Jim Bilsland
Jim Bilsland lives with his family in Aberdeen. He is a serving officer with the Grampian Police.
Books by Jim Bilsland
Strange Fruits Hanging
A compulsive police procedural from serving officer Jim Bilsland introducing DCI Mitch Collins. The son of a traveller, addicted to fruit. Custodian of a wardrobe of rainbow coloured ties that mask a terrier instinct.
The death of an armed American in North East Scotland is down to natural causes but Collins is uneasy writing off the case. His instinct is justified when a local is found floating face down and a sniper’s rifle is recovered in a trawl of the harbour basin. A labyrinth of associations unfurl, funnelling back to the opening onslaught of Desert Storm. One of the ex-comrades is heading for the US Senate, others are white supremacists skulking either side of the Atlantic. Who is the target for the assassin and what is the real motive in a viper’s nest of twist and turns? Collins is running out of time, hindered by the bureaucracy of the FBI and a renegade North Carolinian officer with a personal agenda ...
Bilsland not only brings an experienced eye for major crime investigation, he offers a refreshing slant on an underworld that doesn’t recognise or respect international boundaries. In Mitch Collins he’s uncovered a vibrant gem that will stand out among a marketplace of detectives carrying the world on their shoulders and a bottle in the glove compartment.
World Rights: Jenny Brown Associates