Caro Ramsay

Caro Ramsay is a Scottish crime novelist known for the Anderson and Costello books and for tightly plotted investigations rooted in place. The Devil Stone begins her DCI Christine Caplan series in the Scottish Highlands. A wealthy family is found dead at a remote estate, its heir is absent, and the valuable Devil Stone has disappeared. Caplan arrives under professional pressure and must navigate local suspicion, family secrets, and evidence whose meaning shifts as the inquiry develops. As Christine Caplan’s first investigation, it launches a new strand in Ramsay’s work while continuing her attention to police procedure and complex communities. The Highland landscape creates practical isolation as well as atmosphere. Readers meeting Caro Ramsay through The Devil Stone find a detective story that balances an experienced investigator’s judgment with institutional strain, showing how a seemingly contained household tragedy can expose rivalries extending well beyond the estate.