• Publisher: Birlinn Ltd/Mercat
• ISBN: 978 1 84183 112 1
• Publication date: March 2007
• Format: trade pbk
• Extent: 194 pp
• Price: £7.99
• Rights available: World

Introducing Alice Rice, Edinburgh detective, in a race against time to track down a serial killer committing a series of seemingly unconnected and grisly murders amongst Edinburgh’s professional elite in the well-to-do New Town.

• Publisher: Black & White Publishing
• ISBN: 978 1 84502 109 2
• Publication Date: Available
• Format: 234 x 156 mm
• Extent: 256 pp.
• Price: £10
• Rights available: World

A high-octane crime novel from the author of true-crime bestseller The Law Killers. Campbell McBride’s first crime book is a success but now it’s attracting some unwanted attention. McBride’s going to have to return to what seemed like a straightforward murder case – a woman strangled by her boyfriend – otherwise somebody he cares about might get hurt. But soon nothing is straightforward and if McBride can’t figure out what has prompted these seemingly senseless, malicious crimes, then he himself might suffer at the killer’s hand.

• Publisher: Luath Press
• ISBN: 978 1 90522 256 8
• Publication Date: June 2007
• Format: pbk, 210 x 135 mm
• Extent: 256 pp
• Price: £9.99
• Rights available: World

When The Stabber’s sixth victim is found with his head nailed to the ground, DI Andy Gilchrist knows his failed investigation is about to cost him his career. The windswept streets of St Andrews provide the setting for the grisly attacks of an unhinged serial killer. Six men have been brutally murdered, all known wife beaters. Suspended from the case and desperate to redeem his reputation, Gilchrist embarks on a desperate hunt for the killer. Alone and on the wrong side of the law, any mistake could be his last.

• Publisher: Polygon
• ISBN: 184 6 97007 5
• Publication date: July 2007
• Format: pbk, 216 x 138 mm
• Extent: 256 pp
• Price: £9.99
• Rights available: World

The second in a new series of McLevy books, The Fall from Grace, revolves around the terrible Tay Bridge Disaster. The story begins with a break-in and murder at the Edinburgh home of Sir Thomas Bouch. Bouch is at the height of his powers, the enigmatic, egotistical builder of the Tay Bridge. McLevy is brought in to investigate. With the help of brothel madam, Jean Brash, McLevy finds the murderer, the dangerous, self-destructive Hercules Baxter but there is much, much more to unfold: murder, arson, sexual obsession and suicide.