Gus Dury Books in Order

Former journalist Gus Dury drifts through Edinburgh bars while resisting the end of his marriage. Investigating the torture and death of a friend's son gives him a new purpose, but leads toward trafficking and political corruption rather than a simple answer.

Gus Dury investigates the killing of a gangland dog owner and enters the violent world of illegal dogfighting. Missing money and efforts by police and legal figures to conceal their connections turn his search into a confrontation with Edinburgh's entrenched interests.

Recovering from a hit-and-run and drinking again, Gus Dury accepts a lucrative inquiry into a student's ritualistic hanging. Working undercover at Edinburgh University, he finds echoes of an earlier death and becomes a target as more students fall victim.

Gus Dury has stopped drinking and promised his estranged wife an end to dangerous unofficial investigations. His brother's murder threatens that fragile recovery, forcing him to choose between the stability he has regained and pursuing the person responsible.

Gus Dury thinks a missing-employee inquiry will provide an easy fee as he rebuilds his writing career and sobriety. When the man he finds is tortured to death, rival drug gangs and corrupt police pull him into another destructive investigation.