False Start
DS Siyal's first day. The worst first day.
A hard-hitting prequel to the DI Rob Marshall Scottish Borders crime series
DS Rakesh Siyal is an idealist. Frustrated as an Edinburgh human rights lawyer, he joins the police, determined to solve the problems he sees with the criminal justice system from the inside, rather than out.
His first day as a cop sees him sent down to Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, where he’s given a simple task – return a suspect to Glasgow to face justice.
But when the suspect escapes on Rakesh’s watch, can he track down a brutal murderer in countryside he’s never visited in his life? Will his first day on the job prove to be a false start?
False Start is a prequel to the DI Rob Marshall series, starring a haunted detective who masks his trauma with biting humour.
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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.
Sergeant Rakesh Siyal
Sergeant Rakesh Siyal consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
