Carol Cole

Broschiertes Buch

Straw in the Wind

British detective fiction at its best

Beschreibung

A suspicious death, a missing girl, and very few leads... New Forest police are grasping at straws Whilst Detective Inspector Callum MacLean is settling into his new role in rural Hampshire, a young woman is found dead in the neighbourhood, her identity unknown. For a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone else, this seems very odd, but when a local child goes missing shortly afterwards, panic sets in. It's not the first such case for the Scottish inspector, yet the last one in Glasgow ended in tragedy. This is personal. And when Callum's team don't share his sense of urgency, he will have to put his foot down. It doesn't help that Sergeant Daisy Donaldson, with whom Callum had developed a rapport, has doubts about his theories. Like the weather, relations are becoming stormy. As the search gets underway to find the little girl, last seen feeding her ponies, all potential suspects have rock solid alibis. The only lead is a white van seen near the area in both cases. Yet Callum begins to fear they might not be the only ones looking for the missing girl. Will they find her before tragedy strikes again? STRAW IN THE WIND is the second standalone detective mystery by Carol Cole featuring DI Callum MacLean. Look out for the bestselling first book, MURDER IN THE NEW FOREST. Great for fans of Rachel McLean, J.R. Ellis and LJ Ross!

Autor

Carol was raised in a small village in the New Forest National Park in southern England. Following formal education and with an interest in forensics and police work, she applied to join Hampshire Constabulary. She was unsuccessful as she did not meet the minimum height requirement. Carol wrote short pieces for the farming press, and a series of articles for the RSPCA. Fiction followed, with the¿publication of short stories in magazines, both in the UK and Germany. The broadcast of a play by BBC Wiltshire Sounds and performances of other plays at literary festivals was followed by success in writing competitions. Carol has always liked puzzles and logic, and this is probably the reason she turned to the genre of crime when she began writing novels. Her first novel was long listed in the Plaza Prizes crime category. She is a member of the Crime Writers' Association. She lives in a rural community near the cathedral city of Salisbury with her husband and two rescued feral cats.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Book Folks
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781804623114
• ISBN-10: 1804623113
• Artikelnr.: 73355930