J K Rowling, Ian Rankine and Peter Ritchie all in one sentence

Peter Ritchie,  former Police Officer in Midlothian and now linked to the greats in Scottish modern crime writing.   Peter started writes crime thrillers on his retirement and after having his first four books published online. He has now been signed up by Black and White, an Edinburgh publishing house who have revamped his first four books and will launch the first one, now titled "Cause of Death" at 6.30 pm on Monday 18th September in Waterson's book store, 128 Princes Street, Edinburgh.    Hopefully many of his friends and colleagues will be able to attend and make it a memorable event.  Next three books will follow over three months and then he will start work on books five and six,  next thing we know will be a TV appearance.