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2000s:DI Alec McKay is a man haunted, about to find that the Black Isle is very dark indeed…
2000s:DI Alec McKay is a man haunted, about to find that the Black Isle is very dark indeed…
DI Alec McKay is a man haunted by the loss of his daughter. As he obsesses over a missing person case that is going nowhere, McKay’s investigation is interrupted when bodies start appearing on the Scottish Black Isle. Soon McKay and his team start to identify a disturbing pattern behind the killings.
Why are candles and roses placed around the bodies?
What is this twisted murderer trying to achieve?
While the police follow their own leads, a young woman who discovered the first victim begins an investigation of her own.
As the case unfolds McKay will be forced to face his own demons.
To catch the killer McKay must discover the true motive and untangle the web of truth and lies.
The Black Isle is actually a peninsular which stretches out into the North Sea – bordered by the Moray, Beauly and Cromarty Firths. It’s within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands.
There are many villages in and around the area – visitscotland.com/black-isle
In this novel there are quite a few high profile places which are evoked in very interesting ways indeed – unusual crime scenes and shocking murders. The
army Barracks at Fort George, Chanonry Point which is a look out in more ways than one and of course the quaint little village of Culbokie
Author/ Guide: Alex Walters Destination: Black Isle Departure Time: 2000s
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