Father and son detectives Bill and Tommy Ross work for the Travis County police cold case unit in Austin, Texas. In 2005 in the backyard of a vacant home in Austin, a woman was found lying on a recliner by the pool. She was spectacularly beautiful. Her brilliant white cotton dress reflected the setting sun and large designer sunglasses and a floppy hat protected her face from the damaging rays. Her arm hung lazily over the side of the recliner and her hand touched a glass of wine that rested on the terracotta tile. It was like a picture from a magazine, but she was dead. It is now 2014 and the murder was never solved. Bill Ross is a retired Scottish police detective now living in Austin. He spent many years with the London Metropolitan Police Major Crimes Division (The Met) and he is now volunteering with the Travis County police cold case unit. His son Tommy, a former Marine, works for the unit as a detective and it was he who was instrumental in getting his father the job. In reviewing the cold case files Bill comes across the case of the woman found by the pool in 2005. He finds to his amazement that it was his son Tommy who had discovered the body when he was out on patrol as a rookie officer just out of police training. Bill Ross’s nickname in the Met had been “Sniffer” based on his almost uncanny ability to smell out inconsistencies in major crime investigations. After reading the file Bill suspects that many clues may have been missed in the original investigation. He reports his findings to the Travis County police chief Bill Dunwoody and the case is reopened. 30-year veteran detective Jack Johnson is asked to lead the new investigating team with Bill, Tommy and Detective Marie Mason who was a member of the original investigating team in 2005. Experience the emotional roller coaster as the team investigates the case. Be there when they think that they may have found the missing link only for it to end up as a dead end. Feel the tension when the pieces finally begin to come together and they realize that they may be on the path of a sadistic serial killer. Feel the excitement of the chase when the net begins to close around the killer. Will they be able to bring him to justice before he kills again? Writing this book has been an incredibly rewarding experience. I retired recently from a 30-year career in the computer software industry and rather than go out to pasture, I decide to write. I guess I have been a storyteller all my life but never had the opportunity until now to sit down and create a novel.   I was born in Scotland and I have a soft spot for Scottish writers. I have read all of the books by Ian Rankin and his character Rebus. This style of writing was christened some years ago as "Tartan Noir" and I am trying to capture some of that style in my Detective Bill Ross Crime Series .   There are actually three main characters in my book series. Bill Ross who is a retired Scottish detective now living in Austin Texas. Bill worked in the Major Crimes division of the London Metropolitan police cold case unit, before immigrating to the USA in the 80's. Tommy Ross is Bill's son and is a former US Marine now working as a detective in the Travis County police department. The third principle character is Marie Mason who is also a detective in Travis County.   These three characters form the core cold case team in the book series. In book one, The End of Summer , they are on the hunt of a killer who staged a young woman's body in the backyard of an upscale Austin lakefront home.   I live in Austin and I write about the city in particular Travis County. People in the Travis County Sheriff's Office have been incredibly helpful to me in keeping my stories real and that the fiction is not too stretched to make it implausible.   I have written the second book in the series What's Left is Right and it will be published in time for Christmas. A man's body is found on the shore of Lake Travis in a remote part of Travis County. It is been terribly mutilated and beside it is a burning cross. The scene suggests that this may have been a lynching, but Bill Ross is not convinced and suspects that a false trail may be being laid. It is 2005. In the backyard of a vacant home in Austin, Texas a woman is lying on a recliner by the pool. She is spectacularly beautiful. Her brilliant white cotton dress reflects the setting sun and large designer sunglasses and a floppy hat protects her face from the damaging rays. Her arm hangs lazily over the side of the recliner her hand touching a glass of wine that rests on the terracotta tile. It is like a picture from a magazine. She is dead. It is now 2014 and the murder was never solved. Retired Scottish police detective Bill Ross is volunteering with the Travis County police and he is asked to assist in the investigation when the case is reopened. Who was she? Why did she die? Why was she "staged" in the backyard of this home? Evidence begins to suggest