Murder in the New Forest

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The first gripping standalone title in a brand new detective series</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A woman's body lies in the heather her neck broken. Her horse watches nervously from a few paces away.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Despite looking like an accident it doesn't take long for DI Callum MacLean newly arrived in Hampshire from Glasgow to establish she was murdered.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nor does it take DS Daisy Donaldson appearing soon after on horseback long to identify the victim.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mary-Ellen Mitchell was a well-known and seemingly well-liked businesswoman married to a respected local artist and part of the close-knit community.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Scottish detective must adapt quickly to his new team his past experience of policing a tough city jarring with the pace of Fordingbridge and their peculiar ways.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But having hoped for respite in the south and although made welcome by Daisy Callum soon feels like he's being used as a pawn in someone else's game.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>However if Callum can evade the pitfalls and marshal his team they may well catch the wily killer hiding in the shadows of the woods.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>MURDER IN THE NEW FOREST is the first novel in a series of mysteries by Carol Cole who with beautiful prose deftly transports the reader into the rich tapestry of the southern landscape.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This skilfully crafted story will keep you guessing until the end. The second book in the series provisionally titled STRAW IN THE WIND will be available soon.</span></p>