The darkness and the deep - Aline Templeton

If you're looking for a gripping new crime series, you'll love Aline Templeton. Featuring DI Marjory Fleming - 'Big Marge' - and set in Galloway. If you enjoy novels by Ann Cleeves, Faith Martin, Val McDermid and LJ Ross, try The Darkness and the Deep.

'The crime czar of the Scottish small town!' Val McDermid

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.

Reader reviews:

'I almost feel DI Marjory Fleming is part of my family'

'This has everything I ask of a book; well written with an absorbing plot, believable characters that give a real sense of a community. And all set in beautiful Scotland'

'Another great book in the Marjory Fleming series, highly recommended, they just get better'