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Cold in the Earth
The first book in the critically acclaimed DI Marjory Fleming series.
‘An unalloyed pleasure – an intelligent, character-driven crime novel’ Andrew Taylor
Death is in the air. Death is on the ground. Death is everywhere for the people of Galloway.
As a catastrophic virus devastates the Scottish countryside, killing cattle and destroying lives, a body is discovered in a dug-up field. Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming finds herself at the stormy heart of a troubled, trapped community.
Thousands of miles away in New York, Laura resolves to unearth the dark secrets of her past. Determined to find the truth about her older sister’s disappearance fifteen years ago.
A dead body, a missing girl, and a mysterious family’s dangerous obsession with bull running provide a sinister backdrop to DI Fleming’s first murder investigation. And as the cold shadow of death looms ever larger over this quiet corner of rural Britain, one thing becomes clear: it won’t be her last.
‘An unalloyed pleasure – an intelligent, character-driven crime novel’ Andrew Taylor
Death is in the air. Death is on the ground. Death is everywhere for the people of Galloway.
As a catastrophic virus devastates the Scottish countryside, killing cattle and destroying lives, a body is discovered in a dug-up field. Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming finds herself at the stormy heart of a troubled, trapped community.
Thousands of miles away in New York, Laura resolves to unearth the dark secrets of her past. Determined to find the truth about her older sister’s disappearance fifteen years ago.
A dead body, a missing girl, and a mysterious family’s dangerous obsession with bull running provide a sinister backdrop to DI Fleming’s first murder investigation. And as the cold shadow of death looms ever larger over this quiet corner of rural Britain, one thing becomes clear: it won’t be her last.
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Reviews
Aline Templeton has been producing quietly intelligent, carefully plotted thrillers for years. Templeton creates a tight, convincing band of characters and has the ability to spin her story beyond immediate events to paint a picture of a small rural community in crisis. She is good at managing her plot and revealing details slowly. She has demonstrated that, just when we thought Scotland was saturated with detectives, a strong woman can elbow her way in and find a unique niche.
A compelling read
An unalloyed pleasure - an intelligent, character-driven crime novel.
Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with atmospherics
This astringent tale of psychological suspense set in a remote Welsh valley uses the landscape with an almost visionary splendour
Templeton crafts a nifty plot amid the dour and inward-looking denizens of a Fenland village
Aline Templeton has a wondrously deft, unpretentiously beautiful style, full of good things
A finely written and strongly characterised novel
This astringent tale of psychological suspense set in a remote Welsh valley uses the landscape with an almost visionary splendour
Aline Templeton has a wondrously deft, unpretentiously beautiful style, full of good things
A thoroughly gripping read, taut, well-constructed, sound and erudite
Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with atmospherics
Templeton crafts a nifty plot amid the dour and inward-looking denizens of a Fenland village
Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with atmospherics
Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming, a resolute Scot, is Aline Templeton's new detective for whom a series is planned. A long-hidden body is discovered in an area isolated during a foot-and-mouth epidemic.The remote rural Scottish background, a blizzard, a feuding farming family with secrets - all these combine to make this novel a compelling read.
