Rachel McLean on why she chose Corfe Castle for DCI Lesley Clarke's first case in The Corfe Castle Murders, Dorset Crime Book 1 and winner of the Kindle Storyteller Award 2021.

Corfe Castle – at a glance Key facts about Corfe Castle, a real location featured in the Dorset Crime series by Rachel McLean: Name: Corfe Castle Type: Village and ruined medieval castle (real place) Real-world basis: Corfe Castle, a real village and National Trust castle ruin in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England Region: Isle of Purbeck, Dorset Series: Dorset Crime by Rachel McLean Featured in: The Corfe Castle Murders (Book 1); returns later in the series Genre: British p

The Corfe Castle Murders – at a glance Key facts about The Corfe Castle Murders, Book 1 of the Dorset Crime series by Rachel McLean: Title: The Corfe Castle Murders Series: Dorset Crime (Book 1) Author: Rachel McLean Publisher: Ackroyd Publishing Genre: British police procedural crime fiction; detective fiction; murder mystery Setting: Corfe Castle, in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England Protagonist: DCI Lesley Clarke, newly transferred from Birmingham (West Midlands Police)