Crime, investigation, punishment. They’re all in a day’s work to Detective Chief Superintendent Erskine Powell of New Scotland Yard. As a member of the Yard’s Murder Squad, Powell tracks miscreants all over London.
Now, seeking distance from the criminal constituency–and the bureaucratic drudgery of the Yard–Powell embarks on a salmon-fishing competition in the Scottish Highlands. There, in the castle-dotted countryside along the picturesque River Spey, he seeks peace and seclusion. But a cold-blooded murderer soon turns Powell’s haven into a busman’s holiday–and a quiet anglers’ paradise becomes just as deadly as the mean streets of London.
About Malice in the Highlands
INTRODUCING ERSKINE POWELL OF SCOTLAND YARD
Crime, investigation, punishment. They’re all in a day’s work to Detective Chief Superintendent Erskine Powell of New Scotland Yard. As a member of the Yard’s Murder Squad, Powell tracks miscreants all over London.
Now, seeking distance from the criminal constituency–and the bureaucratic drudgery of the Yard–Powell embarks on a salmon-fishing competition in the Scottish Highlands. There, in the castle-dotted countryside along the picturesque River Spey, he seeks peace and seclusion. But a cold-blooded murderer soon turns Powell’s haven into a busman’s holiday–and a quiet anglers’ paradise becomes just as deadly as the mean streets of London.
Graham Thomas, a biologist by training, lives in British Columbia with his wife, their two children, and a Gordon setter named Laddie. He is the author of three previous mysteries featuring Detective-Chief Superintendent Powell: Malice in the Highlands, Malice in… More about Graham Thomas
About Graham Thomas
Graham Thomas, a biologist by training, lives in British Columbia with his wife, their two children, and a Gordon setter named Laddie. He is the author of three previous mysteries featuring Detective-Chief Superintendent Powell: Malice in the Highlands, Malice in… More about Graham Thomas
The first thing that comes to mind when people mention Graham Thomas is that he is a perfectionist. He cares very deeply about quality, and he wants everything to be absolutely perfect. When we were preparing MALICE IN THE HIGHLANDS and MALICE IN CORNWALL for publication, Graham would e-mail us with continual changes; mistakes and ambiguity are not allowed. He is so enmeshed in his stories that he does not want anything to take the reader out of them, the way a clunky sentence, a typographical error, or an ambiguous speaker might. And that’s one of the many reasons I enjoy working on his books. They are entertaining, extremely well written, and as darn close to perfect as any book out there. And as managing editor at Ballantine, where part of my job is to ensure accuracy in all of our mass market paperbacks, Graham Thomas is a godsend. He makes my job easier and a lot more fun; I can hardly wait for his next manuscript to come my way.
