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Inspector Faro Series

17 primary works • 20 total works
Inspector Jeremy Faro, a detective in Victorian Edinburgh, Scotland:

Book 1

Enter Second Murderer
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3.61 · 289 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 1988 · 14 editions
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    Book 2

    Blood Line
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    3.91     · 151 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1989 · 7 editions
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    Book 3

    Deadly Beloved
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    3.80     · 123 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1989 · 6 editions
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    Book 4

    Killing Cousins
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    3.98     · 117 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1992 · 8 editions
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    Book 5

    A Quiet Death
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    3.89     · 88 Ratings · published 1991 · 7 editions
    A suicide from the unfinished Tay Bridge throws up…

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    Book 6

    To Kill a Queen
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    4.05     · 92 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1992 · 6 editions
    Faro's long-awaited August holiday on Royal Deesid…

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    Book 7

    The Evil That Men Do
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    4.26     · 69 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1993 · 5 editions
    Faro is a happy man. His stepson Vince is to marry…

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    Book 8

    The Missing Duchess
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    3.98     · 86 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1994 · 5 editions
    In the sinister Wizard’s House near Edinburgh Cast…

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    Book 9

    The Bull Slayers
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    4.16     · 73 Ratings · published 1995 · 6 editions
    Mystery Large Print Edition Inspector Faro is trav…

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    Book 10

    Murder by Appointment
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    3.98     · 86 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1997 · 10 editions
    In an Edinburgh street, a woman rushes up to Faro …

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    Book 11

    The Coffin Lane Murders. Inspector Faro Mystery No.8
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    4.10     · 119 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1998 · 6 editions
    A trail of blood leads Inspector Faro through the …

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    Book 12

    The Final Enemy
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    4.24     · 58 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2003 · 7 editions
    1889. Faro’s plans to meet his companion Imogen Cr…

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    Book 13

    Death at Carasheen
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    4.12     · 40 Ratings · published 2004 · 6 editions
    Faro is looking forward to a restful visit at Imog…

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    Book 14

    Murder in Paradise
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    3.67     · 42 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2009 · 6 editions
    The young Inspector Faro stumbles on a plot involv…

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    Book 15

    The Seal King Murders
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    3.34     · 71 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2011 · 6 editions
    The year is 1861 and Inspector Faro's rest is disr…

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    Book 16

    Murders Most Foul
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    3.44     · 59 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2013 · 12 editions
    1861. When the body of an unknown woman is found i…

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    Book 17

    Akin to Murder
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    3.21     · 34 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 7 editions
    The year is 1864 and Detective Inspector Faro’s id…

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    Book 1-3 omnibus

    Inspector Faro's Casebook: the Edinburgh Mysteries
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    4.20     · 15 Ratings · published 1994 · 5 editions
    Contains the first 3 books in the Inspector Faro M…

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    Book 5-7 omnibus

    Inspector Faro's Casebook : The Second Omnibus
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    4.00     · 7 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1996 · 2 editions

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    Faro and the Royals
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    3.00     · 8 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2005 · 2 editions
    This trilogy, published in paperback for the first…

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