D. L. Marshall

D.L. Marshall won a Norther Writer’s Award in 2018 for his debut novel Anthrax Island which was picked up by Canelo and is published next week (lovely to see thanks in the acknowledgements for Will Mackie at New Writing North and Aki Schilz at The Literary Consultancy). It’s set on an island off the coast of Scotland where wartime chemical weapons experiments have left a lethal legacy and an undercover special-ops-for-hire expert is sent in to investigate a suspicious death. Several follow in quick succession with every one of the scientist team based there a suspect and no escape possible. It’s up to the flawed protagonist to discover who is the bad egg before he is taken down himself. Pacy, exhilarating, and gripping it’s a great thriller for the beach – or perhaps wrapped up warm in front of the fire.… (mere)