Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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The unputdownable new novel in the No.1 digital bestselling Misty Isle series, starring DI Duncan McAdam. 
 
Some secrets can’t be buried… 
 
D.I. Duncan McAdam is called to a cemetery to investigate a desecrated grave. The deceased was the skipper of a trawler with a chequered past. Its crew all died in mysterious circumstances - one man fell to his death; the second took his own life; the third jumped from a rocky clifftop. Only one crewman remains. 
 
When Duncan goes to interview the skipper’s widow, he finds her house ransacked, blood on the floor, and a body in the boot of her car. He soon realises that everyone on board that trawler was hiding something - and it all leads back to one stormy night at sea years ago. 
 
As the case begins to spiral, Duncan’s own personal challenges with his son come back to haunt him. Can he find the only surviving crew member before it’s too late? What secrets did these men take with them to their graves? And why is someone willing to kill to unearth them now? 
 
Readers love J M Dalgliesh: 
‘Fantastic’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘The best detective series I’ve read’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘You can’t put these books down’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘J M Dalgliesh never disappoints’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘Like watching Shetland on TV’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW‘So much tension’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW

The Missing Dead

A gripping murder mystery set in the foothills of the Cuillin Mountain range on the Isle of Skye, from the multi-million-copy bestselling author J M Dalgliesh. 
 
Life is full of choices. Death is chosen for you... 
 
When the body of a missing tourist is discovered slain in the foothills of the Cuillin Mountain range beside Loch Coruisk, it falls to DI Duncan McAdam and his small team to discover how he came to be there and who had a motive to kill him. 
 
The summer season is a welcome distraction following a long and challenging winter. Here, on the inner Hebridean island, long-held secrets, past crimes and burning resentment will be unveiled in the most brutal fashion. 
 
Set amidst the dramatic landscape of the Isle of Skye, this addictive and fast-paced whodunnit takes you into the world of an isolated rural community, where everyone is hiding secrets. 
 
The Cuillin Dead is the fourth book in the Amazon #1 bestselling Misty Isle series. 
 
Readers love J M Dalgliesh: 
 
‘Fantastic’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘The best detective series I’ve read’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘You can’t put these books down’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘J M Dalgliesh never disappoints’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘Like watching Shetland on TV’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘So much tension’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW

The Cuillin Dead

The third gripping mystery in the Misty Isle series, from the multi-million-copy bestselling author, J M Dalgliesh. 
 
Digging up the past can be deadly... 
 
A teenage boy goes missing on Burns Night. A woman’s body is found in Talisker Bay. And it’s DI Duncan McAdam’s job to find the killer before someone else turns up dead. 
 
A closely guarded secret, lying in a shallow grave for years, is under threat of being revealed and no one seems willing to face up to their past... least of all Duncan McAdam. 
 
He has a decision to make, one that will impact not only his life but the lives of those he cares about the most. Does he have the courage to follow his instincts? And who will he choose - the people he loves, or himself? 
 
Set amidst the dramatic landscape of the Isle of Skye, this addictive and fast-paced crime novel takes you into the heart of a rural community, where everyone is hiding secrets. 
 
The Talisker Dead is the third book in the new Amazon #1 bestselling Misty Isle series from the multi-million selling crime writer, J M Dalgliesh, the author of the Hidden Norfolk and Dark Yorkshire books. 
 
Readers love J M Dalgliesh: 
 
‘Fantastic’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘The best detective series I’ve read’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘You can’t put these books down’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘J M Dalgliesh never disappoints’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘Like watching Shetland on TV’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘So much tension’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW

The Talisker Dead

A GRIPPING MYSTERY FROM THE NO.1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER, J M DALGLIESH. 
 
Your past will find you. And it will kill you... 
 
When the owner of a Portree gallery is found dead, lying in the snow at the foot of the Storr, DI Duncan McAdam and his small team must piece together who killed him and why. An ambitious man who liked to flirt, he had no shortage of enemies ... and there are many who would willingly kill him themselves. 
 
As Duncan reveals the long-held secrets of the man’s life, his own ghosts come back to haunt him. The course of the investigation will not only put others in danger, but Duncan himself will have to face up to his past – whether he likes it or not... 
 
Set amidst the dramatic landscape of the Isle of Skye, this addictive and fast-paced crime novel takes you into the heart of a rural community, where everyone is hiding secrets. 
 
‘A phenomenal storyteller’ Simon McCleave 
 
The Dead Man of Storr is the second book in the Misty Isle series of mysteries set on Scotland's atmospheric Isle of Skye, the Misty Isle, by the Amazon No.1 multi-million selling British crime writer, J M Dalgliesh, the author of the Hidden Norfolk and Dark Yorkshire books. 
 
READERS LOVE J M DALGLIESH: 
 
‘Fantastic’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘The best detective series I’ve read’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘You can’t put these books down’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘J M Dalgliesh never disappoints’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘Like watching Shetland on TV’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
‘So much tension’ FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW

The Dead Man of Storr

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