Thunder Bay
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of Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on 3/1/2023
This book is in a Controlled Release!
rainbow3 of Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on 3/1/2023 This book is in a Controlled Release!
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Blurb:
When reporter Rebecca Connolly gets a tip that suspected murderer Roddie Drummond will be returning to the island of Stoirm, she smells a story. Though never convicted in the death of his girlfriend Mhairi fifteen years earlier, Drummond is still guilty in the eyes of many islanders, and his return for his mother’s funeral is sure to stir up old resentments, hatreds, possibly even violence. Rebecca has another reason for going to Stoirm. Her own father came from there, but he never went back, and he always refused to speak of it or say what drove him away.
Defying her editor, Rebecca joins forces with local photographer Chazz Wymark to dig into the mystery surrounding Mhairi's death and her unexplained last words, “Thunder Bay”—the secluded spot on the west coast of the island where, according to local lore, the souls of the dead set off into the afterlife. When a string of violent events erupts across the island, Rebecca discovers the power of secrets, and she must decide what to bury, and what to bring into the light.
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THUNDER BAY - DOUGLAS SKELTON (2019) | ISBN: 1846974739 / 9781846974731 |
Publisher: POLYGON, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd (4/1/2011) (320 pages)
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When reporter Rebecca Connolly gets a tip that suspected murderer Roddie Drummond will be returning to the island of Stoirm, she smells a story. Though never convicted in the death of his girlfriend Mhairi fifteen years earlier, Drummond is still guilty in the eyes of many islanders, and his return for his mother’s funeral is sure to stir up old resentments, hatreds, possibly even violence. Rebecca has another reason for going to Stoirm. Her own father came from there, but he never went back, and he always refused to speak of it or say what drove him away.
Defying her editor, Rebecca joins forces with local photographer Chazz Wymark to dig into the mystery surrounding Mhairi's death and her unexplained last words, “Thunder Bay”—the secluded spot on the west coast of the island where, according to local lore, the souls of the dead set off into the afterlife. When a string of violent events erupts across the island, Rebecca discovers the power of secrets, and she must decide what to bury, and what to bring into the light.
[fantasticfiction.com]
THUNDER BAY - DOUGLAS SKELTON (2019) | ISBN: 1846974739 / 9781846974731 |
Publisher: POLYGON, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd (4/1/2011) (320 pages)
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SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Just finished Thunder Bay, emotionally exhausted as it wound up stormy in all ways. With heady descriptions of howling gale-force storm weather isolating a Scottish island from the mainland, even as domino's fell around journalist Rebecca's ears as the explanation of how and why a young woman had been killed 15 years ago was finally revealed. Then the various repercussions of that revelation reverberated fatally, and there was so much going on I was dizzy. Hmm, I was really thinking of standing stones falling rather than domino's, ground shaking stuff. What a thunderous end! Phew...
Good gracious! Now I know why this was longlisted for Bloody Scotland's McIlvanney Prize for best crime book of the year, in 2019 was it? I also understand why Neil Broadfoot, (author of the MacGregor and Drummond thrillers) hailed Thunder Bay as "Immersive, compelling . . . [with a] jaw-dropping climax". Worth quoting as I could'nt put it better.
Have a plan for this.
Good gracious! Now I know why this was longlisted for Bloody Scotland's McIlvanney Prize for best crime book of the year, in 2019 was it? I also understand why Neil Broadfoot, (author of the MacGregor and Drummond thrillers) hailed Thunder Bay as "Immersive, compelling . . . [with a] jaw-dropping climax". Worth quoting as I could'nt put it better.
Have a plan for this.
Giving to a chum [AS] who likes true crime, and while this is fiction it's from an author who has in the past written volumes detailing Scottish true crime cases. Please take this book travelling, as a registered BookCrossing book it's keen to out and about and abroad travelling.
Hope you find all this entertaining! Cheers rainbow3.
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DEAR FINDER:
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Take me with you, read me, and please leave a note about my whereabouts on the website - anonymously, if you prefer.
Then, please release me again so I can travel on.
Making the whole world a LIBRARY! rainbow3.
Hope you find all this entertaining! Cheers rainbow3.
● RELEASE NOTES:
DEAR FINDER:
I'm a special book. I'm not forgotten, lost or disgarded. I was left here on purpose to find new readers. On www.bookcrossing.com. you can follow my journey.
Take me with you, read me, and please leave a note about my whereabouts on the website - anonymously, if you prefer.
Then, please release me again so I can travel on.
Making the whole world a LIBRARY! rainbow3.
