With many thanks to Netgalley for this free arc and I am leaving this unbiased review voluntarily. Deadfall sees the return of the wonderful Kelso Strang in this high end Scottish police procedural. Aline Templeton really does like to take her time setting the scene and laying the foundations and therefore it is quite a while before Kelso comes properly into the story. This is when the pace really starts to ramp up and things start to get interesting. An array of fascinating characters makes for plenty of suspects as we follow Kelso and the delightful Livvy as they put the pieces together. My least favourite in the series but still an enjoyable read 3.5 ⭐️