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DCI Kelso Strang is led to believe that something very odd is going on around the prosperous fishing port of Tarleton on Scotland’s south-east coast. Firstly, a young Detective Inspector is traumatised after witnessing a doctor throwing herself off a cliff, and accusations of extortion have riven the local community. And when the ugly death of a young farmer sets off a murder investigation, Strang finds himself caught in a spider’s web of criminality.

There's something sinister about Drumdalloch Woods in the Black Isle near Inverness. It is a place of tangled growth and shadowy darkness, it has business opportunists, biological scientists and conflicted family members all competing for a say in its future. Then a body is found, and everything starts to look suspicious. As DCI Kelso Strang's investigation grows more complex, he unearths layers of hatred, greed and revenge that cast doubt even on the local police force.

Pleasure is the highest good: the group who called themselves the Cyrenaics embrace the hedonistic principle until the death of one of their members from an overdose. Sobered, the group went their separate ways. One headed for Canada, another disappeared and a third was believed to have committed suicide - at least until his body turns up in the wreck of a car swept up on the Solway mud flats.

Vi er i en afsidesliggende landsby i Wales. Hertil kommer ægteparret Cordiner, David som er politibetjent, Tessa som ønsker at få fred og ro væk fra London for at hellige sig sit maleri. Men det er ikke nemt at falde til og blive accepteret i det lille, lukkede samfund, og især Tessa kæmper dagligt med småborgerligheden og skepsisen mod det fremmede.

Atmosfærefyldt og spændende klassisk krimi, som introducerer en ny, stærk hovedperson. Vi er i Galloway, Skotland, hvor der bogstavelig talt lugter af død. En katastrofal virus hærger og ødelægger alt. Det går værst ud over kvæget, som er vitalt for området. Kriminalinspektør Marjory Fleming befinder sig i orkanens øje, bål bliver tændt, kvæget brændt og jorden bliver brugt som gravplads for alle de døde dyr. Luften er tæt af ildelugtende, kvælende røg. Under dette gravearbejde i den lille, søvnige købstad Kirkluce, støder man pludselig på, hvad der viser sig at være menneskeknogler.