The Innocent and the Dead

<p><strong>One woman found dead. Another kidnapped. Two cases. Two books. One overworked Scottish detective.</strong></p><p></p><p>When the body of an attractive young woman is found in woodland on Edinburgh's iconic Calton Hill DI Jack Knox quickly establishes that she had worked as a prostitute.</p><p></p><p>For this reason getting people who knew her to come forward will prove difficult. Knox will have to cut through their lies establish a motive and collar the killer.</p><p></p><p>This is the detective's dilemma in LABYRINTH the included prequel to this new series of mysteries set in Scotland's capital.</p><p></p><p>In THE INNOCENT AND THE DEAD the second book in the series DI Jack Knox is called in to investigate a high-profile case.</p><p></p><p>A local distiller's daughter has gone missing and when he receives a ransom note his fears that it is a kidnapping are confirmed.</p><p></p><p>Knox decides to take a serious risk to capture the abductors but the stakes could not be higher.</p><p></p><p>The father is wealthy and well-connected. If Knox's gamble goes wrong he'll have hell to pay.</p><p></p><p>DI Jack Knox is a likeable detective. He likes the odd dram hankers after his family who are based in Australia and has a relationship with a colleague he tries to keep under wraps.</p><p></p><p>THE INNOCENT AND THE DEAD is the first in a series of seven murder mysteries by Robert McNeill.</p><p></p><p>The full list is as follows:</p><p></p><p>1. THE INNOCENT AND THE DEAD</p><p>2. MURDER AT FLOOD TIDE</p><p>3. DEAD OF NIGHT</p><p>4. NOUGHTS AND CROSSES</p><p>5. A VIEW TO MURDER</p><p>6. CONFESSION TO MURDER</p><p>7. DON'T CRY DARLING</p><p></p><p>These books will appeal to anyone who likes gripping fast-paced easy to read police procedurals in an exciting setting.</p>