Ruth Carswell

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.