A Small Death in the Great Glen: A Novelvolume 1

A gripping and atmospheric novel of suspense, set in the Scottish Highlands in the 1950s, featuring a small-town newspaper staff.

In the Highlands of 1950s Scotland, a boy is found dead in a canal lock. Two young girls tell such a fanciful story of his disappearance that no one believes them. The local newspaper staff--including Joanne Ross, the part-time typist embroiled in an abusive marriage, and her boss, a seasoned journalist determined to revamp the paper--set out to uncover and investigate the crime. Suspicion falls on several townspeople, all of whom profess their innocence. Alongside these characters are the people of the town and neighboring glens; a refugee Polish sailor; an Italian family whose caf boasts the first known cappuccino machine in the north of Scotland; and a corrupt town clerk subverting the planning laws to line his own pocket.

Together, these very different Scots harbor deep and troubling secrets underneath their polished and respectable veneers--revelations that may prevent the crime from being solved and may keep the town firmly in the clutches of its shadowy past.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 08/03/2010
ISBN: 9781439154939
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.20w x 1.07d

Review Citations: Booklist 05/01/2010 pg. 38
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2010
Publishers Weekly 06/28/2010
Romantic Times 08/01/2010 pg. 77 - Excellent
Library Journal 06/15/2010 pg. 64