Deadfall - Aline Templeton

There is something sinister about Drumdalloch Woods in the Black Isle near Inverness. It is a place of tangled growth and shadowy darkness, and 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 suspicion even on the local police force. Having only just found happiness with his new girlfriend, Cat Fleming, Strang faces an existential threat not only to his career but to his very life. Active author promotion, talking regularly at libraries and festivals and giving popular workshops. Aline was previously the CWA's Bookseller's Champion. Templeton is well regarded for her atmospheric character driven Scottish Police procedural novels. The sixth in the DI Kelso Strang series from the author of the DI Marjory Fleming novels.