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The Devil Stone (DCI Christine Caplan) by Caro Ramsay (view source)
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There's still one member of the murdered family unaccounted for - Adam McGregor - and he has a connection with a commune (some might call it a cult) on the island of Scone. There are only two members of her team that Caplan feels she can rely on - DC's Mackie and Craigo. Mackie's friendly and the two women go over to Scone on their day off but it's Craigo - still a DC towards the end of his career, who provides the most relevant information. Does he have an agenda of his own or is Caplan benefitting from being the only one who hasn't made him the butt of the team's jokes for years?
It's a really good read and I didn't take long to finish it. Caro Ramsay manages a big cast of characters with aplomb and the plot never lets you get settled into thinking you have it sorted. As well as reading the book sent to me by the publishers, I listened to an audio download, (which I bought myself) narrated by Kristin Atherton. Her pacing is good although high drama is not her strongest point. That's me being very picky though, as she has an excellent range of voices and I was never in any doubt as to which character was speaking.
I was tempted into reading this - the first book in the DCI Christine Caplan series - by my experience with Ramsay's [[Caro Ramsay's Anderson and Costello Novels in Chronological Order|Anderson and Costello novels]]. I think we might be in for another treat.
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