A Troubled Tide: A gripping police procedural from an exciting new voice in Scottish crime
By (Author) Lynne McEwan
Canelo
Canelo Crime
5th August 2025
27th March 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Thriller / suspense fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
823.92
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
DI Shona Oliver watches in horror as her fellow officer is pronounced dead.
PC Hayley Campbell drowns during a triathlon race in the Solway Firth. The postmortem reveals drugs in Hayley's system, perhaps self-administered performance enhancers. But a puncture wound in the back of her wetsuit suggests something darker.
Shona makes slow progress on the case. There are other demands on her attention. The death of her old boss brings Shona under scrutiny. And the drug-related death of a teen at a festival one which Becca is attending has Shona on-edge.
Multiple people had a reason to want Hayley dead. Can Shona keep her head above water long enough to work out which one
The latest thrilling installment in the unputdownable police procedural series by Lynne McEwan. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Ann Cleeves and Neil Lancaster.
Glasgow-born Lynne McEwan is a former newspaper photographer turned crime author. She's covered stories including the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the first Gulf War is addition to many high profile murder cases. She currently lives in Lincoln and is in the final year of an MA in Crime Fiction at the University of East Anglia.