Illustrates the devastating impact of crime on the lives of ordinary people. This work features crimes ranging from fraud and house break-in to domestic abuse, rape and murder, and includes stories that focus on the victims of crime rather than the perpetrators and the investigators.

'..the face that stared at him through the glass was his mum's, but it didn't look like her. Stephen's mouth dropped open and real fear grabbed his stomach. His mum's face was chalk white, her mouth twisted in pain. Behind her was a dark shadow. Stephen dropped the bones. ' A six year-old boy has vanished, his mother and grandmother horrifically murdered. At the scene forensic scientist Rhona ...

A young woman - a prostitute - has been brutally slain and left across a grave in Glasgow's sprawling cemetery, the Necropolis. Rhona Macleod, called in to carry out forensic investigations, has no doubt that the depraved killer's motives were sexual.When the removal of the girl's corpse from the city of the dead reveals another woman recently buried underneath, the case takes on a disturbing new

Meet Rhona Macleod - a sexy new rival for old Rebus. (The Scotsman)

The gripping new forensic thriller from Lin Anderson, author of DARK FLIGHT.

Lin Anderson's books are like 'CSI: Glasgow', combining forensic investigation with a breakneck pace.

Dr Rhona travels north to investigate a grisly discovery - a severed foot, caught in a fishing net off the Isle of Skye. Where is the rest of the body, and who is the dead man? What links him to a sinister secret society in America? Rhona's investigations embroil her in an international conspiracy from which she will be lucky to escape unharmed.

2005 is The Year of Wallace. It is the 700th anniversary of his execution and the 10th anniversary of Braveheart, which re-established the historical epic and paved the way for movies like Gladiator. The film also pushed the story of William Wallace and his struggle to defend Scotland's freedom from relative obscurity to a global audience.

This is the third novel in the crime series featuring Dr Rhona MacLeod, Glasgow-based forensic detective. 'Deadly Code' sees MacLeod drawn north to investigate the grisly discovery of a foot floating serenely in the waters off the Isle of Skye. But where is the rest of the body?

A hen night in Glasgow leaves the bride-to-be dead on a toilet floor. Her body is twisted, her face a mask of terror. Dr Rhona MacLeod and her team are called in to find out. As they go through the evidence, they find themselves in a world where sex is bought and sold, and more violent death is lying in wait.