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Guilt Trip

DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers #5 / 5
by Ed James
Guilt Trip (DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers #5) by Ed James
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Two cops with a secret. Only one is a killer.Over a year as a Detective Inspector during the worst time in living memory, Vicky Dodds is finally getting some balance into her life. A happy family and an engagement.

But when Vicky is called out to a Dundee flat, she finds a dead body, his skull smashed in by a hammer. As she investigates, Vicky is given assistance by someone from a recent case, DS Luke Shepherd of Edinburgh’s Major Investigation Team.

AKA DCI Luke Shepherd of Professional Standards & Ethics, Police Scotland’s internal affairs unit.

She knows Shepherd is investigating someone in Dundee, but Vicky doesn’t know who. After all, she took matters into her own hands in a recent case and the shadow of her actions still haunts her. As Vicky and Shepherd follow leads across Scotland, will she face justice for what she did?

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ThrillerMysteryCrime FictionSuspense Thriller
Release date: July 1, 2022

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Ed James

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.

Photo: Bob McDevitt

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.

Blood and Guts (DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers #1)
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Tooth and Claw (DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers #2)
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Flesh and Blood (DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers #3)
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Skin and Bone (DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers #4)
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Guilt Trip (DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers #5)
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