Cold in the Earth
by Aline Templeton
As a catastrophic virus devastates the Scottish
countryside, killing cattle and destroying lives, Detective Inspector
Marjory Fleming finds herself at the stormy heart of a troubled, trapped
community. Pyres are built, infected animals are burnt, and farmland is
dug up as burial ground. But the all-pervasive stench of death develops
a horrifying, unfamiliar edge when human remains are dug up near the
small market town of Kirkluce. Thousands of miles away in New York City,
a woman called Laura resolves to unearth the dark secrets of her past.
Determined to discover the truth behind her older sister's disappearance
fifteen years ago, her journey takes her back to Galloway, to a world
of suspicion, fear and menace. 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.
countryside, killing cattle and destroying lives, Detective Inspector
Marjory Fleming finds herself at the stormy heart of a troubled, trapped
community. Pyres are built, infected animals are burnt, and farmland is
dug up as burial ground. But the all-pervasive stench of death develops
a horrifying, unfamiliar edge when human remains are dug up near the
small market town of Kirkluce. Thousands of miles away in New York City,
a woman called Laura resolves to unearth the dark secrets of her past.
Determined to discover the truth behind her older sister's disappearance
fifteen years ago, her journey takes her back to Galloway, to a world
of suspicion, fear and menace. 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.