My debut novel is due to be published in Febuary 2024. Details here.

Book One tells the story of a West Lothian detective, once a DI but demoted back to DS, Malkie McCulloch, who is recovering from PTSD following the death of his mother in a house fire. The cause of the fire was proven to be accidental, but Malkie carries an insidious certainty that he, somehow, bears some responsibility for the fire and her death. Following enforced leave, his comeback case looks like an accidental hit-and-run, but Malkie’s instincts tell him prime suspect Walter Callahan, an ex-Squaddie, is innocent. Despite pressure from all sides, he cannot accept the overwhelming evidence. With support from long-suffering (and long-suffered) DC, Steph Lang, he sets out to vindicate Callahan and, he hopes, redeem some small scrap of self-belief for himself.

In Book Two (due out in May 2024), Malkie & Steph will hunt for a seventy-three year old woman attacked in her home and now missing. Trouble is, all the evidence indicates that the old woman turned the tables and killed her attacker in a bloody and brutal fashion. Has she been kidnapped by an accomplice, or is she on the run? And is Malkie’s determination to save her from her attackers or from herself, evidence of an obsessive fear of letting down another grey-haired old lady?

In Book Three (due out in August 2024), Malkie & Steph will investigate escalating arson attacks on the homes of firefighters, following a fatal accident during a callout. Malkie assures his superiors he’s fit to investigate house fires after the manner of his mother’s death, but can he bring himself to enter multiple fire-gutted homes, without triggering a relapse in his own fragile recovery?