Cold in the Earth

Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with atmospherics * Literary Review on Last Act of All *
Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with atmospherics * Literary Review on Last Act of All *
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. * Margaret Yorke *
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. * Margaret Yorke *
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. * Scotsman *
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. * Margaret Yorke *
Aline Templeton anatomises a rural community, provides a contemporary gothic frisson and introduces a strong and sympathetic series character. The result is an unalloyed pleasure - an intelligent, character-driven crime novel. * Andrew Taylor *
A compelling read * Margaret Yorke *
An unalloyed pleasure - an intelligent, character-driven crime novel. * Andrew Taylor *
Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with atmospherics * Literary Review on LAST ACT OF ALL *
This astringent tale of psychological suspense set in a remote Welsh valley uses the landscape with an almost visionary splendour * The Times on NIGHT AND SILENCE *
Templeton crafts a nifty plot amid the dour and inward-looking denizens of a Fenland village * Scotsman on LAST ACT OF ALL *
Aline Templeton has a wondrously deft, unpretentiously beautiful style, full of good things * Hampstead & Highgate Express on THE TRUMPET *
A finely written and strongly characterised novel * Oxford Times on PAST PRAYING FOR *
This astringent tale of psychological suspense set in a remote Welsh valley uses the landscape with an almost visionary splendour * The Times on NIGHT AND SILENCE *
Aline Templeton has a wondrously deft, unpretentiously beautiful style, full of good things * Hampstead & Highgate Express on THE TRUMPET *
A thoroughly gripping read, taut, well-constructed, sound and erudite * Margaret Yorke on PAST PRAYING FOR *
Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with atmospherics * Literary Review on LAST ACT OF ALL *
Templeton crafts a nifty plot amid the dour and inward-looking denizens of a Fenland village * Scotsman on LAST ACT OF ALL *