Inspector Faro Books in Order

Inspector Faro reopens the gruesome convent murders after doubts arise about the man already executed for the crime. To prove whether a second murderer exists, he must question every assumption in the old case.

Before a royal visit to Scotland, an unidentified body appears below Edinburgh Castle. Jewelled cameos and an old mystery linked to Mary, Queen of Scots lead Inspector Faro toward politically dangerous answers.

Inspector Faro searches for Mabel Keller, the missing wife of Edinburgh's police surgeon. When her bloodstained cloak is found at a remote railway station, the inquiry becomes a hunt for a body and a killer.

While visiting the island where his mother lives, Inspector Faro learns that a family friend has been poisoned with arsenic. A wall of silence leaves him fearing that one of his own relatives is involved.

A suicide at the unfinished Tay Bridge opens a deeply personal Inspector Faro investigation. The case draws in his stepson Vince Laurie, poet William McGonagall, and a troubling sequence of sinister events.

Inspector Faro's August holiday on Royal Deeside is interrupted when Queen Victoria calls on him for help. A murder involving her favourite spaniels leads him into a case with royal pressure and private danger.

Inspector Faro investigates a Victorian murder in which respectable lives hide cruel impulses. The case tests his ability to separate public reputation from private wrongdoing before another victim pays the price.

A corpse discovered after an Edinburgh Castle banquet leads Faro to a far larger mystery. Queen Victoria's goddaughter, the Grand Duchess Amelie, has vanished, and Faro fears the cases are connected.

Inspector Faro confronts a violent and isolated family whose hunting traditions make them especially dangerous. Cut off from easy help, he becomes a target as he investigates a crime surrounded by silence.

Inspector Faro enters a case where an arranged meeting has deadly consequences. As he follows a trail through Victorian society, private motives and carefully managed appearances make every witness suspect.

A young woman is found stabbed in snowy Coffin Lane, but her route makes no sense. When another killing follows, Inspector Faro must stop a feared serial murderer before Edinburgh panics.

In 1889, Faro is ordered to escort Prince George of Luxoria from Scotland to his troubled homeland. With assassins in pursuit, even the Orient Express cannot guarantee safety, and Faro guards a dangerous secret.

Inspector Faro investigates a murder case shadowed by religious tension, private loyalties, and dangerous secrets. As the trail reaches Carasheen, the detective finds that a close-knit community is hiding more than one truth.

This collection brings together three Inspector Faro mysteries involving royal connections and high social stakes. Faro faces murder, missing identities, and dangerous secrets in Victorian Scotland and beyond.

In 1860, young Constable Faro pursues a notorious Scottish criminal from the Borders into Kent. A burglary, a missing maid, and a suspicious rural community turn his first major case into a dangerous hunt.

Inspector Faro returns to Orkney hoping for rest, but an old friend's special assignment interrupts his visit. Island folklore, a missing girl, and suspicion directed at Faro himself turn the journey into a nightmare.

In 1861 Edinburgh, a murdered woman is found with the nine of diamonds beneath her body. Young Detective Constable Faro suspects a pattern when another victim carries the same card, despite official disbelief.

In 1864, Inspector Faro's settled life is shattered when convicted murderer John McLaw escapes. Conflicting sightings and fresh crimes suggest that the pursuit is far more complicated, and personal, than Faro expected.

In 1907, newly retired Inspector Faro expects a peaceful stay at a Yorkshire dower house built on a Roman site. Instead, a troubled household and an unexpected death draw him back into investigation.