucker punch of a twist, PERDITION is for you.
An employee of an investment bank is found dead in his car by a freshwater loch in Ayrshire, Scotland, but there are few signs of foul play. Newly promoted and in charge of the investigation, DI Charlie West wants to probe further. And when the victim's links to a minor crime involving an assault on an associate come to light, a suspicious motive begins to emerge. DI West must explore shady financial dealings in the up-market parts of Glasgow, and connections to illicit drugs to track the killer in what is now being treated as a murder investigation. She is relieved that her mentor, Detective James Munro, once more steps out of his not-so tranquil retirement to lend a hand."
"A young boy finds a body on a deserted Scottish beach. DS West searches for absconded DI Munro to help track down the killer.
Left to her own devices, Detective Sergeant Charlie West struggles with the responsibility of a full-blown murder investigation when a man is pushed off a cliff. Not ready to have her apron strings severed so soon, West finds Munro who reluctantly agrees to shed light on the Ayrshire detectives' most challenging case yet. Once the police have discovered the identity of the dead man, and established his demise was the result of foul play, the race is on to hunt down the murderer. Given the victim's links to a local drug ring there is no shortage of suspects, yet few of them are willing to share their knowledge with the police. Can they work out why the man was killed and will the murderer strike again?"
"The Orkney archipelago is home to a remarkable array of prehistoric sites – most notably the Ring of Brodgar, the Stones of Stenness, the passage grave of Maeshowe and the village of Skara Brae – evidence of a dynamic Late Neolithic society with connections binding Orkney to Ireland, to southern Britain and to the western margins of Continental Europe.
Despite 150 years of archaeological investigation, however, there is much that we do not know about the societies that created these sites. What historical background did they emerge from? What social and political interests did their monuments serve? And what was the nature of the connections between Neolithic societies in Orkney and elsewhere?
Following a broadly chronological narrative, and highlighting different lines of evidence as they unfold, Mark Edmonds traces the development of the Orcadian Neolithic from its beginnings in the early 4th millennium through to the end of the period nearly two thousand years later. Combining accessible text and high-quality images, he uses artefacts, architecture and the wider landscape to recreate the lives of Neolithic communities across the region.
A lyrical account of the prehistory and archaeology of the Orkney archipelago, and a uniquely appealing fusion of archaeological, historical and topographic writing, rooted in knowledge of and deep affection for one of the most ancient and distinctive landscapes in the British Isles."
