Robbing The Dead
(Inspector Jim Carruthers Book 1)
An edge of your seat crime thriller.
In a small Scottish university town, what links a spate of horrible murders, a targeted bomb explosion and a lecturer’s disappearance? Is a terror group involved? If so, who is pulling the strings? And what does something that happened over forty years ago have to do with it?
Having recently returned to Castletown in the hope of winning back his estranged wife, DCI Jim Carruthers finds himself up to his eyes in the investigation.
Struggling with a very different personal problem, DS Andrea Fetcher assists Jim in the hunt for the murderous perpetrators. To prevent further violence they must find the answers quickly. But will Jim’s old adversary, terror expert McGhee, be a help or a hindrance?
The first in a new series featuring DCI Jim Carruthers.
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Care to Die
(Inspector Jim Carruthers Book 2)
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Struggling with his demotion back to DI and his concern for the grieving DS Andrea Fletcher, Jim Carruthers is thrown in at the deep end when the body of an old man is discovered stabbed to death in a nature reserve – a ball of cloth rammed into the back of the victim’s throat. The only suspect is a fifteen-year-old neighbour who is known to the police for antisocial behaviour. But the teenager has an alibi.
When a second elderly man is also found dead at the same locale, with the same MO, Carruthers starts to wonder if they have a serial killer on their hands.
On discovering that the first victim, Ruiridh Fraser, has an estranged son living in Iceland, Carruthers flies out to interview the man, now convinced that the reason behind Fraser’s death lies in his past.
But what does the disappearance of a twelve-year-old boy forty years before, the brutal murder of a former journalist and a bitter local dispute about a nature reserve, have to do with the investigation?
Can Carruthers and Fletcher solve the case while battling their own demons?
And are they hunting for one killer or more?
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Mark of the Devil
(Inspector Jim Carruthers Book 3)
A murder in a remote town puts a Scottish detective on the trail of a deadly international conspiracy in this tense crime thriller.
While Det. Chief Inspector Jim Carruthers and his team are busy investigating a series of art thefts, they receive an anonymous tip about the body of a young woman on a deserted beach. The bizarre clues to the woman’s murder include a strange tattoo, a set of binoculars and a slab of meat left on the cliffs.
The trail leads to a local shooting estate and its wealthy owner. Carruthers starts to wonder if the missing art, the dead woman, and the estate are all connected. And when the body of a young gamekeeper is pulled from the sea, Carruthers finds himself entering a sinister world of international crime and police corruption. On a case that extends far beyond Fife, Carruthers is out on a limb against powerful individuals who are ready to kill anyone who gets in their way.
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Dark is the Day
(Inspector Jim Carruthers Book 4)
A killer is terrorizing a Scottish college town — and a police detective fears that his ex-wife may be in the crosshairs . . .
When a university lecturer is stalked by one of her own students, DI Jim Carruthers is horrified to discover that the academic is none other than his ex-wife, Mairi. It’s especially alarming since another student has just been brutally attacked and left for dead—and the stalker and killer may be one and the same.
Putting his personal feelings for newly appointed DCI Sandra McTavish aside for the moment, Carruthers focuses on leading his team on the hunt after two more victims are found, with the crimes only growing more gruesome. What is the victims’ connection to a cult in North America, which seems to be getting a stranglehold in a Scottish university? Why have these women been targeted? And who is doing the killing? As fear spreads through Castletown, Carruthers must race to stop this depraved murderer . . .
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In Deep Water
(Inspector Jim Carruthers Book 5)
The disappearance of a fisherman in Scotland brings dark secrets to the surface in this riveting police procedural from the author of Dark is the Day.
When local fisherman Robert Paterson goes missing, DCI McTavish assumes that the man has fallen victim to another tragic fishing accident. However, things don’t add up for Inspector Jim Carruthers. Why did Paterson take his boat out at night when he would normally fish during the day? Has he taken his own life or has something more sinister taken place?
Then a bloodied body shows up on the uninhabited Isle of May—and Carruthers is shocked to find it isn’t the fisherman’s. He suspects the two events are connected. After a journalist who’d been investigating the two cases disappears, Carruthers tries to uncover what she discovered, and more questions arise. Has someone been leaking information to the press? If so, why? With the case getting more complicated and a murderer on the loose in this tight-knit coastal community, Carruthers has his work cut out.
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Boxsets
The Inspector Jim Carruthers Series Books One to Three
When murder disturbs the peaceful Scottish Kingdom of Fife, Detective Jim Carruthers follows the deadly trail wherever it leads in these three crime thrillers.
Included in this three-book set by the bestselling crime novelist Tana Collins:
Robbing the Dead
What links a spate of horrible murders, a targeted bomb explosion and a lecturer’s disappearance? Having recently returned to Castletown to win back his estranged wife, DCI Jim Carruthers is now up to his eyes in a baffling investigation.
Care to Die
When an old man is murdered at a Scottish nature reserve, DI Carruthers travels Iceland to interview the victim’s estranged son. Soon, he and Sergeant Andrea Fletcher must connect the dots between the decades-old disappearance of a twelve-year-old boy, the murder of a former journalist, and a bitter local dispute about a nature reserve.
Mark of the Devil
While Det. Chief Inspector Jim Carruthers and his team are busy investigating a series of art thefts, they receive an anonymous tip about the body of a young woman on a deserted beach. When the trail leads to a local shooting estate and then further afield to Estonia, Carruthers wonders if the missing art, the dead woman, the estate and an international smuggling ring are all connected.
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The Inspector Jim Carruthers Series Books One to Five
Five gritty thrillers in one volume following a police detective and his team in a coastal Scottish town.
Included in this five-book set by the bestselling crime novelist Tana Collins:
Robbing The Dead
In a small Scottish university town, what links a spate of horrific murders, an explosion, and a lecturer’s disappearance? And what does something that happened over forty years ago have to do with it?
Care to Die
Struggling with his demotion back to DI and his concern for grieving DS Andrea Fletcher, Jim Carruthers is thrown in at the deep end when an old man is found stabbed to death in a nature reserve, a ball of cloth rammed into his throat. The only suspect is a fifteen-year-old neighbour known to the police. But the teenager has an alibi . . .
Mark of the Devil
While Carruthers and team are busy investigating a series of art thefts, they receive an anonymous tip about a body on a deserted beach. The bizarre clues to her identity—and what might have happened to her—include a strange tattoo, a set of binoculars, and a slab of meat left on the cliffs . . .
Dark is The Day
Carruthers must put his feelings for DCI Sandra McTavish aside when a young student is brutally attacked and left for dead. At the same, Carruthers’ ex-wife is being stalked by one of her own students. Now he must determine whether the attacker and stalker one and the same.
In Deep Water
When a local fisherman goes missing, DCI McTavish assumes it’s just a tragic accident. But things don’t add up for Carruthers—the man didn’t normally take his boat out at night. Has he taken his own life, or has something more sinister taken place?
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