Cold in the Earth

Aline Templeton

Oct 2013 · Harper Collins

About this ebook

Aline Templeton’s first DI Marjory Fleming novel Cold in the Earth is “an intelligent, character-driven crime novel.” (Award–Winning Author Andrew Taylor).

A quiet farming town where all they reap is death. A corpse, a missing girl, and a mysterious family’s dangerous obsession with bull running provide a sinister backdrop to Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming’s first murder investigation.

To find the killer, DI Fleming must unearth an evil presence that has long been in hiding, all the while praying that her very first case will not be her last . . .

Praise for Aline Templeton and her novels:

“Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with atmospherics.” —Literary Review

“This astringent tale of psychological suspense set in a remote Welsh valley uses the landscape with an almost visionary splendor.” —The Times

DI MARJORY FLEMING

Cold in the Earth

The Darkness and the Deep

Lying Dead

Lamb to the Slaughter

Dead in the Water

Cradle to Grave

Evil for Evil

Bad Blood

The Third Sin

About the author

Aline Templeton grew up in the fishing village of Anstruther, in the East Neuk of Fife. She has worked in education and broadcasting and was a Justice of the Peace for ten years. Married, with two grown-up children and three grandchildren, she now lives in a house with a view of Edinburgh Castle. When not writing, she enjoys cooking, choral singing, and traveling the back roads of France.