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October 2014 eBook of the Month.
If you're an armchair detective it’s always satisfying when you have a lightbulb moment but you might find this particular lightbulb a canny and subtle sneak, able to blend in and rebuff your attention. This is the sixth in the Alice Rice Mystery series however it can easily be read as a standalone novel. Alice Rice is focused, dependable and an extremely competent detective, just the person to have leading a murder investigation. The author only shows occasional glimpses of Alice’s life outside of work, so by including thoughts and feelings of minor characters who just appear for a page or two she adds an extra dimension and highlights Alice’s concentration on the task in hand. Father Vincent Ross (a charming crime solver from another series) makes an appearance to offer his sage advice. Extremely readable and engaging this particular mystery administers a sharp sting in the tail. ~ Liz Robinson
Alice Rice series:
1. Blood in the Water
2. Where the Shadow Falls
3. Dying of the Light
4. No Sorrow to Die
5. The Road to Hell
6. Troubled Waters
Liz Robinson
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Troubled Waters An Alice Rice Mystery Synopsis
A young, disabled girl is lost on a winter's night in Leith, unable to help herself or find her way home. Someone is combing the streets, frantically searching for her. Within hours of her disappearance, a body is washed up on Beamer Rock, a tiny island in the Forth being used as part of the foundations for the new Queensferry Bridge. No sooner has Detective Inspector Alice Rice managed to discover the identity of that body than another one is washed up on the edge of the estuary, in Belhaven Bay. What is the connection between the two bodies? Has the killer any other victims in their sights and if so, can Alice solve the puzzle before another life is taken? In this novel, the sixth in the series, appearances belie reality, and truths and falsehoods gradually merge, becoming indistinguishable.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781846972935 |
| Publication date: |
22nd September 2014 |
| Author: |
Gillian Galbraith |
| Publisher: |
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited an imprint of Birlinn General |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Primary Genre |
Crime and Mystery
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About Gillian Galbraith
Gillian Galbraith grew up near Haddington. For seventeen years, she was an advocate specialising in medical negligence and agricultural law cases. Since then, she has been the legal correspondent for the Scottish Farmer and has written law reports for The Times. She lives deep in the country near Kinross with her husband and daughter, plus assorted cats, dogs, hens and bees.
Below is a Q&A with this author
What was the best thing about being an advocate?
It’s a very stimulating job – you have to quickly come to grips with the facts and put together a convincing argument. I learned something new every day.
And what's the best thing about being a writer?
When things are going well you can lose yourself entirely. Writing becomes more vivid than actual life for that moment. Not to mention the freedom to drop everything and walk the dogs.
Considering the number of male detectives in crime fiction, why did you choose to make your main character a woman?
I find women tend to be more curious about people, increasing the scope for using psychology as a detection tool which intrigued me. There are lots of fictional male detectives and if fiction is to mirror life then there should be female ones, too.
How has Alice Rice changed over the course of the Alice Rice Mysteries?
Alice is smart and capable, but she's also trying to make it in a macho world. She’s more confident in general and, even when she doubts herself, she has enough belief in her own judgement to pursue her own lines of enquiry.
If you could give Alice one piece of advice, what would it be?
Expend less of her energy on her job and more on her life.
Considering the number of male detectives in crime fiction, why did you choose to make your main character a woman?
I find women tend to be more curious about people, increasing the scope for using psychology as a detection tool which intrigued me. There are lots of fictional male detectives and if fiction is to mirror life then there should be female ones, too.
How has Alice Rice changed over the course of the Alice Rice Mysteries?
Alice is smart and capable, but she's also trying to make it in a macho world. She’s more confident in general and, even when she doubts herself, she has enough belief in her own judgement to pursue her own lines of enquiry.
If you could give Alice one piece of advice, what would it be?
Expend less of her energy on her job and more on her life.
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