A Scottish detective investigates a suspicious death with ties to a wind farm in this mystery by the author of Blood in the Water.
When the body of a retired sheriff is discovered in his grand house in the New Town of Edinburgh, Detective Sergeant Alice Rice finds herself hunting his killer. The search leads her to an unfamiliar world where wind-farm developers with millions of pounds at stake and protesters face each other with daggers drawn. Just as Alice thinks an answer is beginning to emerge, the sheriff's lover is killed in an apparent hit-and-run accident.
An unlikely coincidence or, as the search widens, is Alice now investigating a double murder?
Praise for Blood in the Water
“With this highly readable debut novel, Gillian Galbraith establishes what one hopes will be a long-running presence. This is a vivid and exciting story, set against the background of Edinburgh’s legal and medical circles. There is not a dull page from start to finish.” —Alexander McCall Smith
“Chilling realism.” —Edinburgh Evening News (UK)</DESC>
murder mystery;police procedural;detective novel;women sleuths;female sleuth;woman detective;female detective;traditional mystery;international crime novel;international mystery;world literature;scottish literature;21st century;scottish mystery;scottish crime novel;tartan noir;activists;developers;greedy developers;corruption;scotland;great britain;united kingdom
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery
FICTION / World Literature / Scotland / 21st Century
9781910690970
Christopher Shores and Giovanni Massimello