Shades of Death A Mystery

by Templeton, Aline

• ISBN13: 9780312290245
• ISBN10: 0312290241
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-14
• Publisher: Minotaur Books

Summary

Deep in a Derbyshire cave, the skeleton of an eleven-year-old girl has lain undisturbed for eighteen years. As DS Tom Ward, in charge of the investigation, uncovers the layers of deception that span all those years, he finds himself dangerously connected to unexpected and devastating developments. A subsequent and possibly related death involves a seemingly innocent and beautiful young widow, but as the stubborn policeman discovers, appearances can be deceiving. Set in the rugged and forbidding landscape of the Peak District and peopled by a cast of complex, fascinating characters, this mesmerizing psychological thriller twists and turns toward a gripping climax.

Author Biography

Aline Templeton read English at Cambridge University and has worked in education and broadcasting. She is a justice of the peace and lives in Perthshire, Scotland, where her husband is headmaster of a public school. She has a grown-up son and daughter.

She has written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, and her work has appeared in translation in several countries. Shades of Death is her sixth thriller, the second to be published in the United States.

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"Psychological suspense set in a remote Welsh valley uses the landscape with an almost visionary splendor." --The London Times

"Aline Templeton has a wondrously deft, unpretentiously beautiful style, full of good things." --James Melville, Hampstead & Highgate Express

"Thoroughly gripping, taut, well constructed, sound and erudite." --Margaret Yorke

"Aline Templeton presents the reader with an appealing heroine...self-aware and intelligent." --Donna Leon, The London Sunday Times