DI Marjory Fleming Series by Aline Templeton
DI Marjory Fleming #1
Cold in the Earth
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.
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DI Marjory Fleming #2
The Darkness and the Deep
Aline Templeton
The wreck of the Knockhaven lifeboat with the loss of all three of its
crew is a hard blow for the small Scottish town. But it's harder still
when DS Tam MacNee discovers that it isn't simply a tragic accident. Was
it just the act of vandals, bored in a fishing port stricken with
unemployment? Could it be linked to the drugs trade which has taken root
in the locality? Or is there someone who, in their determination to
kill one person, is callous enough to take two innocent lives? And if
so, who is the intended victim? As DI Marjory Fleming and her team
investigate multiple murders, with a whole community hungry for justice,
the pressure - professional and personal - is on.
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DI Marjory Fleming #3
Lying Dead
Aline Templeton
On a beautiful, eerily quiet May morning, a girl is found brutally
bludgeoned to death. When Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming arrives,
the silence of the scene is broken only by the ringing of the girl's
cell phone. The nearby community of Drumbreck is small and close-knit,
but the veneer of contented prosperity conceals nasty secrets and daily
betrayals. When another corpse is discovered, DI Fleming quickly
realizes she must watch her own back while she searches for the link
between the murders. As she uncovers layer upon layer of intrigue and
deceit, it becomes apparent that while the dead can't tell lies, the
living most certainly can.
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DI Marjory Fleming #4
Lamb to the Slaughter
Aline Templeton
A sunny evening, a tranquil garden and an old man brutally gunned down
on his doorstep. In the pretty and tranquil market town of Kirkluce a
proposed superstore development has divided the population in an
increasingly bitter war. The low-level aggression of bored youth that is
generally tolerated has become sinister. The bloodied carcass of a
sheep abandoned in the streets is more than just unpleasant vandalism
and teenage bikers, terrorising a woman to breaking point, are
impossible to control. When a second victim is killed in what seems a
random shooting, the fear in the town becomes tangible. DI Fleming will
not accept that the crimes are motiveless, but she struggles to make
sense of the two murders, when nothing makes sense any more and no one
will believe anything. Not even the truth.
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DI Marjory Fleming #5
Dead in the Water
Aline Templeton
The young victim
had been pregnant, her body washed up on the rocks. Twenty years on
the murder remains unsolved; her father is now dead, and her mother
refuses to talk about what went on all those years ago. Detective
Inspector Marjory Fleming is called in to reopen the case that her late
father, a policeman, was unable to put to rest. As Fleming digs deeper
it becomes clear that her father had struggled to keep secret some of
the shameful details around the young girl's death.Can she handle the truth she will unearth, not just about her father but about herself?
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DI Marjory Fleming #6
Cradle to Grave
Aline Templeton
Accused of murdering the baby in her care, seemingly cold and measured
nanny Lisa Stewart maintains her innocence. But when she changes her
name and tries to run away, the terrifying threats always find her. Is she an innocent victim of public anger? Or a calculating murderer on the run?
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DI Marjory Fleming #7
Evil for Evil
Aline Templeton
In a sea-cave on Lovatt Island, just off the west coast of Scotland, a
skeleton is found shackled to the rocks. Although the apparent victim of
a crime of unparalleled brutality, the skeleton seems to belong firmly
in the past. Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming, called in to
investigate, anticipates a straightforward case unhampered by the
pressures of time. But when a modern watch is discovered on the
skeleton's wrist, Fleming realises the crime may be far closer to home
than she initially assumed. Meanwhile, in the nearby village of
Innellan, mysterious events begin to occur. Matt Lovatt, eponymous owner
of the island, is at the centre of a series of escalating crimes -
could someone be targeting him? The villagers, members of a small and
introverted community, are little help - many seem damaged by their own
enigmatic pasts, and all are reluctant to speak out. Fleming, sensing a
pattern she cannot clearly make out, becomes increasingly desperate to
prevent more violence. Are the skeleton and the current spate of crimes
connected? If so, what evil act could have motivated such a deadly,
merciless design?
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DI Marjory Fleming #8
Bad Blood
Aline Templeton
Marnie Bruce has hyperthymesia; she can remember everything she has ever seen. Everything except from one fateful night when she was eleven; she woke up in an isolated cottage with a head injury and her mother gone.Twenty years later Marnie heads back to Scotland seeking answers to what happened, but in the small town of Galloway, her mother’s disappearance still burns in the air and Marnie’s return looks set to tear open old wounds for many of the locals.For DI Marjory Fleming the disappearance of Karen Bruce is a case she would prefer not to re-open but the ripple effect of Marnie’s return makes it clear this is one mystery that must be solved. As Fleming unravels the secrets of the past, she realises Marnie’s life is inextricably, terribly linked to a monstrous crime decades ago.Can Fleming fit the puzzle together before it’s too late? And will the truth be one Marnie wants to remember?Review'Loved it. She has become the crime czar of the Scottish small town!' Val McDermid 'Vivid characterisation, excellent description and a horribly looming sense of inevitability ... a riveting read' The Guardian 'Aline Templeton 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' The Scotsman About the AuthorALINE TEMPLETON lives in Edinburgh with her husband and their Dalmatian dog. She has been Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland and has been nominated for the Crime Writers' Association committee.
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