- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (9 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340838590
- ISBN-13: 978-0340838594
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,038,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Margaret Yorke
'Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming, a resolute Scot, is Aline Templeton's new detective...a compelling read.'
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'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 '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 'A thoroughly gripping read, taut, well-constructed, sound and erudite' -- Margaret Yorke on PAST PRAYING FOR
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book after I saw Aline Templeton talk at the Edinburgh Book Festival. I do enjoy crime thrillers, although have never found an author who could rival Ian Rankin, until now. DI Marjory Fleming is a good substitute for Rebus, who is a well missed character in crime fiction. As I was born and brought up in the Dumfries and Galloway area and also know people who were affected by the foot and mouth outbreak I was personally interested in both the setting and themes of this book. Aline Templeton captured the essence of the south west of Scotland very well, especially the small town mentality, the remoteness and the weather. I found her characters to be both endearing and believable. I was interested in the difficulties experienced by DI Fleming in reconciling her personal and professional lives. All in all, a very well written and engaging crime thriller. I look forward to reading more from this series.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Even though I suspected the killer, it didn't diminish my enjoyment in the reading. The characters are dimensional and so well drawn. The dialogue is excellent, even with the Scottish terms I didn't quite understand. She descriptions paint visual pictures of the people and the area which build tension and suspense in the plot. Her writing is described as atmospheric, and it is. This is the first book I've read by Templeton, but it only took a few pages to decide it won't be the last.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The characters are well drawn, interesting and varied. This entertaining book is full of authentic detail (including an awareness of legal processes which many writers ignore). The author convincingly takes the reader back to the foot and mouth epidemic which ravaged the countryside and the lives of country people in the early days of the Blair Government. There are plenty of twists and turns in the plot, and I look forward to reading more D I Fleming stories.
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Compelling account of foot&mouth disease as well as police procedural...
Aline Templeton is one of those authors who has been on my radar for some time as her books seem to gather consistently good reviews. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Maxine Clarke
An intriguing new detective series
The Galloway countryside and the foot and mouth epidemic which ravaged it form the background for DI Marjory Fleming and the police at Kirkluce in their search for a killer. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Jill Besterman
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