A dead Santa Claus in a garden centre grotto. Underground fighting in the dark corners of the Highlands. Can Macleod and McGrath discover who is dispatching the strongmen of the ring in such a festive fashion? With Hope McGrath struggling to regain her confidence after a disfiguring injury, Macleod must encourage his protegee as they seek to discover the link between Grotto strangulations and an underground fighting promotion. But as the snow starts to fall and Yuletide celebrations turn sour, Macleod must look beyond the lights and fanciful characters to find the real murderer in their midst. Ho-Ho-Ho! This time, Santa better watch out!

A routine call to muster on a North Sea oil rig. One man short and a body found hanging in the canteen. High above the raging sea, can Macleod and McGrath uncover the underbelly of fear to reveal a brutal killer? Six months into production and the death of a well-liked colleague rips apart the community on Scotland's newest oil rig. But beneath the camaraderie and sense of loss, broods a sense of fear and control. As a killer extends their sights to multiple targets, can Macleod stop the murders before the shift completes its final day. When the sea becomes your cage there's nowhere left to hide!

Cryptic clues beyond the newspaper crossword. Old cases that were pushed aside for all the wrong reasons. Will Macleod and McGrath prevail as the Avenging Angel seeks out larger conspiracies? Angry at the escape of the serial killers they pursued across Scotland, DCI Macleod and DI McGrath are assigned to the deaths of prominent business leaders at a conference. When evidence points to the return of the black clad group, the pair must go on a nationwide man-hunt before they strike again at the heart of the financial sector. Sometimes, we must all take the blame.

An elite ski resort suffers a power failure threatening the safety of its guests. As the residents run supplies between the stricken lodges, a body is found butchered in the snow. Can the Contessa and Tiff discover who likes to truly carve up on the ice? A fortnight of indulgence turns into two weeks of survival as an avalanche and stormy conditions cut off the exclusive Monte Rosa resort. But as the cold sets in with the power lines down, the Contessa finds out there are more deadly things on the slopes than snow and ice. Frostbite is the second murder mystery involving the formidable and sometimes downright rude lady of leisure and her straight talking niece. Bonded by blood, and thrown together by fate, join this pair of thrill seekers as they realise there's no such thing as pure snow. Watch your back when they only ski on the red slopes!

Foreign royalty found dead on an island estate. A fractious gathering provides a plethora of suspects. Can Macleod and McGrath sort the treasure from the driftwood to reveal who truly gains the most from the duke’s death? DI Seoras Macleod is ordered away from his recovering partner Jane, to investigate the suspicious death of a foreign duke at the estate of his mother. Found naked and deceased in a small loch near the family’s holiday estate, the duke is not short of enemies at the milestone gathering of his remaining parent’s birthday. Amidst bluster and genuine loathing, Macleod, and his faithful Sergeant McGrath, must hunt down a killer who seems ready to destroy an entire lineage. Blood runs thicker than water, every drop!

A chalice for the innocents' blood. A demon seeking to bring bedlam to the city. Kyle Mulgrew Trimble must find a way to send this evil back to hell. "The Demon's Chalice" is the second story in G R Jordan's gritty Dark Wen series focusing on the trials of Detective Trimble and his feisty partner Kyla Corstain. If you love hard-edged cops, dark mysteries and pacey occult action, then you'll love these tales of a policeman working on the horrific side of life. The demon's got a cup to fill with blood. The innocent die to fuel evil's vengeance. Trimble's scrambling for answers before hell takes over his city. Drink the blood to slay your enemies!

An airport coach blown apart. A full passenger load gives a vast list of suspects. With mounting media pressure to name a killer, can Macleod dig deep into a gang war to find a deadly hitman? When an airport bus is blown apart on the main road out of Inverness, DI Macleod finds a press backlash when they name their own suspect. With the undercurrent of an ongoing drug war upping the ante, Macleod must rely on his Sergeant Hope McGrath to infiltrate the organisations and help bring the real killer to the light. Don't miss your stop on the way to boomtown!

Television personalities suddenly disappear. A confluence of agents in the North of Scotland. Can Kirsten Stewart make the connection and prevent an on-air execution. When Scottish celebrities begin to disappear, the police enlist the help of the Service to find the guilty parties. But Kirsten and her team are stretched as a flood of foreign agents seem to be massing in the Scottish Highlands. Can the team make the connection and stop a broadcast that will leave every citizen numb to their core? Sometimes there is such a thing as bad publicity!

A friend's daughter goes missing when reporting for a local paper. A town on the up but with a history steeped in blood. Can Kirsten break the steely cocoon of silence and find the girl before she is another tragic story? Dealing with the desperate change in their circumstances, Craig receives a plea from an old friend to find his missing daughter. Being in no shape to assist, Kirsten takes his place and finds herself in a cold wilderness that lacks a warm welcome. When she digs too deep into the past, a desperate town seals itself off, leaving Kirsten trapped within. Some stories are just too personal for the public to hear!

A disturbed grave and a switched corpse. A new TV show and a quest for the truth. Can Macleod and McGrath bring an increasingly popular vigilante to justice before mob rule takes over? When the first episodes of a new programme coincide with the discovery of corpse switching, Macleod believes the gaudy production is merely fuelling high jinks from a disaffected community. But when the presenter becomes a spokesperson for the lack of justice, the Inspector finds his casebook increases with previously thought innocent suspects. Can the team discover the connection between the weekly show and the spate of new killings before a growing clamour for justice becomes the prelude to kangaroo courts? Make way for the public's arbiter of justice!