Detective Watters Books
Dundee, Scotland, 1862. After the mill of businessman Matthew Beaumont burns to the ground, Detective Sergeant George Watters is sent to investigate. Soon, George discovers that this is not the first property that has been targeted. When a man is found dead in the hold of a trade ship, George discovers a shocking connection between Beaumont and foreign powers threatening the very country. George tries to get to the bottom of the mystery, but clues are few and far between. What connects the enigmatic Beaumont to the murder and strange events taking place in the Dundee shipyard?
From hunting pickpockets in London omnibuses and ghosts in Hesse Square, Sergeant Watters and Detective Silver are led into the notorious Wild Geese public house, and a tangled mystery that involves the murder of a guardsman and the vivacious wife of an Austrian diplomat. With the help of the Irish woman Rowena, Watters trawls through the back streets of London, encounters female prize-fighters and suave cracksmen, and finds himself in the savage world of espionage. But can he unravel the mysterious words: ‘There is a storm from the east and the west’? NOTE: This is the pocket book edition of The Atlantic Street Murder, convenient to both read and carry.
Dundee, 1860s. Sergeant George Watters and his team investigate the murder of a local banker, found dead on the 13th tee of a local golf course. Illicit prizefighters, merchants and prostitutes all seem to be somehow connected to the murder, and even the toughest of Dundee are refusing to talk. In a case that stretches him to his limit, Watters' enquiries take him from the lowest brothels to some of the elite of Dundee society. But can he crack the case before more lives are lost? Set in Victorian era Scotland, Murdered On The 13th is the third book in Malcolm Archibald's Detective Watters mystery series. This is the large print edition of Murdered On The 13th, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
When Sergeant George Watters is assigned to a scuttling case, he thinks he can solve it in a few days. Instead, he discovers a connection to a string of burglaries of high-value shops and hotels across Dundee. Things take a turn for the worse when one of Watters' informants tells him that someone from the police force is involved in the burglaries. Soon, George realizes that the mystery runs deeper than he expected. Can Watters solve the case and bring the burglars, and their accomplices, to justice? Set in Scotland’s fourth-largest city in the 1860s, The Scuttlers is the fourth book in Malcolm Archibald’s Detective Watters Mysteries series.
In the fifth novel in Malcolm Archibald's series of 19th century detective novels, Sergeant Watters finds himself overwhelmed with three simultaneous cases. With a case of poisoning, a series of child kidnappings and somebody with a seeming dislike to clocks and watches, Watters and his team are stretched thin. Things become even more complicated when a circus comes to Dundee, and Watters has to help raid an illegal gambling den. Fortunately, Dr. Beaton is there to help. But who is the mysterious man who crosses his path in Dundee, and why would anyone wish to kidnap boys from impoverished backgrounds? Find out in 'Not A Pukka Gentleman', a riveting historical mystery set in 19th century Dundee, Scotland.
In Sergeant George Watters' next case, the Dundee policeman finds himself dealing with local susceptibilities and international intrigue. Already involved in closing down a spate of illegal drinking dens in Lochee and Dundee, Watters is ordered to solve a murder and theft of a carriage from an influential Lochee merchant. His investigations take him to a family of tinkers and a group of Russian dissidents, as well as back to an incident that occurred in the Crimean War. Together with his partner, Detective Scuddamore, can Watters tie up all the ends in this confusing case? A riveting historical mystery, 'A Carriage For Lochee' is the sixth novel in Malcolm Archibald's series of detective novels set in 19th century Dundee, Scotland.
Now an inspector, George Watters finds himself in the middle of another puzzling case. It is 1870 in Dundee, and Watters is ordered to solve a railway robbery. After Lord Balmuir’s factor is found unconscious and robbed of His Lordship’s rent money, Watters begins a search for two mysterious gentlemen who seem to be linked to the case. His life is further complicated by a gruesome murder of a near recluse in Broughty Ferry. Not used to delegating responsibility, Watters has to alternate between ordering his men into dangerous situations and investigating the duet of complicated cases. Can Watters prove himself worthy of his new rank and solve the Broughty Ferry murder?