The Lost Orkney
#1 - Murder in the Cathedral
A reverend is found dead on the altar of St Magnus cathedral in Orkney, his white robes stained in blood. Every door into the building is locked - the keys are all still inside - so how was the murder committed?
Detective Inspector Jack McNaughton is assigned to the case. He recently moved with his young family back to the Orkney islands after a botched Edinburgh police operation, so this is his chance to prove that he still has what it takes to catch a killer.
In a community where everyone knows each other’s business, it isn’t long before rumour begins to spread. And when another body turns up, Jack finds himself at the centre of a nightmare, unlike anything he’s faced before.
Jack's search for answers takes him on a dark journey into his own troubled past. And he soon begins to realise that if he can't solve this mystery soon, he'll lose everything - including the people he loves the most...
‘Gritty, gripping and packed with twists, Murder in the Cathedral is a genuine page-turner. Great characters, relentless suspense and a story that keeps you guessing right to the end. I couldn’t put it down.’ Simon McCleave
Murder in the Cathedral is the first book in the new Lost Orkney series of crime thrillers from the Amazon #1 multi-million selling crime writer, J M Dalgliesh, the author of the Hidden Norfolk and Misty Isle 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
#2 - Death at the Stone Circle
DI Jack McNaughton starts his day and finds a padded envelope on his desk: inside, a single smooth pebble and no note. This is the third of several similar packages that have been posted to him.
Hours later, an unidentified man is found dead at the Ring of Brodgar. He has no ID, the labels cut from his clothes, and no one recognises him. Cause of death is suspected to be exposure, but the post-mortem reveals that he was poisoned.
Then Jack’s family life is suddenly thrown into chaos – he learns that his father wasn’t the man everyone thought – and Jack has to come to terms with the fact that his childhood was built on a lie.
As the envelopes continue to arrive, it becomes clear that the objects are not trophies but keys to a series of crimes: A pebble, a cracked marble, a faded ferry ticket stained with blood, a rusty key and a torn rag doll.
One of these clues could lead Jack to the killer. This is a puzzle that he was meant to solve. But as his own family crumbles around him, he starts to question if he has what it takes protect the people who need him most.
‘A phenomenal storyteller’ Simon McCleave
Death at the Stone Circle is the second book in the new Lost Orkney series of crime thrillers from the Amazon #1 multi-million selling crime writer, J M Dalgliesh, the author of the Hidden Norfolk and Misty Isle 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