Inspector's Daughter

By Alanna Knight

Book Overview

In a desperate attempt to recover from the loss of her husband and her baby son, Rose McQuinn has returned home to Edinburgh from the American Wild West. It seems that everything has moved on in her absence, including her beloved stepbrother who has found favor at court and moved to London. But Rose has little time to ponder her loneliness before she unwittingly steps into the shoes of her father, the legendary Detective Inspector Faro, by agreeing to investigate the strange behavior of Matthew Bolton, husband to Rose's childhood friend Alice.

Alice is convinced Matthew is having an affair but Rose suspects he may have been involved in something much more sinister - the brutal and still unsolved murder of a servant girl.

If Rose continues her investigations surely she will break Alice's heart. But she is her father's daughter, and she cannot resist the urge to discover the truth. From her isolated home at the foot of Arthur's Seat and aided by a wild deerhound who has befriended her, Rose starts to piece things together, until she gets too near the truth and puts her own life in danger.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749082038
• ISBN13: 9780749082031
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Allison and Busby
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

1890s Scotland

Rose McQuinn, daughter of famed Inspector Faro, has recently returned home to Edinburgh from the American West after the death of her baby son and disappearance and possible death of her husband. Her tragedies are somewhat lessened when she agrees to investigate the odd behavior of the husband of her childhood friend. Her American sojourn and understanding of the Sioux Indians assist her investigation when a murder occurs in a circus, and the Indians featured in the "Wild West Show" are accused of the deed. Against local customs and to the alarm of her friends, Rose chooses to live by herself in an isolated home at the foot of Arthur's Seat and, horror of horrors, purchase a bicycle as her means of transportation. Alanna Knight provides evocative descriptions of the Arthur's Seat area, and works an interesting relationship between humans and local animals into the plot. She also covers late 19th century concerns about the influenza epidemics, nervousness about the suffragettes, Rosa's first train ride across the new Forth Railway Bridge, and the attendance of Queen Victoria at the circus on her way to Balmoral.