Light Scottish mysteries set in the kitchens, bars, and back corridors of struggling hotels.

David Ray goes where permanent staff won't stay. Ageing hotels. Seasonal resorts. Coastal towns holding on by habit more than hope.

Hired to steady failing kitchens and difficult teams, David arrives as an outsider every time. Long enough to notice what everyone else has stopped seeing, never long enough to belong.

Behind the dining rooms and harbour views: small thefts, old grudges, financial pressure, and secrets nobody meant to keep for this long. David doesn't go looking for crime. He goes looking for answers to ordinary operational questions, the answers just have a habit of leading somewhere unexpected.

The David Ray Mysteries are grounded Scottish novellas rooted in the hospitality industry: stories of isolation, pressure, and the people trapped inside systems under strain.

Part travelogue, part mystery, part portrait of modern Scottish hospitality.