There's a fine line between fact and fiction... Following the publication of his latest crime novel, Barclay Curle receives a letter from a woman accusing him of writing about the murders she has committed. Is it just the wild ramblings of a crazed fan, or could there really be a violent murderess out there? The discovery of a body killed by the favoured method of Curle's fictional killer seems to suggest there may be some truth to the letter... But for Detective Inspector Jim Meldrum, Curle seems the obvious suspect. Faced with a second murder and a darkening cloud of suspicion, Curle decides the time has come to take action. After all, he asks himself, who has more experience of solving murder mysteries than a crime novelist?

After witnessing the mysterious Brond push a child off Kelvingrove Bridge, student Robert is drawn into Brond's plan to trap a dangerous IRA killer. "Brond" is a high-octane page-turner, full of political intrigue, a tale of evil and exploitation in the nightmarish landscape of a Glasgow where nothing is as it seems. Lindsay's writing is formidable and at its most thrilling and most unpredictable here. "Brond" was adapted into a memorable three-part series for Channel 4, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, and starring John Hannah and Stratford Johns.

When factory owner Bernard Morton fires him from his first job, Harry Glass protests by impulsively going off with Morton's car and the intriguing Mrs Morton. Shocked out of the life she has been living, Mrs Morton forms a bond with Harry as they are pursued from one city to another by the Morton brothers. Bernard wants his wife back; Norman is more concerned with the contents of a briefcase left in the car boot. When Harry and Mrs Morton are given shelter in a remote house in the Highlands, it seems they have found refuge. But by the time the Morton brothers find them they have been caught up in a world of sexual perversity and fantasy. "My Life as a Man" begins with a nation in the grip of anti-war fever, and ends with an old man's discovery that life can still surprise him.

Jack the Ripper.One of the most notorious serial killers of all time.And one who has been copied many times. But in the Scottish town of Moirhill, a killer is stalking a different prey. Men are now the targets and not women. The dates of the murders parallel those of Jack the Ripper’s murders, and as the days move towards that of his final crime, Detective Murray Wilson races to catch the killer before it is too late.But as he is sucked into a world of politics, sex and murder Wilson starts to realise the murderer might be closer to home than he suspected.And it is not just 'Jack The Ripper's' past that is about to catch up with him. Frederic Lindsay's book is a gripping crime thriller that uses the Ripper murders to create a chilling and unnerving study of the nature of evil.'Ripped' is perfect for readers of Patricia Cornwell and Ian Rankin. Frederic Lindsay was one of the most widely praised crime authors of the last two decades. 'Intelligent, entertaining, gripping and well-written.' - Ian Rankin, Scotland on Sunday. 'Lindsay can chill your soul' - Sarah Dunant, The Listener.'Lindsay has used a genre often concerned with entertainment only to write a write a profoundly serious novel, as Chandler and Ross Macdonald did in California half a century ago.' - Alan Massie, The Scotsman.'An intriguing and intelligent thriller' - Sunday Telegraph. Frederic Lindsay was a novelist living in Edinburgh. His books include 'When The Stranger Came' and the Inspector Jim Meldrum series. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.