An Island Burning

'Warm, funny and beguiling, authentically infused with salt spray and whisky fumes' - Chris Brookmyre

'Vivid and exciting . . . a gripping read' - Alexander McCall Smith



Burns Night, January 2000. In the early days of the new millennium, two burnt-out cars are discovered on a barren glen on the Isle of Mull. Inside them, only teeth and bones.

Meanwhile, Ivor Punch is busy policing a protest when he meets a strange visitor purporting to be Robert Louis Stevenson, who speaks of an island that appears only twice a century. As smoke fills the air and bodies are discovered, Sergeant Punch searches for the crux of the mystery by looking to the past.

Amid peculiar forces at play, a freshly moored ferry full of curious characters and a Burns Night play to set the evening alight, Punch needs to decipher what is real or imagined - before the island falls into chaos.

From multi-award-winning author and musician, Colin MacIntyre, aka Mull Historical Society.

Praise for Colin MacIntyre

'A twisty mystery set on Mull, the island being a character in itself' Ian Rankin

'One of my favourite songwriters of all time' Irvine Welsh

'MacIntyre always writes with a clarity of style' The Scotsman Colin MacIntyre is a multi-award-winning musician, producer, author for adults and children, and playwright. Born into a family of storytellers and writers, he was raised on the Isle of Mull and has released eight acclaimed albums to date, notably under the moniker Mull Historical Society. His debut novel, The Letters of Ivor Punch,

won the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award and was shortlisted for The Guardian's Not the Booker Prize. His second novel When the Needle Drops was published in 2024. He has been voted Scotland's Top Creative Talent at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards.

www.colinmacintyre.com Burns Night, January 2000. In the early days of the new millennium, two burnt-out cars are discovered on a barren glen on the isle of Mull. Inside them, only teeth and bones.



Meanwhile, Ivor Punch is busy policing a protest when he meets a strange visitor purporting to be Robert Louis Stevenson, who speaks of an island that appears only twice a century. As smoke fills the air and bodies are discovered, Sergeant Punch searches for the crux of the mystery by looking to the past.



Amid peculiar forces at play, a freshly moored ferry full of curious characters and a Burns Night play to set the evening alight, he needs to decipher what is real or imagined - before the island falls into chaos.



The second book in The Mull Mysteries Series from multi-award-winning author and musician Colin MacIntyre, aka Mull Historical Society. Burns Night, January 2000. In the early days of the new millennium, two burnt-out cars are discovered on a barren glen on the isle of Mull. Inside them, are only teeth and bones. Winner of the Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award 2015. Colin MacIntyre is an award-winning writer and artist who can rely on endorsements from many big names and press coverage from broadsheets and national TV and radio. Second novel in Sergeant Ivor Punch, Isle of Mull mystery series.