Murder in the New Town

I am excited to be able to tell you about my novel, Murder in the New Town, published by Joffe Books which will be available to buy soon. It is set in 2013 shortly after Police Scotland was created. Prior to that, the police force in Scotland was divided into eight regional forces. Indeed, Hunter's nemesis, Sir Peter Myerscough, was a former Chief Constable of the Lothian and Borders Police Force.

When Police Scotland was created there was only onle Chief Constable for the whole country rather than the eight chief constables, one for each region.

Murder in the New Town is also the first book in which Hunter finds himself in a difficult position because the action begins close to home and in the stunning setting of the New Town of Edinburgh.

Visitors to Edinburgh are often surprised to find the buildings in this part of the city are over two hundred years old! But in a city which has been the capital of the country since the 15th Century and the Old Town of Edinburgh, some of which still stands, dates back to the 17th Century. The New Town was built with wide streets, and fine modern buildings away from the overcrowding, stench and disease of the Old Town.

Now graced by fine restaurants, interesting shops and expensive hotels, the New Town of Edinburgh was originally built as homes for the upper echelons of society who could afford to live there and move away from the more cramped quarters of the Old Town. These were large homes with kitchens in the basement, servants quartes on the attics and two floors in the middle where the family lived, entertained and slept. Now the buildings are often divded into apartments and it is in one such sub-divided property that Murder in the New Town commences.

The Blurb

Behind the elegant Georgian terraces of Edinburgh's New Town, a killer is hiding in plain sight . . .

Detective Hunter Wilson is dragged from his bed by a frantic call in the early hours of the morning.

A young woman has been found dead in a flat above a betting shop on Frederick Street.

By the time Hunter arrives, it’s clear this wasn’t a crime of passion. The victim has been beaten beyond recognition. The tips of her fingers are missing. The kitchen floor is soaked red with her blood. Someone wanted to make sure she could never be identified.

But that’s not what stops Hunter in his tracks. The flat is the home of his own son.

Murder in the New Town is the third book in the Detective Hunter Wilson series. I hope you will enjoy it.