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The Hanging Ground Cold Ground Series, Book One

Some murders aren’t hidden. They’re displayed.

A body hangs from Belfast’s Lagan Bridge, staged to echo an execution buried in Northern Ireland’s darkest history. Retired detective Eamon Fallon thought the past was buried. Then the photograph arrives.

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Glasgow Noir DCI Terry Lomax Dark Humour Police Procedural Scottish Crime Fiction Crimes That Refuse to Stay Buried

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The Hanging Ground

The Cold Ground Series, Book Book One

A Belfast detective and a retired officer confront ritual murders tied to the Troubles and a conspiracy that refuses to stay buried.

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A MINOR STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENT

When a doctor is murdered for exposing manipulated NHS mortality data, the statistical model's creator goes on the run to uncover a deadly conspiracy.

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The Devil’s Choir

When a megachurch pastor is drowned in wine, detectives uncover a secret clergy brotherhood covering up abuse, and the killer avenges his sister.

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Robert A. Clark Crime and Thriller Author

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Crime fiction with buried history at its core.

Robert A. Clark writes literary crime fiction shaped by forgotten histories, institutional pressure, and people who refuse to let the past stay closed. His stories can move from the American South to Glasgow and beyond.

A former small business owner, Robert is fascinated by the quiet machinery of bureaucracy, the moral cost of doing the easy thing, and the unglamorous resilience of people who refuse to let the past stay closed.

Away from the desk, Robert can usually be found in an archive or library, or at home in the Atlanta area with Milo, his ten-year-old golden retriever and dachshund mix.

The Setting The American South and Beyond

The Tone Literary noir, procedural tension and dark humour

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The Books August 6, 2026

The Hanging Ground Is Available Now

Robert A. Clark’s newest crime thriller is available now. Enter a Belfast investigation shaped by ritual murder, buried history, and a conspiracy determined to keep the past sealed.

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Writing Desk July 27, 2026

From the Writing Desk

Notes on writing, Glasgow, the stories taking shape, and the occasional interruption from Clyde.

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The Deepfake Widow

This book jumps straight into the action and tugs on the fears many of us have with technology. These fears are brought to life by DI “Midge” Rutherford and her battered Nokia and an eccentric teenage hacker. I love a good mystery with various ominous and interesting characters...

Eight Seconds

This is one of those stories that’s a bit too real, too close to home. The multiple perspectives provided at ground level of a lethal outbreak were extremely eye-opening and shocking, yet totally believable. In some form or another, we’ve all seen firsthand how efficiencies...

The Rwanda Roster

Dark. Foreboding. Grim. And – could it really be happening? Those are all thoughts that come to mind reading this captivating tale set in Scotland of murder and a system that makes it all seem like simply balancing the books. After a drowned body turns up in a shipping...