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I Saw Him Die

I Saw Him Die
  • Author(s): Andrew Wilson
  • Location(s): Isle of Skye
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1913

Who saw him die? I, said the fly, with my little eye. I saw him die. An astonishingly beautiful setting on the island of Skye. A gathering of fascinating guests at a hunting lodge set to enjoy abundant hospitality....

In The Shadow Of The Hill

In The Shadow Of The Hill
  • Author(s): Helen Forbes
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands, The Outer Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An elderly woman is found battered to death in the common stairwell of an Inverness block of flats. Detective Sergeant Joe Galbraith starts what seems like one more depressing investigation of the untimely death of a poor unfortunate who...

Sea Babies

Sea Babies
  • Author(s): Tracey Scott-Townsend
  • Location(s): The Outer Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s — present

Lauren Wilson is travelling by ferry to the Outer Hebrides, about to begin a new job as a social worker. When somebody sits opposite her at the cafeteria table, she refuses to look up, annoyed at having her privacy...

Settlement

Settlement
  • Author(s): Anne Stormont
  • Location(s): Isle of Skye, Israel, Palestine
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Can love truly heal old wounds? Can the past ever be put peacefully to rest? If you like a complex, grown-up romance with lots of raw emotion, dramatic and exotic settings, all mixed in with some international politics and...

SHIABA

SHIABA
  • Author(s): Willie Orr
  • Location(s): Isle of Mull
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1850

SHIABA SYNOPSIS In the winter of 1846, the potato crop in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland turned to slime. Thousands, dependent on the crop for survival, faced starvation, eviction and death. The remote township of Shiaba on the...

Shoot the Moon

Shoot the Moon
  • Author(s): Bella Cassidy
  • Location(s): Aberfeldy, Covent Garden, Glastonbury, Isle of Skye
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tassie Morris is everyone’s favourite wedding photographer, famous for her photos of offbeat ceremonies and alternative brides. Yet commitment is proving impossible for Tassie herself, who cannot forget her first love. When she’s sent to photograph a ceremony on...

Sleep

Sleep
  • Author(s): C L Taylor
  • Location(s): Inner Hebrides, Rum
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty… To escape her past, Anna takes a...

Star Gazing

Star Gazing
  • Author(s): Linda Gillard
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, Isle of Skye
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Blind since birth, widowed in her twenties, now lonely in her forties, Marianne Fraser lives in Edinburgh in elegant, angry anonymity with her sister, Louisa, a successful novelist. Marianne’s passionate nature finds solace and expression in music, a love...

The Blackhouse

The Blackhouse
  • Author(s): Peter May
  • Location(s): Isle of Lewis
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 2000s

From the back cover: A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. A MURDER: Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born...

The Chessmen

The Chessmen
  • Author(s): Peter May
  • Location(s): Isle of Lewis
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

THE NEW START. Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. THE OLD FRIEND. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill...

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