What The Critics Said

'A skilful portrayal of the dark side of human nature'

Scots Magazine

“Meldrum is an appealing figure in classic cop guise: silent, strong, good on hunches. Lindsay’s prose keeps the tension tight”

Scottish Sunday Herald

‘If you enjoy getting to the bottom of a good mystery then you will get double your money’s worth with this book...You will almost certainly be caught up in the pace of the novel, and the twists and turns of the dual plots.’

TheBookbag.co.uk

‘Pacy, densely plotted novel...Lindsay is...an accomplished and scrupulous plotter...the characters in his novels are never simple.’
‘There are few [crime writers] more intelligent and sympathetic, few who more surely present us with a convincing and disturbing simulacrum of life as we know it, or fear it may be.’
‘In most mystery series the central figure...becomes less interesting with each book...But Meldrum has become more interesting’

The Scotsman

‘Frederic Lindsay is without a doubt one of Scotland’s most underrated crime fiction writers. Skilful, smart, and refreshingly absent of clichés, his work is on a par with Rankin, Jardine and Mina but, for some reason, major success has eluded him. Perhaps The Stranger from Home will provide the break-through he deserves.’

Allan Laing