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1715. Jonas Flynt, ex-soldier and reluctant member of the Company of Rogues, a shady intelligence group run by ruthless spymaster Nathaniel Charters, is ordered to recover a missing document. Its contents could prove devastating in the wrong hands. On her deathbed, the late Queen Anne may have promised the nation to her half-brother James, the Old Pretender, rather than the new king, George I. But the will has been lost. It may decide the fate of the nation.

London, 1716. Justice Geoffrey Dumont has been found dead at the base of St Paul’s cathedral, and a young male sex-worker, Sam Yates, has been taken into custody for the murder. Yates denies all charges, claiming he had received a message to meet the judge at the exact time of death. The young man is a friend of courtesan Belle St Clair, and she asks Flynt to investigate. As Sam endures the horrors of Newgate prison, they must do everything in their power to uncover the truth and save an innocent life, before the bodies begin to pile up.

In 1752, Seamus a'Ghlynne, James of the Glen, was executed for the murder of government man Colin Campbell. He was almost certainly innocent. When banners are placed at his gravesite claiming that his namesake, James Stewart, is innocent of murder, reporter Rebecca Connolly smells a story. The young Stewart has been in prison for 10 years for the brutal murder of his lover, lawyer and politician Murdo Maxwell. Rebecca soon discovers that Maxwell believed he was being followed prior to his murder and his phones were tapped.

When reporter Rebecca Connolly is told of Roddie Drummond's return to the island of Stoirm she senses a story. Fifteen years before he was charged with the murder of his lover, Mhairi. When he was found Not Proven, Roddie left the island. Now he has returned for his mother's funeral - and it will spark an explosion of violence. Rebecca joins forces with local photographer Chaz Wymark to dig into the secrets surrounding Mhairi's death, and her mysterious last words of Thunder Bay, where, according to local lore, the souls of the dead set off into the afterlife.

Christopher Templeton is a lawyer whose conscience troubles him. He knows many of the secrets of The Fellowship, the shadowy group profiting from the civil unrest in the nation, and has intimated to the Company of Rogues that he is willing to share them. The problem is, he has vanished. Jonas Flynt – thief, gambler, killer – still recovering from a duel with death upon the frozen Thames, is tasked with finding him. The trail takes him from the dark slums of London to a quiet village in the north of England, where all is not as it seems.

When the body of a man in 18th-century Highland dress is discovered on the site of the Battle of Culloden, Journalist Rebecca Connolly takes up the story for the Chronicle. Meanwhile, a film being made about the '45 Rebellion has enraged the right-wing group Spirit of the Gael, which is connected to a shadowy group called Black Dawn linked to death threats and fake anthrax deliveries to Downing Street and Holyrood. When a second body - this time in the Redcoat uniform of the government army - is found in Inverness, Rebecca finds herself drawn ever deeper into the mystery.

Something scared Nuala Flaherty to death. When her body is found in the centre of a pentagram on a lonely moor, Rebecca is determined to find out what. Was she killed by supernatural means, or is there a more down-to-earth explanation? Rebecca's investigation leads her to a mysterious cult and local drug dealings. But what she doesn't know is that crime matriarch Mo Burke still has her in her crosshairs. Mo wants payback for the death of her son, and after one failed attempt to hurt Rebecca, she is upping the ante. And this time, it could be lethal.

A memorial service witnessed in the historic Black Wood of Rannoch sets Rebecca Connolly on the trail of a baffling story. Fergus MacGregor told people he was going to Pitlochry for the day. He was never seen again. Five years later his deeply religious mother still holds a memorial in the place Fergus loved because of its connections to the outlawed MacGregor clan, the Children of the Mist. What happened that day in this last vestige of the great Caledonian forest? Does a family feud hold the key? Does an old recluse have the answers?

Seit zehn Jahren sitzt der junge James Stewart wegen des brutalen Mordes an seinem Geliebten, dem Anwalt und Politiker Murdo Maxwell, im Gefängnis – doch eine neue Aussage weckt Zweifel an seiner Schuld. Unterstützer, die von seiner Unschuld überzeugt sind, behängen bei einer Protestaktion die historische Grabstätte seines Namensvetters James Stewart of the Glen mit Bannern. Die Verurteilung des ehemaligen Clanführers durch die britischen Regierungstruppen gilt in den Highlands noch heute als großer Justizirrtum. Geschieht auch dem jungen James Stewart Unrecht?

Auf dem historischen Schlachtfeld von Culloden wird eine Leiche gefunden, in der Kluft eines Highlanders und von einem Schwert durchbohrt. Zur selben Zeit befindet sich die nahegelegene Stadt Inverness in Aufruhr: Die Bewohner protestieren gegen den Zuzug eines Sexualstraftäters. An vorderster Front stehen die Burkes, eine Familie mit zweifelhaftem Ruf, doch die Kontrolle über den wütenden Mob geht ihnen mehr und mehr an einen gefährlichen Rechtspopulisten verloren.

Eine aufstrebende Reporterin, ein ungeklärter Mordfall und eine schottische Insel voller Geheimnisse. Als die junge Journalistin Rebecca Connolly von Roddie Drummonds Rückkehr auf die Insel Stoirm erfährt, wittert sie eine Geschichte: Fünfzehn Jahre sind vergangen, seitdem Drummond wegen des Mordes an seiner Geliebten unter Anklage stand. Aufgrund mangelnder Beweise endete das Verfahren damals mit einem Freispruch. Roddie verließ die eingeschworene Inselgemeinschaft und verschwand. Nun kehrt er für die Beerdigung seiner Mutter zurück - und reißt damit alte Wunden wieder auf.

Da journalisten Rebecca Connolly modtager et tip om en nyhedshistorie på den skotske ø Stoirm, vækkes hendes nysgerrighed. Femten år tidligere blev øboen Roddie Drummond anklaget og siden frifundet for mordet på sin store kærlighed, Mhairi. Derefter forlod han øen i al hast. Nu vender han tilbage til Stoirm, og det puster liv i gammelt had og bitterhed. Sammen med fotografen Chaz begynder Rebecca at grave i fortiden. For hvad skete der den nat for femten år siden? Hvorfor har Rebeccas egen far altid skyet øen?

När kroppen av en man i höglandsklänning från 1700-talet upptäcks på platsen för slaget vid Culloden tar journalisten Rebecca Connolly upp historien i tidningen hon arbetar på. Samtidigt har en film om Jakobitupproren 1745 retat upp en högergrupp som har kopplingar till en annan grupp som misstänks stå bakom dödshot och falska mjältbrandsleveranser till både Holyrood Palace och Downing Street.

När reportern Rebecca Connolly får höra talas om Roddie Drummonds återkomst till ön Stoirm anar hon en story. Femton år tidigare misstänktes Roddie ha mördat sin älskade, Mhairi. Bevisen räckte inte för fällande dom, och Roddie försvann. Bara hans syster visste vart. När hans mamma nu ska begravas är han tillbaka – med en explosion av hat, bitterhet och våld som följd.