The Devil's Recruit

(2013)
(The fourth book in the Alexander Seaton series)
A novel by S G MacLean

1635, Aberdeen. A girl lies dead in a frozen garden. A young man goes missing after a drunken brawl and a sinister cloaked figure watches from the shadows in this fourth historical thriller featuring Alexander Seaton.

The missing student, son of a Highland chief, is one of Alexander Seaton's pupils. When the young man's companion turns up bruised and bloodied, suspicion mounts that he has murdered his friend. But Alexander is convinced that there's another explanation.

Drawn ever deeper into the mystery, Alexander realises that the man in the shadows is known to him and that the strange events in the town are linked to his own past.

Genre: Historical Mystery

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Hardback Editions

March 2013 : UK Hardback

Title: The Devil's Recruit: Alexander Seaton 4
Author(s): S G MacLean
ISBN: 1-84916-317-0 / 978-1-84916-317-0 (UK edition)
Publisher: Quercus
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Paperback Editions

May 2014 : UK Paperback

Title: Devil's Recruit (Alexander Seaton 4): Alexander Seaton 4, from the author of the prizewinning Seeker series
Author(s): S G MacLean
ISBN: 1-84916-319-7 / 978-1-84916-319-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Quercus
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March 2013 : UK Paperback

Title: The Devil's Recruit: Alexander Seaton 4
Author(s): S G MacLean
ISBN: 1-84916-318-9 / 978-1-84916-318-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Quercus
Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA

Audio Editions

July 2021 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Devil's Recruit: 4
Author(s): S G MacLean
ISBN: 1-71354-979-4 / 978-1-71354-979-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance
Availability: Amazon UK Amazon AU

July 2016 : USA MP3 CD

Title: Devil's Recruit, The (Alexander Seaton)
Author(s): S G MacLean
ISBN: 1-5318-3960-6 / 978-1-5318-3960-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio
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March 2013 : USA Audio edition

Title: The Devil's Recruit: Alexander Seaton, book 4
Author(s): S G MacLean
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon

March 2013 : Australia Audio edition

Title: The Devil's Recruit: Alexander Seaton, book 4
Author(s): S G MacLean
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon AU

March 2013 : Canada Audio edition

Title: The Devil's Recruit: Alexander Seaton, book 4
Author(s): S G MacLean
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon CA

March 2013 : UK Audio edition

Title: The Devil's Recruit: Alexander Seaton, book 4
Author(s): S G MacLean
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon UK

Kindle Editions

March 2013 : USA, Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Devil's Recruit: Alexander Seaton 4, from the author of the prizewinning Seeker series
Author(s): S G MacLean
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Availability: Amazon Amazon CA

March 2013 : Australia, UK Kindle edition

Title: The Devil's Recruit: Alexander Seaton 4, from the author of the prizewinning Seeker series (Alexander Seaton series)
Author(s): S G MacLean
Publisher: Quercus
Availability: Amazon UK Amazon AU