Year
2020
Language
English

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When the body of a man in eighteenth-century Highland dress is discovered on the site of the Battle of Culloden, journalist Rebecca Connolly takes up the story for the Chronicle.
Meanwhile, a film being made about the '45 Rebellion has enraged the right-wing group Spirit of the Gael which isconnected to a shadowy group called Black Dawn linked to death threats and fake anthrax deliveries to Downing Streetand Holyrood. When a second body – this time in the Redcoat uniform of the government army – is found in Inverness,Rebecca finds herself drawn ever deeper into the mystery. Are the murders connected to politics, a local gang war orsomething else entirely?

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"'Set in Inverness, a refreshing change from Glasgow or Edinburgh…the author's background'"
Scottish Field
"'Once again great characters, we hear more from reporter, Rebecca Connolly and the tension just keeps you on your toes all the way through. It's also full of Douglas Skelton humour too which just makes it a marvellous read!'"
Independent Book Reviews
"'Excellent. Credible, multi-layered characters enhance the intricate, high-tension plot. Skelton's growing legion of fans will avidly await brave, dogged Rebecca's next outing'"
Publishers Weekly US

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