A Small Death in the Great Glen : A Novel EPUB
by A. D. Scott
Part of the The Highland Gazette Mystery Series series
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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 staffincluding Joanne Ross, the part-time typist embroiled in an abusive marriage, and her boss, a seasoned journalist determined to revamp the paperset 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 veneersrevelations that may prevent the crime from being solved and may keep the town firmly in the clutches of its shadowy past.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Atria Books
- Publication Date:03/08/2010
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- ISBN:9781439164839
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Atria Books
- Publication Date:03/08/2010
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- ISBN:9781439164839
