Instrument of Justice

Minor gang member Sean Brady turns Queen’s evidence against his former boss McLintock, one of Glasgow’s most wanted villains.
The prosecution is handled by the Procurator Fiscal himself, Ian Rattray. But on the morning the supergrass is to give evidence the convoy taking him to court is held up by members of McLintock’s gang. Brady foils him former accomplices and gets away before they can kill him. Twenty-four hours later the Procurator Fiscal is found in his office, Murdered. Nearby lies the corpse of a security man. Newly promoted Detective Chief Superintendent Ellen Gordon – from whom Taggart must now take orders – wants all members of McLintock’s gang pulled in for questioning, but Taggart has his doubts about their presumed guilt...

Forbidden Fruit

Joan Mathieson arrives in Glasgow to be present at the birth of her daughter Cathy’s first child. A difficult woman, Joan react badly on learning that the baby has been conceived by donor insemination.
Her sudden death triggers an investigation, which brings into focus the activities of a fertility clinic.
Taggart and Jardine are confronted with one of their most bizarre cases.