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Discover the books written by Crime Time Inc.'s hosts, drawing on decades of experience in criminal investigation, undercover policing and some of Scotland's most compelling cases.
Simon joined the police in 1978, serving in Campbeltown and on the Isle of Bute before moving to Glasgow, where he spent his career in Strathclyde CID, including the murder squad and years of undercover work. He now publishes through his own imprint, Tartan Tales Media.
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Crime fiction · 2026
Simon's first novel, set where his police career began. In 1981 a young man vanishes in Campbeltown and the case is closed far too quickly. Thirty years on, retired detective Eddie Weir returns to the west coast and discovers that what happened was no mistake, but a decision. Organised crime, loyalty and fear, reaching across Scotland and Ireland.
Memoir · 2023
Simon's frank, darkly funny account of his decades in Scottish policing, from early postings in Campbeltown and Bute to CID and undercover work in Glasgow. An unvarnished look at how decisions really get made inside the system, and the book that changed his thinking on drug policy.
Hear Simon on the podcast: Undercover Cop →Coming next: Scarecrow: The Past Doesn't Forgive, due spring 2027.
Tom joined the City of Edinburgh Police in 1968 and served for 37 years, much of it in CID, retiring as Deputy Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police. He was one of the original detectives on the World's End murders inquiry and has written for The Scotsman.
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True crime · 2026
Tom's newest book gathers espionage, scandal and murder from Scotland's past: from a hapless band of German spies landed in Scotland during the Second World War to the story of the country's greatest policeman and its most notorious brothel keeper.
History · 2025
A raid-by-raid account of the fifteen German air attacks on Edinburgh and Leith during the Second World War, built from original reports, newly discovered photographs and the memories of survivors. All net proceeds go to the Edinburgh, Lothian and Borders Police Historical Society.
True crime · 2024
In October 1977, Helen Scott and Christine Eadie left the World's End pub in Edinburgh and never came home. Tom was one of the original investigators. This new account follows the near forty-year pursuit of justice, from card indexes to DNA, and Angus Sinclair's conviction in 2014.
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True crime · 2020
In 1935 the dismembered remains of Isabella Ruxton and Mary Rogerson were found in a ravine near Moffat. Drawing on previously unseen documents, Tom shows how Scottish forensic scientists pioneered new techniques to identify the victims and convict Dr Buck Ruxton. With a foreword by Val McDermid; shortlisted for the Saltire Society Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021.
On the Crime Time Inc. podcast, Simon and Tom revisit real investigations from Scotland, Britain and the United States, told by the law enforcement officers who were involved.
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