Edinburgh 1745. Deep beneath the rain soaked and wind scoured streets of the city a foul crime committed in the dark of night leaves two men dead in a dank cellar. A bankrupt young nobleman with an addiction to the vices of gambling and loose women stands accused of the horrific double murder and all the evidence seems to point towards his guilt. In desperation his lawyer turns to the one man in Edinburgh who can save him from the hangman's noose. Robert Young of Newbiggin. He is a young man who has earned the reputation amongst the city's legal fraternity for being the one person who can...

Edinburgh January 1746 the streets of Edinburgh are no longer safe to walk as a maniac stalks young women and the homeless. His victims come from all levels of society but the city council want things hushed up through fear that they may lose their own privileged positions it is down to Robert Young and his wife Euphemia to ensure that justice is delivered. Meanwhile for Sergeant MacIan ghosts from his past return as flesh and blood and he is forced to face a decision made in haste now means life will never be the same again. from the filth and squalor of the the city's back lanes to the...

Edinburgh 1746 Robert Young and Captain Charles Travers once again join forces to investigate a vicious attack on a young actress. Despite being convinced of the guilt of the four young men responsible, wealth and family connections means that their trial is a mockery of justice. While they believe themselves to be untouchable, and can treat the poor with utter contempt and immunity, it soon becomes clear that Death is no respecter of wealth or rank. Robert and Charles now have to find a killer before he can strike again, even though they know the victims are far from innocent.

"Who can judge who is truly mad, when even the doctors are insane?" Edinburgh August 1746 Behind the high walls of Edinburgh's Bethlem Hospital, the mad, the bad and the dangerous are kept safely locked away from the public gaze, unless, of course, the public are prepared to pay for the thrill of viewing these unfortunate, insane souls in the human menagerie they call Bedlam. For some though, these tours are not thrilling enough, and for a select few there is the possibility to visit long after the public have departed. These men have the opportunity to become intimately acquainted with the...