DI Megan Prosser · Book One
The Unclaimed Berth
The woman in the harbour is only the first body.
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Ruth Carswell
Writes British police procedurals
Ruth Carswell writes British police procedurals about coastal communities, practical detective teams and the private costs of public duty. The Unclaimed Berth is the first DI Megan Prosser novel.
- A real investigation.
- A place with an economy.
- A detective whose life keeps interrupting.
Biography
Evidence that has to stand up.
Ruth Carswell writes British police procedurals about places where everybody knows the cost of keeping a business open. Her detectives work with imperfect information, practical teams and evidence that has to stand up after the convenient answer has arrived.
The DI Megan Prosser novels are set on the wet west coast of Wales, among fishing co-operatives, temporary work, family care and communities shaped by money that never quite reaches the people who earned it. Ruth is interested in the private obligations that continue during an investigation, and in the small decisions that make a team trustworthy. The Unclaimed Berth is the first DI Megan Prosser novel.
What you can count on
The signature under every Ruth Carswell novel
- 01
The body early
The case starts in the first chapter, and the clock that matters starts with it.
- 02
Evidence that survives scrutiny
Every step of the solution is earned on the page, and would still stand up after the convenient answer has arrived.
- 03
A team, not a lone genius
Distinct jobs, distinct loyalties, and colleagues who are good at things the detective is not.
- 04
A place rendered through work
Weather, wages and who owns the boats. The setting is an economy before it is a view.
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A private cost that carries on
The case closes. What it cost the detective at home comes with her into the next one.
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