Flesh and Blood
A dead body in a golf bunker. A serial killer back from the past. A daughter learning about her father.
When a body turns up in a golf course bunker, covered in blood and sand, DS Vicky Dodds must switch her usual Dundee patch to search her home town of Carnoustie for a murderer.
But when a second, connected body turns up, Vicky must confront the one who got away from someone close to her — the serial killer her cop father lost his mind hunting down back in the 90s.
As Vicky is torn between her job and her family life, other figures come out of the distant past. But can she stop this killer before he strikes again?
From the acclaimed Scottish Crime author of the DI Fenchurch series, Flesh & Blood is an unyielding police procedural that fearlessly examines whether the past should remain dead and buried.
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Ed James
Ed James is a Scottish author who writes crime fiction novels across multiple series and in multiple locations.
The books in his various series are intertwined. The author combined the Cull, Bain, and Hunter series into the Police Scotland series. Refer to the Reading Order item in the Join the Discussion section for the author’s suggested reading order.
Formerly an IT project manager, Ed filled his weekly commute to London by writing on planes, trains and automobiles. He now writes full-time and lives in the Scottish Borders with a menagerie of rescued animals.
DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers
DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers consists of five books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

