Shifting Ice
A light-hearted Scottish mystery
Published on 20. February 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
214 pages
978-1-80462-067-0 (ISBN)
Description
When an ex-con meets an untimely death, the investigation has a slippery start
Found bound and beaten in a warehouse, a convicted criminal leaves a cryptic message before he croaks on the way to hospital.
What did he know that was worth killing for? DI McCord sets out on the icy streets of Edinburgh to look for a clue.
Elsewhere, vivacious fashion journalist and meddlesome amateur sleuth Amy Thornton is in the doghouse, sent to report on a garden centre, and forbidden from getting involved in any crime capers.
But fate seems determined to force their paths to cross, and trouble is rarely far behind.
SHIFTING ICE is the fourth standalone mystery in this series by Traude Ailinger. The full list of books is as follows:
1. NEAR MISS
2. HIGH HAND
3. LAST TRAIN FOR MURDER
4. SHIFTING ICE
5. BRIGHT SPARKS
6. FICKLE FORTUNES
7. PARTING WORDS
If you like fiction by Katie Gayle, Sabina Manea, Peter Boland and Merryn Allingham, you'll love these books.
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Series
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
263 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80462-067-0 (9781804620670)
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After graduating from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in 1994 with a degree in Latin and German Language and Literature, which proved rather unhelpful in the job market, Traude Ailinger decided to follow her lifelong affection for all things British and took up residence in Scotland in search of love and adventure. This move resulted in a Diploma in Translation (with distinction in the literature section) from the Chartered Institute of Linguists, London (CIOL) and, in quick succession, three children. After being a housewife for several years, Traude had murder on her mind and wrote her first mystery novel Flammenschatten, which was published in 2015 by the respected German Gmeiner Verlag. Meanwhile, she continued to work as Teacher of EAL (English as an Additional Language) at Strathallan School in Perthshire. Having lived longer in Scotland than in Germany, it felt right to write a mystery novel in English, set in atmospheric Edinburgh. Thus, NEAR MISS was created, soon to be followed by more adventures of journalist Amy Thornton and DI Russell McCord.