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S.G. MacLean - The Bookseller of Inverness (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
A gripping historical thriller set in Inverness in the wake of the 1746 battle of Culloden from twice CWA award-winning author S. G. MacLean. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor.
After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drummossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally slashed, he survived only by pretending to be dead as the Redcoats patrolled the corpses of his Jacobite comrades.
Six years later, with the clan chiefs routed and the Highlands subsumed into the British state, Iain lives a quiet life, working as a bookseller in Inverness. One day, after helping several of his regular customers, he notices a stranger lurking in the upper gallery of his shop, poring over his collection. But the man refuses to say what he's searching for and only leaves when Iain closes for the night.
The next morning Iain opens up shop and finds the stranger dead, his throat cut, and the murder weapon laid out in front of him - a sword with a white cockade on its hilt, the emblem of the Jacobites.
With no sign of the killer, Iain wonders whether the stranger discovered what he was looking for - and whether he paid for it with his life. He soon finds himself embroiled in a web of deceit and a series of old scores to be settled in the ashes of war.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Historical Fiction
- Published : 2022 (This Edition 2023 - Quercus)
- ISBN : 9781529414219
- SKU : B002996
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'This slice of historical fiction takes you on a wild ride' - The Times.
'Fresh and intriguing . . . Her best yet' - Andrew Taylor.
'Everything you could ask for from a historical thriller' - Antonia Hodgeson.
'An intricately wrought, compulsively page-turning tale'
'A first rate historical thriller'
'From the moment I began reading I was hooked'
'Hugely entertaining . . . fast paced, twisting and turning' - Goodreads Reviews.
'Well-written and well-plotted, MacLean is gifted with a writing style that blends literary storytelling with a fast-paced mystery' - Scottish Field.
The Author
Shona (S.G.) MacLean was born in Inverness and brought up in the Scottish Highlands. She obtained an MA and PH.D. in History from Aberdeen University. She began to write fiction while bringing up her four children (and Labrador) on the Banffshire coast. She has now returned to live in the Highlands. She has written four highly acclaimed historical thrillers set in Scotland, The Redemption of Alexander Seaton (shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger), A Game of Sorrows, Crucible of Secrets and The Devil's Recruit, and a series of historical thrillers set in Oliver Cromwell's London. The first and third books in the series, The Seeker and Destroying Angel, have won the CWA Historical Dagger and the second, The Black Friar, was longlisted for the same award. S.G. MacLean is married with four children and lives in Conon Bridge, Scotland.
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