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Cold Grave

par Craig Robertson

Séries: Winter and Narey (2), DS Rachel Narey (3)

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FROM THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF RANDOM AND MURDERABILIA, a murder investigation frozen in time begins to melt. November 1993. Scotland is in the grip of an ice-cold winter and the Lake of Menteith is frozen over. A young man and woman walk across the ice to the historic island of Inchmahome which lies in the middle of the lake. Only the man returns. In the spring, as staff prepare the abbey ruins for summer visitors, they discover the body of a girl, her skull violently crushed. Present day. Retired detective Alan Narey is still haunted by the unsolved crime. Desperate to relieve her ailing father's conscience, DS Rachel Narey risks her job and reputation by returning to the Lake of Menteith and unofficially reopening the cold case. With the help of police photographer Tony Winter, Rachel prepares a dangerous gambit to uncover the killer's identity - little knowing who that truly is. Despite the freezing temperatures the ice cold case begins to thaw, and with it a tide of secrets long frozen in time are suddenly and shockingly unleashed. Brilliant crime fiction for fans of Stuart MacBride and Ian Rankin, Craig Robertson's debut thriller Random was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger. Praise for Craig Robertson: 'Robertson is doing for Glasgow what Rankin did for Edinburgh' Mirror 'I can't recommend this book highly enough' MARTINA COLE 'Brace yourself to be horrified and hooked' EVA DOLAN 'Fantastic characterisation, great plotting, page-turning and gripping. The best kind of intelligent and moving crime fiction writing' LUCA VESTE 'Really enjoyed Murderabilia - disturbing, inventive, and powerfully and stylishly written. Recommended' STEVE MOSBY 'A great murder mystery witha brilliantly realised setting and deftly painted characters' JAMES OSWALD 'Takes a spine-tingling setting and an original storyline and adds something more'Scottish Daily Record 'A perfectly constrcuted police procedural with real psychological depth' Crimefictionlover… (plus d'informations)

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I am surprised to find that this is the third in the series of DS Rachel Narey novels. It has the feel of a first outing. The story is strong, but the characters are indistinct. I feel that having three detectives may be too many to make individual characters.

Interestingly, DS Rachel Narey is not the most interesting. She is the standard tough female cop of fiction. In this adventure, her father ( a retired detective) has Alzheimer's and she believes that solving an old case, in which dad failed, will put his mind at rest. A dangerous theory: should we all just work harder to gain the respect of fading parents, or would it be better to spend more time with them? She is the archetypal driven crime solver and seems to be left to her own devices as to which crimes to tackle.

Uncle, Danny is an equally stock character, the ex policeman who is so big and tough that he stands up to the hardest criminal and, despite age and a less than perfect physique, wins any fight.

Tony Winter, a police photographer, with an equally lax authority structure as that of Rachel, is the most interesting figure. He has something in his past; possibly explored in one of those earlier works, and an unhealthy fascination for the blood and gore side of his job. He reminds me, a little, of Tom Ripley.

The story is good but,I would like to associate more with the hero. (

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the.ken.petersen | Dec 4, 2019 |

This had a lot more going for it, imo, than Random, the first book I read by Craig Robertson. I really liked the unpeeling of the story from the 70's, and all the characters felt realistic and rounded out, with motivations that made sense (unlike Random). Pleasantly surprised as I picked it up as "just" a quick read. (

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jkdavies | Jun 14, 2016 |

The Good Reads listing shows this as the third book in the 'Tony Winter' series. I have not read the others, but I probably will, because this is a well written police non-procedural. It did not read particularly like a series book with relatively few back references to earlier cases. The lead character is not particularly interesting, being a police photographer with a thing about blood and death; but the plot is quite clever albeit a bit hackneyed, being about the relationship of four friends to a twenty year old murder. The writing is tight and fast paced and I am sure I will pick up another of Craig Robertson's books in due course. (

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johnwbeha | Nov 18, 2015 |

By the number crime thriller set in contemporary Scotland. DS Narey is investigating a cold case - a girl murdered 19 years previously - which proved to be her father's last case as a detective.

Good descriptions of Glasgow and Scottish life and culture, but I didn't take to either of the main characters. Narey, the leading lady is too cold and detached from those around her; whilst her boyfriend, Winter is flips between being an irrelevant sidekick, an odd loner or a genius capable of brilliant deductive reasoning.
First of the author's books I have read - may be tempted to read #1 as reviews are generally more positive. (

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johnny_merc | Oct 27, 2015 |

Slow story, very good prose as with two previous novels. But #2 and 3haven't lived up to expectations of CR's debut novel. This begins with a young couple walking across the ice on a rarely frozen Scottish lake 19 years earlier; only one returns and a body is left behind. This is Rachel's dad's major unsolved case. Now he has Alzheimer's and she is committed to closing this one. Four young men are suspects, all are HS teachers, and two of them are recent suicides. The focus here is on both Rachel and her photog boyfriend Tony. May drop this series. (

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FROM THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF RANDOM AND MURDERABILIA, a murder investigation frozen in time begins to melt. November 1993. Scotland is in the grip of an ice-cold winter and the Lake of Menteith is frozen over. A young man and woman walk across the ice to the historic island of Inchmahome which lies in the middle of the lake. Only the man returns. In the spring, as staff prepare the abbey ruins for summer visitors, they discover the body of a girl, her skull violently crushed. Present day. Retired detective Alan Narey is still haunted by the unsolved crime. Desperate to relieve her ailing father's conscience, DS Rachel Narey risks her job and reputation by returning to the Lake of Menteith and unofficially reopening the cold case. With the help of police photographer Tony Winter, Rachel prepares a dangerous gambit to uncover the killer's identity - little knowing who that truly is. Despite the freezing temperatures the ice cold case begins to thaw, and with it a tide of secrets long frozen in time are suddenly and shockingly unleashed. Brilliant crime fiction for fans of Stuart MacBride and Ian Rankin, Craig Robertson's debut thriller Random was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger. Praise for Craig Robertson: 'Robertson is doing for Glasgow what Rankin did for Edinburgh' Mirror 'I can't recommend this book highly enough' MARTINA COLE 'Brace yourself to be horrified and hooked' EVA DOLAN 'Fantastic characterisation, great plotting, page-turning and gripping. The best kind of intelligent and moving crime fiction writing' LUCA VESTE 'Really enjoyed Murderabilia - disturbing, inventive, and powerfully and stylishly written. Recommended' STEVE MOSBY 'A great murder mystery witha brilliantly realised setting and deftly painted characters' JAMES OSWALD 'Takes a spine-tingling setting and an original storyline and adds something more'Scottish Daily Record 'A perfectly constrcuted police procedural with real psychological depth' Crimefictionlover

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