A suspicious death. A tight-knit village. Only Detective MacLean can uncover the truth.
Detective Inspector Callum MacLean should be unpacking boxes in his new home. But when a man is run over and killed outside Godshill Village Hall, his week’s leave is cut short.
The victim, Brendan Stafford, was a retired lecturer from Birmingham. No one knows why he was attending a local village meeting in the middle of the New Forest on a freezing January night.
When the post-mortem reveals Stafford was already dead before the car wheels struck him, Callum finds himself on the hunt for a ruthless killer who’s hiding in plain sight.
From the taciturn butcher to the jilted forest keeper, everyone seems to be hiding something. Callum and his team dig into old quarrels and quiet vendettas — and uncover secrets as tangled as the forest brambles.
Callum must tread carefully — in a village where everyone knows everyone else’s business, one secret could be worth killing for.
KILLER IN THE NEW FOREST is the third standalone detective mystery by Carol Cole featuring DI Callum MacLean. Look out for the bestselling first book, MURDER IN THE NEW FOREST, and the second book, STRAW IN THE WIND. Great for fans of Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths, Joy Ellis and Faith Martin!
