York, 1907. Newly retired Inspector Faro is delighted at the prospect of staying in the Dower House, situated on a Roman villa once home to Emperor Severus. But he arrives to find his wife Imogen distraught and desperately searching for her missing Irish cousin, who seems to have vanished without a trace...

In a desperate attempt to recover from the loss of her husband and her baby son, Rose McQuinn has returned home to Edinburgh from the American Wild West. It seems that everything has moved on in her absence, including her beloved stepbrother who has found favour at court and moved to London. But Rose has little time to ponder - her loneliness before she unwittingly steps into the shoes of her father, the legendary Detective Inspector Faro; by agreeing to investigate the strange behaviour of Matthew Bolton, husband to Rose's childhood friend Alice. Alice is convinced Matthew is having an affair but Rose suspects he may have been involved in something much more sinister - the brutal and still unsolved murder of a servant girl. If Rose continues her investigations surely she will break Alice's heart. But she is her father's daughter, and she cannot resist the urge to discover the truth. From her isolated home at the foot of Arthur's Seat and aided by a wild deerhound who has befriended her, Rose starts to piece things together, until she gets too near the truth and puts her own life in danger.

Jeremy Faro's plans of traveling across Germany with his writer companion Imogen Crowe are shattered when the life of the heir apparent of Luxoria is threatened. The boy is at a boarding school in Scotland and Faro is delegated by Royal Command to restore him to his troubled kingdom. The journey is hazardous, danger abounds, and a secret about the boy's birth could destroy them all.

1906. For Rose McQuinn, the invitation to holiday at a luxury hotel on the isle of Bute is an unexpected delight until she discovers the real reason is to investigate a twenty-year-old non-proven murder case. With close links to a local family of ancient origin whose castle holds many dark secrets, Rose's involvement in this challenge unleashes a web of intrigue and sinister happenings, something she realises too late when someone decides she is close enough to the truth not to leave the island alive.

This trilogy, published in paperback for the first time, features Inspector Faro in three of his most intriguing and dangerous cases as the royal family call on their favourite detective for help. THE BULL SLAYERS: As Prince of Wales, Bertie's reputation and, more importantly, his life are in danger during a social scandal. An almost fatal shooting party also introduces Faro to the writer Imogen Crowe, destined to play an important role in his life. THE MISSING DUCHESS: An investigation into the mysterious and sinister disappearance of the Queen's god-daughter Grand Duchess Amelie during a royal visit to Scotland, is fraught with intrigue and deadly peril. THE FINAL ENEMY: At Her Majesty's command, Faro escorts twelve-year-old Prince George, heir to the kingdom of Luxoria and a pupil at public school in Scotland, on a journey across Europe on the Orient Express - but Faro has a secret that may cost them both their lives. **

'Alanna Knight could hardly be better' Ian RankinWhen Tam Eildor arrives unexpectedly on a remote Scottish island in the year 1587 after his time machine develops a fault, he quickly finds himself embroiled in the lives of the colourful locals. Many are trying to escape the tyranny of the power-hungry Earl Robert Stewart as, having imprisoned the beautiful Princess Marie for many years, he now plans to force her into a distasteful marriage with his eldest son, Patrick, to further his own ambitions.Aided by a motley crew including a stowaway, a pirate and one of the earl's own sons, Eildor attempts a daring rescue of the princess. Together they will travel the oceans in search of Spanish gold, lost loves and new futures.

Constable Faro is heading home to Orkney, pursuing a private investigation into the mysterious drowning of an ex-colleague’s relative, champion swimmer Dave Claydon. Was this an accident or does Claydon’s death have a sinister connection with missing artefacts recovered from the Armada galleon sunk off Spanish CoveAt Scarthbreck Faro’s mother is determined to find him a wife, and this Lammastide the legend of the seal king’s annual claim of a human bride becomes reality. Faro’s holiday and his original secret mission turn into a nightmare. With himself as the crime suspect in a girl’s disappearance, he is in deadly danger, his life threatened by circumstances beyond his control.Review'If Robert Louis Stevenson had written whodunits Faro is just the detective he'd have invented' --Sunday Post About the AuthorALANNA KNIGHT was born and educated in Tyneside, and now lives in Edinburgh. Since the publication of her first book in 1969, Alanna Knight has written more than forty novels (including eleven in the successful Inspector Faro series), four works of non-fiction, numerous short stories and two plays. She is a founding member of the Scottish Association of Writers and Convener of the Scottish Chapter of the Crime Writers' Association and gives talks through the Writers' Register of the Scottish Book Trust.

Another Case for Inspector Jeremy Faro, Edinburgh's Victorian Detective The frantic arrival of PC Dean at Inspector Faro's door one winter morning brings news of the first killing in Coffin Lane. Accompanied by his step-son Vince and Vince's partner at the surgery, Dr Conan Pursley, Faro rushes to a horrific scene. For a trail of blood through the snow leads to the body of a young woman, a knife wound in her chest. Molly Blaith had been on her way to post a letter for her employer Miss Errington. Or had she? For such a journey should not have taken her down Coffin Lane. Did she have an assignation? Was she the victim of a crime of passion? Or was her death just the beginning of a reign of terror that will hold Edinburgh in its grip? For only two days later Faro is woken by another hammering at his door. PC Dean has come to report the second murder in Coffin Lane. Alanna Knight is a novelist, playwright and biographer whose writings were; first published in 1969. She is the author of more than 30 novels, as well as non-fiction works on Robert Louis Stevenson. Alanna Knight is a member of the Crime Writer's Association and of the Society of Authors in Scotland.

When the circus arrives in Edinburgh, Rose McQuinn is delighted. However, the much anticipated festivities are overshadowed by a curious set of crimes, involving the murder of a clerk during a bank robbery and, within hours of each other, the identical suicides of two young women. Are these deaths as straightforward as the police claim or could they all be linked to one killer?The evidence leads her from suspect to suspect but Rose still cannot prove conclusively who the real culprit is. She confides in her new-found friend – young, rich and beautiful Elma Rice – but when there is a murderous attack on Elma’s husband, Rose must discover what vital clue she has overlooked before she becomes the killer’s next victim.

It is 1906 and the Faro family gather in Orkney after the untimely death of Faro's son-in-law Erland Yesnaby. As they rally round the grieving widow Emily, their attention is caught by strange activity aboard the royal yacht anchored nearby instead of the main harbour. When a passenger's body is washed ashore, neither Faro nor his daughter Rose McQuinn can resist the mystery unravelling on the island coastline.As they delve deeper into the case, Lammastide breathes sinister life into the ancient selkie legend with unexplained accidents and brutal attacks on two young men. When shocking truths are uncovered about loyal and trusted servants, Faro and Rose quickly realise the lives of more than one member of their family might be in danger – and time is running out for them.

1861. When the body of an unknown woman is found in an Edinburgh close, Detective Constable Faro assumes the killing is a random act of violence – until he finds a playing card, the nine of diamonds, underneath her corpse. His superiors scoff at his suspicions of a serial killer, but days later a man is attacked in the street, and left badly bruised and battered with the nine of diamonds in his pocket. Faro believes there's a connection.He must contend with other problems, though, if he is to solve the case. Detective Sergeant Gosse does his best to frame suspect after suspect, but remains constantly irritated by his detective constable. And although Faro's sweetheart Lizzie loves him deeply, he is not sure if he feels the same way. And what of Inga St Ola, Faro's first and only true love from his native Orkney?Amongst all this, a servant at Lizzie's place of work goes missing. Could her disappearance be linked to the playing-card killer? Beset by hostile superiors...