Set in Galloway, Cold in the Earth by Aline Templeton [ISBN 978 0 340 83855 6] is one of the best Scottish novels I’ve read for some time. Nicely plotted, with well-drawn believable characters, and with a story as revealing of the rural community she pictures for us, as the drip-feed of her plot.
Set in Galloway, Cold in the Earth by Aline Templeton [ISBN 978 0 340 83855 6] is one of the best Scottish novels I’ve read for some time. Nicely plotted, with well-drawn believable characters, and with a story as revealing of the rural community she pictures for us, as the drip-feed of her plot. |