Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beyond Cutting | 2013 | Vicki V. Clifford | Buy |
| 2 | Finding Tess | 2014 | Vicki V. Clifford | Buy |
| 3 | Digging Up the Dead | 2015 | Vicki V. Clifford | Buy |
| 4 | Deception is the Old Black | 2017 | Vicki V. Clifford | Buy |
| 5 | Who is She? | 2018 | Vicki V. Clifford | Buy |
| 6 | Wounded Knights | 2019 | Vicki V. Clifford | Buy |
| 7 | At Sea | 2021 | Vicki V. Clifford | Buy |
The Viv Fraser series begins with Beyond Cutting (2013) and follows an Edinburgh investigator through seven books. Each novel presents a new case while developing Viv as a character. The series covers titles from Finding Tess (2014) and Digging Up the Dead (2015) through to At Sea (2021).
Clifford uses Edinburgh and its surroundings as a backdrop for the mysteries, giving the series a sense of place that grounds the detective work in a specific city and culture. The books work well both as individual mysteries and as a continuing character study.