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A famous face. A helping hand. A death that’s almost too clean.
When Kirsty Riddell’s body is found in Clovenfords, DCI Rob Marshall arrives to a scene with nothing to give it away. No struggle. No witnesses. No obvious reason. Just a small-town solicitor who kept other people's secrets for a living, a hotel full of guests who all had something to hide and a death that looks less like chance the longer anyone stares at it.But it’s almost too clean.
While Marshall has other things on his mind – namely his father, laid up after a hip replacement and refusing to admit he needs the help – he works back through Kirsty's life and finds a woman who spent her career protecting other people's worst moments, while quietly falling apart over one of her own.
Scott Gall used to be a household name on radio and TV. Now he owns the hotel Kirsty couldn't stay away from, charming on the surface but drinking to cope with whatever's underneath.
While Marshall builds the case from the outside in, all he finds are more questions. Who wanted Kirsty dead? And how long can a fixation stay quiet before it stops being patient? And has someone really been stalking Gall?Dead on the Vine is the eleventh Rob Marshall novel, set in the close community of Clovenfords and the memories of its old vineyards, unique in Scotland. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Stuart MacBride, JD Kirk and LJ Ross.
If you love darkly funny crime fiction, binge the DI Rob Marshall series now:
- The Turning of our Bones
Where the Bodies Lie
A Lonely Place of Dying
A Shadow on the Door
With Soul So Dead
His Path of Darkness
Fear of Any Kind
Our Debts to the Past
Cuts Both Ways
His Wild Blood
Dead on the Vine (March 2027)
Genre: Mystery
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