Rosa Underwood - investigative journalist at The Sentinel - Scotland's leading national newspaper. 

She was born in Inverness but raised in Leith by her father, Douglas, a principled local councillor known for his integrity and quiet dedication to public service. 

Educated in good schools and a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Rosa carries herself with calm assurance and a deep-rooted sense of justice. Though her childhood was marked by her mother Vivienne’s abrupt departure—a scandal Rosa rarely discusses—her father’s legacy continues to shape her identity.

She lives above The Copper Fox, a pub on Rose Street, and prefers to walk everywhere—not to save money, but because it’s the best way to understand the streets she’s reporting on.

When a routine investigation into Edinburgh’s business waste contracts leads to a trail of corruption, cover-ups, and murder, journalist Rosa Underwood finds herself at war with a criminal empire hiding behind recycling bins and charity shops. 

With her team missing and the city turning silent, Rosa must uncover the truth before she becomes the next thing they try to bury.

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Edinburgh. A city built on stone, power, and secrets.

Rosa Underwood is a junior journalist at The Sentinel, stuck writing fluff—until a routine assignment leads her into the heart of a conspiracy. A shadowy drug trial. Psychological manipulation. And a political party on the verge of engineering control over the Scottish vote.

As Rosa follows the trail—from the newsroom to Holyrood, from labs to hidden estates—she uncovers a dangerous operation that’s already claiming lives. With help from a tech-savvy colleague, a retired detective, and her father’s old-school instincts, she risks everything to expose the truth.

But the people behind the Whisper Project don’t lose quietly.

The Whisper State is the first case in the Rosa Underwood Dossier—a gritty, atmospheric political thriller set in the dark heart of modern Scotland.

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Book Three in a Rosa Underwood Dossier

Rosa Underwood doesn’t chase ghosts. Not unless they show up in a whisky bar, drop a cryptic warning about dead turbines, then vanish into the night.

Now she’s heading north—into a half-forgotten village where the wind farms don’t turn and the locals don’t talk. The deeper she digs, the messier it gets: blackmail, insider deals, offshore shell games and a body count that’s rising with the subsidies.

The politicians call it progress. The corporations call it green.
But someone’s getting rich while Scotland’s being sold off, one wind turbine at a time.

The stakes? Billions. The cost? Personal.

And Rosa? She’s running out of friends.

THE SILENT WIND… Coming Soon.
The wind is still. The silence is not. And someone is always watching.

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Book four in a Rosa Underwood Dossier

A year on and Rosa has changed. .

THE CIVIC CLOUD… Coming Soon.

In a world where every click is a confession, truth has become the most dangerous currency of all.