HIGH HAND

<p><strong>A killing in high society leaves a detective with a chip on his shoulder grasping at straws</strong></p><p></p><p>After a shooting party on a Scottish estate one of the participants is found dead having been unceremoniously hit on the head with a rock.</p><p></p><p>Getting nowhere when interviewing the arrogant son of the wealthy landowner DI Russell McCord is quietly relieved that with her family connections bothersome journalist Amy Thornton might help the investigation.</p><p></p><p>But with a new partner to train - one who to his dismay seems to have won the affections of Amy - McCord wastes no time putting the most likely suspect in jail. He'll work out the motive later.</p><p></p><p>When Amy undermines his case he'll have to rely heavily on her to find the real perpetrator. But not before another murder throws everything up in the air.</p><p></p><p>HIGH HAND is the second cozy mystery by Traude Ailinger to feature amateur sleuth Amy Thornton and grumpy DI Russell McCord. It can be enjoyed entirely as a standalone but readers will also enjoy the other books. The full list is as follows:</p><p></p><ol><li>NEAR MISS</li><li>HIGH HAND</li><li>LAST TRAIN FOR MURDER</li><li>SHIFTING ICE</li><li>BRIGHT SPARKS</li><li>FICKLE FORTUNES</li><li>PARTING WORDS</li></ol><p></p>