Malice In the Highlands

by Graham Thomas

Book Overview

INTRODUCING ERSKINE POWELL OF SCOTLAND YARD Crime, investigation, punishment. They're all in a day's work to Detective Chief Superintendent Erskine Powell of New Scotland Yard. As a member of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568656505
• ISBN13: 9781568656502
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Gripping stuff. Kept me guessing until the final page.

Very evocative writing. Makes you feel like you are ther in the Highlands

Grand debut, thought provoking atmospheric mystery

New Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Erskine Powell spends more time covering his superiors' butts than solving crimes. Every year he goes on a Highland vacation where he engages in a friendly fishing competition with the local constable, Chief inspector Alex Barret. This year Pinky Warburton join the law enforcement duo on their fishing expedition. On the first day of Erskine's vacation, the body of the new owner of Castle Glyn is found in the river. It appears at first that the victim's death was accidental, but the subsequent autopsy reveals a murder has been committed. The deceased was an internationally renowned Canadian with numerous enemies. When Pinky almost becomes the next victim, Erskine has a personal stake in uncovering the identity of the killer. MALICE IN THE HIGHLANDS, the first episode in what appears to be an ongoing series, stimulates the reader's cranial electrodes with its seemingly unsolvable puzzle. Talented Graham Thomas brings the Scottish Highlands to colorful life and has created an endearing hero. Readers will definitely want to read more stories starring this special, one of a kind sleuth. Fans of the British police procedural will enjoy this 1990's Hercule Poirot. Harriet Klausner