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  Alanna Knight has written more than sixty novels, three non-fiction titles on R.L. Stevenson, two true crime books, numerous short stories and several plays since the publication of her first book in 1969. Born and educated in Tyneside, she now lives in Edinburgh. She is a member of the Scottish chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association, and a founder member and Honorary President of the Scottish Association of Writers and of the Edinburgh Writers’ Club.

  www.alannaknight.com

  By Alanna Knight

  THE ROSE MCQUINN SERIES

  The Inspector’s Daughter

  Dangerous Pursuits

  An Orkney Murder

  Ghost Walk

  Destroying Angel

  Quest for a Killer

  Deadly Legacy

  THE INSPECTOR FARO SERIES

  Murder in Paradise

  The Seal King Murders

  Murders Most Foul

  THE TAM EILDOR SERIES

  The Gowrie Conspiracy

  The Stuart Sapphire

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  First published in Great Britain by Allison & Busby in 2003.

  This ebook edition published by Allison & Busby in 2013.

  Copyright © 2003 by ALANNA KNIGHT

  The moral right of the author is hereby asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

  All characters and events in this publication other than those clearly in the public domain are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  ISBN 978–0–7490–1442–1