The Stranger From Home
Format | E-book |
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Author | Frederic Lindsay |
Rights | World English |
Pages | 327 |
Description
Escaping to America from the turmoil of her life back in Edinburgh, DI Jim Meldrum’s daughter, Betty, is swept off her feet by a handsome man from back home. A whirlwind romance quickly culminates in marriage. But what are the secrets he is hiding? Handsome and rich, but still a mystery, has Betty married a monster?
Meanwhile, back in Edinburgh, Jim Meldrum is feeling the strain of working on a high profile case. A businessman’s wife is missing and, Jim suspects, has become a victim of foul-play. As Meldrum investigates the businessman’s past, he uncovers facts that seem to connect this case to a number of unsolved rapes…
What The Critics Said
'A skilful portrayal of the dark side of human nature'Scots Magazine
โMeldrum is an appealing figure in classic cop guise: silent, strong, good on hunches. Lindsayโs prose keeps the tension tightโScottish Sunday Herald
โIf you enjoy getting to the bottom of a good mystery then you will get double your moneyโs worth with this book...You will almost certainly be caught up in the pace of the novel, and the twists and turns of the dual plots.โTheBookbag.co.uk
โPacy, densely plotted novel...Lindsay is...an accomplished and scrupulous plotter...the characters in his novels are never simple.โ
โThere are few [crime writers] more intelligent and sympathetic, few who more surely present us with a convincing and disturbing simulacrum of life as we know it, or fear it may be.โ
โIn most mystery series the central figure...becomes less interesting with each book...But Meldrum has become more interestingโThe Scotsman
โFrederic Lindsay is without a doubt one of Scotlandโs most underrated crime fiction writers. Skilful, smart, and refreshingly absent of clichรฉs, his work is on a par with Rankin, Jardine and Mina but, for some reason, major success has eluded him. Perhaps The Stranger from Home will provide the break-through he deserves.โAllan Laing
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