Mystery in the New Forest: A BRAND NEW utterly gripping British crime mystery full of twists
Book Four in the DI Callum MacLean Mysteries series – available now!
A single shot fired. A body lying dead in the heather. A village with something to hide.
On a raw March morning in the New Forest, a man is found dead on the open heath. Angus Darnell was shot through the heart while out for his morning run.
Detective Inspector Callum MacLean is used to dealing with shootings after his time on the Glasgow force, but never expected to come across one on this quiet patch in Hampshire. Read more about Mystery in the New Forest.
Mary-Ellen Mitchell is dead
Book One in the DI Callum MacLean Mysteries series
She was a competent horsewoman, but now she lies, neck broken, while her horse grazes nearby – was it really an accident?
DI Callum MacLean has relocated to the New Forest. His new patch couldn’t be more different from his native inner city Glasgow – and he’s frightened of horses!
At first he puts down the slow progress to ‘country ways’, but then realises he’s being used as a pawn in someone else’s game – but whose?
Carol Cole’s first novel in her DI Callum MacLean Mysteries series, is a skilfully crafted story that will keep you guessing until the end! Read more about Murder in the New Forest here.
A young girl is missing – is this a second murder..?
Book Two in the DI Callum MacLean Mysteries series
A suspicious death, a missing girl, and very few leads has New Forest police grasping at straws.
As the search gets underway to find the little girl, last seen feeding her ponies, all potential suspects have rock solid alibis. The only lead is a white van seen near the area in both cases.
Yet Callum begins to fear they might not be the only ones looking for the missing girl. Will they find her before tragedy strikes again?
Carol Cole’s second novel in her DI Callum MacLean Mysteries series, another skilfully crafted story that will keep you guessing until the end! Read more about Straw in the Wind here.
Everyone in the village seems to be hiding something…
Book Three in the DI Callum MacLean Mysteries series
On an icy evening in January a meeting of the Gymkhana Society is held in the village hall.
The meeting is well attended but it is late in the evening when it ends. People are in a hurry to go home and get their children to bed or to rush to the local pub before last orders. The exodus is abruptly halted when the first vehicle to leave the village hall reverses over a man and kills him. DI Callum MacLean and DS Daisy Donaldson are on the case. Read more about Killer in the New Forest here.
But where exactly are they? Can you work it out from the photos?
Why the New Forest?
The ‘New’ Forest isn’t so new, It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror in about 1079, and is one of the largest tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in England. Read more about the New Forest here.
If anyone knows the ins and outs of the New Forest, from the murky depths of its woods, to the lonely swathes of its heathland, it’s author Carol Cole. Born and raised in the heart of the Forest, she’s creates authentic and believable mysteries that will keep you enthralled! Read more about Carol here.
The DI Callum MacLean Mysteries
Murder in the New Forest is the first instalment in the DI Callum Maclean Mysteries series of novels. Their beautiful prose and skilfully crafted stories deftly transport the reader into the rich tapestry of the southern landscape.
The second book in the series, STRAW IN THE WIND, and the third book, KILLER IN THE NEW FOREST, are also now available. The fourth book is well on its way!
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- Book 4 – pre-order now, out 22nd!
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