Gilbert Carmichael Libri

A nostalgic look at this beautiful Island realm off the west coast of Scotland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Family photographs and picture postcards tell of a hard life but reveal a stalwart and close knit community. The pictures tell of the deadly storms at sea which claimed the lives of families who fished to earn a living and storms on land in the shape of bitter clan disputes whose effects lingered long after the fighting was done.

This classic locked-room mystery with a closed circle of suspects is woven together with a thrilling story of escape from an Italian POW camp, as the Second World War nears its endgame and a handful of British prisoners prepare to flee into the Italian countryside.

A masterful and atmospheric mystery combining high stakes courtroom drama with a search for evidence in a war-torn Europe, where the roots of the central deadly crime lie buried.