Ardoch Dunsinan

Ardoch Dunsinan is an ex-police detective who first met Findo Gask when they were both rookie cops in the police academy.

When Findo Gask meets him again, in the diner run by David, Dunsinan is described a a blocky Goblin now run to seed with the blotchy complexion of one who drinks too much, but is still able to afford a well-cut suit and an crisp shirt.

One of the cast of characters from the Findo Gask series of hard-boiled fantasy detective novels by Trevor Hopkins.

The series currently comprises nine books, all in various stages of completion:

• Findo Gask - Goblin Detective: a revised and updated draft is available for download or to read online.
• Findo Gask - Backstreet Magics: four chapters are now ready for review.
• Findo Gask - Underworld Investigations: a work in progress.
• Findo Gask - Graveyard Flatfoot: just a placeholder at present.
• Findo Gask - Gumshoe Glamours: a complete first draft is available for download or to read online.
• Findo Gask - Dragon Sleuth: eight chapters are now ready for review.
• Findo Gask - Moonlight Shamus: just a placeholder at present.
• Findo Gask - Deadly Enchantment: a draft of ten chapters is now available for review.
• Findo Gask - Sherlock Eclipse: just a placeholder at present.

Most of the characters in the novels are based on place names in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland, many of them close to the tiny village of Findo Gask.

Ardoch is a civil parish in Perth and Kinross in Scotland. It has a population of 1,082.

Ardoch is the site of one of the Roman forts along the Gask ridge.

Dunsinane Hill (more correctly spelled Dunsinnan) is near the village of Collace in Perthshire, Scotland. It is mentioned in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.