Police Scotland Edinburgh Crime Thrillers Books in Order

In the affluent town of Garleton, disabled schoolgirl Mandy Gibson is found dead and suspicion falls on a local tearaway teenager. Cullen’s search for the truth leads into a secretive religious group and a community determined to close ranks rather than confront what really happened.

New DC Scott Cullen is handed a missing-persons case that should be simple: a divorced mother who has not come home. When Caroline Adamson’s mutilated body is found and another woman disappears, Cullen realises he is facing a serial killer who hunts victims through a popular social network.

A seemingly straightforward case in Edinburgh’s suburbs drags Cullen into a tight-knit community where loyalty counts for more than the truth. As he follows a trail through small businesses, local politics and long-standing grudges, he discovers just how far some people will go to protect their own.

At Dunpender Distillery near Dalkeith, a special cask is opened for the centenary and a mangled body tumbles out with the whisky. DC Scott Cullen must link the corpse to two workers who vanished twenty years earlier, unpicking family feuds and buried business rivalries to expose a killer.

When a decomposed body is discovered beneath Edinburgh’s Old Town, a screwdriver through the heart, Scott Cullen is plunged into a case that leads through the city’s music scene. Old grudges, failed bands and unsettled scores soon point toward a killer who has waited years to strike.

A Christmas Eve murder and a New Year killing leave Cullen chasing suspects through frozen streets and debt-ridden lives. What begins as a jealous lover’s crime grows into a web of gambling, organised crime and desperate people willing to risk everything for one last chance.

A bloodied corpse is found under Edinburgh’s Dean Bridge, handcuffed and apparently fallen from height. Newly promoted DS Scott Cullen is drawn into the city’s lucrative financial sector, uncovering fraud, ruthless rivalries and powerful people with every reason to keep police far from their books.

Responding to a domestic call, PC Craig Hunter hears sixteen-year-old Stephanie Ferguson accuse her stepfather of abuse. Before a full statement can be taken she vanishes from hospital, and Hunter, working with DS Chantal Jain, races to find her before family secrets turn lethal.

DC Craig Hunter of the Sexual Offences Unit is tracking Sean Tulloch, a charming soldier who moves in with women before violently controlling them. When Tulloch’s partner is attacked and he disappears, Hunter and DS Chantal Jain must chase him across borders and past the limits of official co-operation.

Sidelined to a long-term investigation, DS Scott Cullen finally sees a chance to bring down Edinburgh ganglord Dean Vardy. When a masked vigilante starts delivering their own rough justice, Cullen must hold a fragile case together while wondering whether one of his own has crossed the line.

Acting DI Scott Cullen is sent to Glasgow when a body is found in an industrial bin, drenched in bleach and dressed only in an adult nappy. Working on Bain’s old patch and under intense media pressure, Cullen must untangle a pattern of similar attacks before the killer strikes again.

A violent crime on the fringes of Edinburgh drags Cullen and Bain into a tangle of organised gangs, hidden histories and long-nursed grudges. As the body count rises, Cullen struggles to keep control of his team and his volatile former boss while closing in on a ruthless killer.

A reckless decision leaves Brian Bain stranded across the Atlantic recording a true-crime podcast just as Edinburgh is plunged into crisis. Acting DI Scott Cullen must manage a city on edge and confront old ghosts while realising Bain may still be pulling strings from afar.

When a man is found dead in an Edinburgh supermarket, Cullen’s team peel back layers of corporate secrecy, staff grudges and an earlier scandal the company is desperate to forget. As Bain pursues his own angles, Cullen has to solve the case without letting internal rivalries derail the truth.

Acting DC Scott Cullen and DC Craig Hunter set out to find a witness who has skipped a court appearance and instead stumble over two homeless women dead from an apparent overdose. As they pull at loose threads, they uncover a criminal network and a rival team of detectives with their own agenda.

In the aftermath of earlier investigations, Cullen and Bain are pushed together once more when a fresh Edinburgh case exposes the unfinished business between them. Old enemies, new victims and shifting loyalties force both men to decide how far they will go to get results.

A new Police Scotland investigation pulls Scott Cullen and Craig Hunter into a case that begins with a single unexplained death and widens into something far larger. As lines of loyalty and command fray, both men must decide whom they can trust inside and outside the force.