edinburgh (scotland)

Nobody likes The Complaints--they're the cops who investigate other cops. It's a department known within the force as "The Dark Side," and it's where Malcolm Fox works. His new case: investigate a cop named Jamie Breck. As Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks--dangerous knowledge, especially when a vicious murder takes place far too close to home.

After witnessing a man kill himself off the Edinburgh concert hall, Isabel Dalhousie becomes determined to figure out why. Isabel ignores warnings from her housekeeper and her niece not to get involved and begins investigating his death. At the same time, she works to end the increasingly serious relationship between her niece and a man she does not approve of.

Inspector Rebus is caught in a maze of danger and possible death when his investigation leads to the trail of a serial murderer.

When a group of competitive mystery authors attend a conference at Dalmorton Castle near Edinburgh, chick lit myster writer Kimberlee Kalder, who has collected her share of enemies over the years, turns up dead at the bottom of the castle's bottle dungeon, much to St. Just's surprise.

Isabel takes her eighteen-month-old son Charlie to a birthday party where she encounters her old adversary Minty Auchterlonie, who seems to want to make Isabel her confidante, but there are still those troubling questions about Minty's integrity; and Isabel faces other dilemmas with Professor Dove, her niece Cat, and Charlie's loving, marriage-minded father.

The residents of 44 Scotland Street struggle to balance the demands of real life with their desire for happiness and lasting love.