Shades of Death by Aline Templeton Short A Like Alice Line Pronounced Lean
Seventeen years after her death, the skeletal remains of an eleven-year-old girl are discovered buried deep in the caves of Derbyshire's Peak District. Close by the body lies a crudely-carved clay artefact of a sinister jackal-headed creature. In the ensuing police investigation, the secrets surrounding a group of now grown-up children and their sinister 'Egyptian game' are gradually revealed. Secrets which have lain buried for almost twenty years. Secrets which will emerge with unexpected and devastating consequences.
;A creepy combination of detective and Gothic'
Aline Templeton has a wondrously deft, unpretentiously beautiful style, full of good things * Hampstead & Highgate Express on THE TRUMPET SHALL *
'Aline Templeton presents the reader with an appealing heroine. . Self-aware and intelligent' Donna Leon, The Times on PAST PRAYING FOR * Donna Leon, The Times on PAST PRAYING FOR *
An enjoyably macabre tale . . . Finely-written and strongly characterised * Oxford Times on PAST PRAYING FOR *
Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with the atmospherics * Literary Review on LAST ACT OF ALL *
Templeton crafts a nifty plot * Gerald Kaufman, Scotsman on LAST ACT OF ALL *
Templeton writes as atmospherically and plots as cleverly as ever * Scotsman *
Aline Templeton has a wondrously deft, unpretentiously beautiful style, full of good things * Hampstead & Highgate Express on THE TRUMPET SHALL *
'Aline Templeton presents the reader with an appealing heroine. . Self-aware and intelligent' Donna Leon, The Times on PAST PRAYING FOR * Donna Leon, The Times on PAST PRAYING FOR *
An enjoyably macabre tale . . . Finely-written and strongly characterised * Oxford Times on PAST PRAYING FOR *
Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with the atmospherics * Literary Review on LAST ACT OF ALL *
Templeton crafts a nifty plot * Gerald Kaufman, Scotsman on LAST ACT OF ALL *
Templeton writes as atmospherically and plots as cleverly as ever * Scotsman *
Aline Templeton grew up in Scotland and read English at Girton College, Cambridge. She has worked in education and broadcasting, and now lives in Perthshire where she is a Justice of the Peace. She has a grown-up son and daughter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340794296 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340794291 |
| Title | Shades of Death |
| Author | Aline Templeton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2001-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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