Set in in the late 1800s in Edinburgh, this seems a well-written enough story, with a moderately likeable detective. But...but.The deceiving wife murdered by her husband (and considered almost excusably so by the detective). The scheming girl murdered by the unknown. The saintly dead wife (rap...
A trail of blood leads Inspector Faro through the snow to the body of a maid sent out to post a letter. Had she a secret lover, was she the victim of a crime of passion? Or does another murder two days later indicate a serial killer at large and a reign of terror to be unleashed in Victorian Edin...
Faro is a happy man. His stepson Vince is to marry into Edinburgh’s high society. At a sumptuous family party disaster strikes. His future father-in-law is poisoned and Faro’s detective skills reveal that the murderer has to be a family member. As further investigations reveal sinister and terrib...