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Set in the Pacific Northwest with a Scottish-American flavor
I have written the first two murder mysteries in the Donald McLure series.
Here is a summary of The Slate Creek Bridge Mystery
Murder echoes off the rugged peaks of the Cutthroat
Mountains in the Pacific Northwest and shatters the complacency of guests at Slate Creek Lodge. For one
of those guests the death of a colleague brings the emptiness of his own life into sharp relief. As far
as Donald McLure can see trading the life of a forensic pathologist in Scotland for that of an academic in the USA has been
a mistake. Despite the outward appearance of success he feels unfulfilled. He doesn’t
belong in this country. His work is esoteric. His wife spends increasing amounts of
time abroad and is even more distant when she is at home. The only accomplishments that give him any comfort
are the security and happiness of his three kids.
Although
excluded from the official investigation, Donald is fascinated by the details of this ruthlessly planned murder.
When his son’s ex-girlfriend is accused of the crime he launches himself on a quest to exonerate the young woman.
Following threads and inconsistencies that the police are ignoring he encounters evasion and half truths from the dead
man’s colleagues in Seattle and hostility from the residents of Slate Creek Valley.
Beneath the tranquil veneer of rural life Donald encounters people more interested in a twenty-year-old
murder that rocked the community than in this recent murder of an outsider. A family of faded aristocrats
clings to the myths of bygone times. A bitter and twisted artist paints hostile pictures to offend the
tourists. From the tightly wound innkeeper to a nest of anti-government zealots Donald’s probing
uncovers more about the old murder than the one he set out to solve. Goaded by a collusion of deceit he
stumbles into mortal danger, confronts the killer, and faces up to the realities of his own life.
From the gridlock of academic life in Seattle to the windswept ridges of the Okanogan
wilderness The Slate Creek Bridge Mystery introduces Scottish forensic pathologist Donald McLure. Naïve
and vulnerable in personal matters, his dry observations let the reader view the rich sweep of life in the Pacific Northwest
through fresh eyes.
The easiest way
to get this story is directly from AuthorHouse:
http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/BookStoreSearchResults.aspx?SearchType=smpl&SearchTerm=david+k+mcculloch
If you would like to hear me reading the opening two chapters click
below:
Audio excerpts from The Slate Creek Bridge Mystery
The second book in the series is called The Desolation Falls
Mystery. Here is a summary of it:
A dead woman found floating in the hot tub of an expensive vacation home, rocks the tranquility of a Puget Sound island community.
For the young couple who discovers the body it shatters their Valentine’s Day love tryst and turns their lives
upside down. Aaron Klein finds himself accused of the murder. Tami Stillwell is haunted
by memories of a death in Texas four years before that was eerily similar.
For Scottish forensic pathologist, Donald
McLure, the death means an interruption to a quiet Sunday at home with his family. When the owner of the
hot tub turns out to be Donald’s former girlfriend from his days at Edinburgh University the case takes on a new complexion.
Rebuilding his own life after his wife walked out on him Donald gets caught between a sense of duty to help out an
old friend and a desire to impress the attractive young homicide detective in charge of the case.
The investigation
turns up unexpected connections to the past, connections that other people are eager to cover up at all costs.
Donald encounters hostility and deceit as he uncovers secrets that challenge his assumptions and threaten his job and
his life.
From the politics and sophistication of Seattle society to the caves, forests and waterfalls of the Olympic
wilderness The Desolation Falls Mystery is the second adventure involving Scottish forensic pathologist Donald McLure.
Naïve and vulnerable in personal matters, his dry observations let the reader view the rich sweep of life in the
Pacific Northwest through fresh eyes.
The easiest way to get this story is directly from AuthorHouse:
http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/BookStoreSearchResults.aspx?SearchType=smpl&SearchTerm=david+k+mccullochIf you would like to hear me reading the first two chapters of the
story click below:
Audio excerpts from The Desolation Falls Mystery
I have completed two other manuscripts that take Donald and his family back to Scotland, and am in the middle of
a third new story that starts in Seattle then moves to France. None of these is published yet. I am spending most
of my time on the Gome stories right now.
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