Shades of Death - Hardcover

;A creepy combination of detective and Gothic' Aline Templeton has a wondrously deft, unpretentiously beautiful style, full of good things - Hampstead & Highgate Express on THE TRUMPET SHALL 'Aline Templeton presents the reader with an appealing heroine . . . Self-aware and intelligent' Donna Leon, The Times on PAST PRAYING FOR - Donna Leon, The Times on PAST PRAYING FOR An enjoyably macabre tale . . . Finely-written and strongly characterised - Oxford Times on PAST PRAYING FOR Templeton has wit, a strong narrative sense and a dab hand with the atmospherics - Literary Review on LAST ACT OF ALL 'Templeton crafts a nifty plot' Gerald Kaufman, Scotsman on LAST ACT OF ALL Templeton writes as atmospherically and plots as cleverly as ever - The Scotsman

Seventeen years after her death, the skeletal remains of a young girl are discovered. By her side lies a carved clay artefact of a sinister jackal-headed creature. The police investigation reveals a strange children's "Egyptian game", uncovering secrets which may have devastating effects.