The Malice of Waves - Hardcover

Douglas-Home, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718182758 ISBN 13: 9780718182755

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2016

Synopsis

Investigator Cal McGill uses his knowledge of tides, winds and currents to solve mysteries no-one else can. Five years ago, fourteen-year-old Max Wheeler disappeared from a remote Scottish island. None of the six police and private investigations since have shed any light on what happened. Unable to let go, Max's family call in Cal McGill - known as 'The Sea Detective' - hoping he'll force the sea to give up its secrets. Yet Cal finds he is an outsider to a broken family, and an unwelcome stranger in a village which has endured years of suspicion. Cal knows that a violent storm is approaching. But what he doesn't know is that when it cuts off the island, a killer will see their chance... 'The Malice of Waves is the first novel literally to give me nightmares ... for a crime novel that's surely a mark of distinction' Herald 'Stewing pot of intrigue and mystery . . . another super read' Lovereading 'Really good stuff, full of atmosphere, and accomplished in both prose and plot' Morning Star 'Raises the bar for Scottish crime fiction . . . elegantly written and compelling' Scotsman Praise for the series: 'Promises to be a fine series of detective novels' Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month 'This always entertaining and gripping mystery' Herald 'Simply intoxicating' Library Review

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Douglas-Home is a journalist turned author, who was editor of the Herald and the Sunday Times Scotland. His career in journalism began as a student in South Africa where he edited the newspaper at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. After the apartheid government banned a number of editions, he was deported from the country. He is married with two children and lives in Edinburgh.

Review:

Praise for The Sea Detective * ; * Raises the bar for Scottish crime fiction ... elegantly written and compelling * Scotsman * Promises to be a fine series of detective novels * Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month * Excellent * Literary Review, Top five crime books of the year * A compelling protagonist * The Times Literary Supplement * Praise for The Woman Who Walked into the Sea * ; * An always entertaining and gripping mystery ... Infinitely better written than the majority of its competitors * Herald * A classic whodunit. A mystery from the school of Ruth Rendell, and I can't imagine anyone who likes those not delighting in this * Scotsman * Cal McGill is a triumph ... a wonderfully unique creation * crimefictionlover.com * Simply intoxicating * Library Journal *

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0718182758
• ISBN 13: 9780718182755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368