Saskia's Soldier

'Saskia's Soldier' is the first novel in the 'Jock Mackinlay' series. It contains two stories (or episodes).Episode 1 ('Saskia's Soldier') is a mystery thriller with a twist set in Holland. It follows Jock Mackinlay - a traumatised and alcoholic ex-army veteran of the Falklands War - as he travels to The Hague to hunt down the secretive killers of his estranged son. It's the redemptive tale of a damaged Scottish soldier's struggle to confront his demons as he discovers it's never too late to find the courage to change and make things right.Episode 2 ('Vessels of Liberty') is a pacy thriller set in Edinburgh and Perthshire. Jock has dried out and is now leading a settled life. But his world is turned upside down when he investigates the suicide of an old comrade. He is soon ensnared in a duplicitous web of intrigue when some of the most powerful men in Scotland take lethal steps to prevent him from revealing their diabolic secret.Part 2 of the 'Jock Mackinlay' series - 'Parcel of Rogues' - is now available.