Stuart S. Laing

Born and raised on the east coast of Scotland in the ancient Pictish Kingdom of Fife Stuart grew up looking across the Firth of Forth towards the spires and turrets of the city of Edinburgh and its castle atop its volcanic eyrie.

He has always been fascinated by the history of Auld Reekie and has spend most of his life studying Scottish history in all its aspects whenever he finds the time between family, work and the thousand and one other things that seek to distract him.

Despite the vast panorama of Scotland's history he always find himself being drawn back to the cobbled streets of the Old Town. Those streets have provided the inspiration for his stories and characters.

He would urge all visitors to Scotland's ancient capital to (briefly) venture into one of the narrow closes running down from the Royal Mile to get a flavour of how alive with mischief, mayhem, love and laughter these streets once were.

Word Count of books and order of series.

A Pound of Flesh - 130,000

The Death of Innocence (a short story) 6000 words

A Capital Crime - 140,000

The Children in The Shadows - 102,000

Major Weir's Dark Legacy - 115,000

The Last Dance - 114,000

Masking The truth - 110,000

Jezebel's Chains - 104,000

The Tinker's Daughter - 132,000

The Mistress of Bedlam - 104,000

The Devil's Assembly - 110,000

The Spirit of Christmas (novella) - 30,000

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