FICKLE FORTUNES

This was a very interesting read and I highly enjoyed it. I think other readers will also. Put it on your tbr list!

Traude Ailinger is an author completely new to me but now that I have found out how good she is I will be looking for her other books.
I personally think this is more of a police procedural than a 'cozy' (as others have described it) but it certainly benefits from the presence of Amy Thornton, the reporter from the Forth Write Magazine.
There's a gritty realism to a plot that includes secrets and lies, jealousy, arson and murder.
Edinburgh is a setting often favoured by crime writers and Detective Inspector Russell McCord is a typically gruff no-nonsense detective who has a softer side his colleagues rarely glimpse. Audrey Hepburn is a welcome guest character who manages to ruffle everyone's feathers.
A great read for all crime fiction aficionados.

Fickle Fortunes is the sixth book in this Scottish mystery series. This is a well written police procedural with interesting well drawn characters, lots of suspects, multiple red herrings, and a little romantic tension between DI McCord and journalist Amy Thornton. DI McCord and his team investigate the fatal fall of a local woman. Was it an accident or was she pushed? I enjoyed this book and was surprised by who the killer turned out to be. I look forward to reading the next book in this charming series.