Aline Templeton Books

In this thrilling sixth installment of the DI Kelso Strang series, readers are drawn into a complex investigation that challenges the detective's skills and resolve. As Strang navigates a web of deceit and danger, he uncovers hidden motives and dark secrets that threaten to unravel his world. The narrative is packed with suspense, intricate plotting, and character development, making it a gripping read for fans of crime fiction. Expect unexpected twists that keep you guessing until the very end.

Atmospheric and suspenseful classic crime introducing a strong new protagonist to delight readers of Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson.

DCI Kelso Strang is led to believe that something very odd is going on around the prosperous fishing port of Tarleton on Scotland's south-east coast. Firstly, a young Detective Inspector is traumatised after witnessing a doctor throwing herself off a cliff, and accusations of extortion have riven the local community. And when the ugly death of a young farmer sets off a murder investigation, Strang finds himself caught in a spider's web of criminality. He is entirely unprepared when he is struck by the worst tragedy of his career, even though it has also brought him into contact with a young advocate's assistant called Catriona, daughter of DI Marjory Fleming.

In a sea-cave on Lovatt Island, just off the west coast of Scotland, a skeleton is found shackled to the rocks. Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming, called in to investigate, anticipates a straightforward case belonging firmly in the past. But when a modern watch is discovered on the skeleton's wrist, it seems the crime may be far closer to home.

Memory lapses are causing Gabrielle to question her sanity but knowing the other major shareholder of her father's business is looking for any excuse to squeeze her out, she can't trust anyone. When a man's body is found, DCI Kelso Strang is drafted in to investigate. Will he be able to put this case to rest before more lives are destroyed?

As a virus devastates the Scottish countryside, killing cattle and destroying lives, Detective Marjory Fleming finds herself at the heart of a troubled, trapped commuity in Galloway. Infected animals are burnt, and farmland is used as burial ground, then human remains are dug up near the small marked town of Kirkluce. In New York City, Laura resolves to discover the truth behind her older sister's disappearnce fifteen years ago, she returns to Galloway, where suspicion, fear and menace thrive.

If you like Inspector Wexford, you'll love DI Marjory Fleming . . . Brilliant classic crime thriller for fans of Ruth Rendell and Peter James.

Atmospheric and suspenseful classic crime introducing a strong new protagonist to delight readers of Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson.

Marnie Bruce has hyperthymesia; she can remember everything she has ever seen. Everything except from one fateful night when she was eleven; she woke up in an isolated cottage with a head injury and her mother gone. Twenty years later Marnie is seeking answers, but her return looks set to tear open old wounds for many of the locals.

On cold, clear, moonlit night in late October, DCI Kelso Strang stepped outside the bothy on Suilven and heard, faint but unmistakable, the howl of a wolf. An unsettling sound - but it isn't the only unsettling thing about the remote township of Inverbeg in Sutherland, where he's taking a break with an old army friend.