Female private detective sleuth, possibly based in Edinburgh or somewhere with canals, owned a very large dog. Read around 2010.

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This was a series of adult fiction books I read in approximately 2010. I borrowed them from the library in Sydney. The main character is female. she is like a private detective that solves mysteries and crime. she had a large dog, who may have had the name Job. the dog was so large his head was out the top of her small car. she lived in a rented place. it was timber panelled inside like a ship. the older man who owned her place lived next door. he would invite her over for dinner and to talk about her cases. i remember the stories were set somewhere like Edinburgh. one of the book's titles was something like 'the black door' or 'the red door'. i remember she walked along canals. in one of the books she tracked down members of her long lost family. she started a relationship with her sister's boyfriend. Her car was destroyed more than once. I think her home burnt down too.