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A dark Scottish island crime thriller featuring a compelling and brilliant female detective, a brutal murder, and a close-knit community where everyone has something to hide. Home is where the lies are buried. On the remote Hebridean island of South Uist, its rugged tranquillity is shattered by a brutal murder on a deserted beach. In desperate need of local knowledge, Uist-born Detective Constable Mairead Maclean is sent to investigate. Long estranged from the island, she is forced back to the place she once called home and to a past she would rather forget.But as Mairead rekindles old friendships and hostilities, she uncovers a network of deception and scandal that could shatter the close-knit community. They have been harbouring more than just long-buried secrets. Someone is watching Mairead’s every move. They have already killed to keep the past buried, and they’re ready to do it again. The Long Isle is the gripping first novel in a haunting new Scottish crime series, perfect for readers of Peter May and Ann Cleeves, and lovers of atmospheric police procedurals and dark island noir."Oozing with atmosphere... A proper Tartan Noir." The Scotsman"Raymond's series could come to rival Ann Cleeves' Jimmy Perez - the first is that good" Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail"A brilliant read, full of atmosphere" Belfast Telegraph"Pacey and gripping" Anne Marie Scanlon, Sunday Irish Independent ___________________________________________________________________Praise for Andrew Raymond★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of Scotland’s best tartan noir authors★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For fans of Ian Rankin’s Rebus and JD Kirk-style Scottish crime…★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A cracking twist★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A nice surprise to find a new author whose writing is so interesting★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Raymond crafts a hypnotic story with many twists and turns

This is one shortlist no writer wants to be on...When legendary crime novelist William MacRae is found murdered at his Glasgow home, Police Scotland’s premier investigator DCI John Lomond is put on the case.After compiling a shortlist of suspects that includes seven bestselling authors – all old friends of MacRae’s – Lomond and his team head to a Highlands crime writing festival, where the seven are gathering to remember their fallen friend.But a vicious storm is closing in. And not everyone, it seems, has fond memories of MacRae.Or each other.Cut off from the outside world at a remote country home, it doesn’t take long for the whisky to flow, old resentments to reignite…and another dead body to appear.One of them is a killer.But can Lomond sift through all the secrets and lies to unmask them before it’s too late?The Shortlist is shot through with Andrew Raymond’s dark Glaswegian humour and thrilling twists. Taking you from his beloved home city to the north west coast of Scotland.If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, and Stuart MacBride, this addictive murder mystery will have you guessing to the very end.

A stolen child. A killer stalking the streets of Glasgow. A troubled detective running out of time.Five years ago, DCI John Lomond led the search for notorious Glasgow child-killer ‘The Sandman’, until personal tragedy forced him off the case.In Lomond’s absence, the killer was never found.Now, with nothing but work left in his life, Lomond remains obsessed with the case – despite the nightmares it brings.When a child is abducted in similar Sandman fashion from an affluent Glasgow suburb, Lomond is brought in to find them before it’s too late.But the only forensic evidence belongs to a little girl who was abducted and murdered twenty years ago.Could the Sandman’s identity lie buried in the coldest of cold cases? Or is a new killer about to claim their first victim?The Bonnie Dead is the explosive debut Scottish crime thriller from Andrew Raymond – author of Amazon number one political thriller Official Secrets, which has now sold over 100,000 copies.Shot through with dark Glaswegian humour and thrilling twists, he captures the voices of his beloved home city, taking you into its hidden depths, and the iconic hills and glens of nearby Loch Lomond and Arran.If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, and Stuart MacBride, this addictive thriller will have you gripped until its haunting, heart-in-the-mouth climax.

The past can be a killer.When the dismembered body of a notorious banker washes up on the beach at Luss, DCI John Lomond finds a sinister message carved into the dead man’s forehead.And the same message has just been found on a tortured lawyer in Gullane on the east coast.With a twisted vigilante on the loose, and a brewing scandal threatening to pull his Major Investigations Team apart, they and Lomond must join forces with a team from Edinburgh – led by Lomond’s ex.But like the killer they're hunting, she's not ready to leave the past behind.Now, as the body count rises, Lomond’s past hasn’t just come back to haunt him. It could be the death of him.Shot through with dark Glaswegian humour and thrilling twists, Andrew Raymond captures the voices of his beloved home city, taking you into its hidden depths, and the iconic hills and glens surrounding the nearby bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, David J. Gatward, Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, and Stuart MacBride, this addictive thriller will have you gripped until its explosive, gut-wrenching climax.

Some cases should never be reopened…When the remains of a young woman are found at the construction site of the new Govan-Partick Bridge, it appears to close a twenty-year-old cold case from DCI John Lomond’s earliest days as a detective.But a retired detective – Lomond’s former boss – has a controversial theory that cost him his career.This was no isolated case.And the truth involves dozens of other cold cases, and an extraordinary cover-up by some of the most powerful police and legal officials in the country.With the body count rising, Lomond and his team face a race against time to unmask a sadistic killer who’s been hiding in plain sight for decades.In his most raw and emotionally charged thriller so far, Andrew Raymond captures the voices of his beloved home city, and takes you into its hidden depths.If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, and Stuart MacBride, this addictive thriller will have you gripped until its devastating final reveal.

Some murders leave behind more than just a body...Still mourning the devastating loss of a close colleague, DCI Lomond and his team are called in to investigate a murder on the set of a popular Scottish detective TV show.But the victim isn’t a star actor. It’s the show’s official police advisor – legendary Serious Crime Squad detective Jack Beattie.Beloved by all who worked with him, the crime appears to be without motive or suspects.Until Lomond digs into Beattie’s seemingly unblemished career, and uncovers shocking secrets involving Lomond’s superiors.With a brash new addition to his Major Investigations Team, and the press breathing down his neck, Lomond must risk his entire future – both personal and professional – to bring a brutal killer to justice.From the bestselling author of The Bonnie Dead, Andrew Raymond captures the voices of his beloved home city, and takes you into its hidden depths.If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, and Val McDermid, this addictive thriller will have you gripped until its devastating final pages.

A police mole is about to emerge from the shadows. And no one is safe...For years, a police mole known only as the Ferryman has operated deep within Police Scotland, secretly doing the bidding of Glasgow crime boss Frank Gormley.When a mass shooting rocks a notorious gangster’s pub, it looks like a deadly new phase in the turf war between Gormley and his rivals.But when DCI Lomond and his team investigate, all the evidence points to an inside job – and a traitor within Major Investigations itself.With the body count climbing and loyalties fractured, Lomond must decide who he can trust, and what priceless personal cost he’s willing to pay to expose the Ferryman once and for all.Because when the Ferryman comes calling, someone has to pay the price.From the bestselling author of The Bonnie Dead, Andrew Raymond captures the voices of his beloved home city, and takes you into its hidden depths.If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, and Val McDermid, this addictive thriller will have you gripped until its devastating final pages.

Loyalty can be a death sentence…Under the Erskine Bridge, the body of a troubled young soldier is pulled from the River Clyde in an apparent suicide.But one of DCI John Lomond’s Major Investigations Team believes there is evidence of foul play.Forced to work alongside the hostile Royal Military Police, and Army officials looking to avoid a scandal, Lomond and his team find themselves obstructed from all sides.Stripped of his usual authority, Lomond must navigate an unfamiliar chain of command, and a culture of silence and secrets.To unmask a killer, Lomond must convince someone on the inside to do the unthinkable: break ranks.But in a place where loyalty is law, telling the truth might be the one thing that gets you killed.From the bestselling author of The Bonnie Dead and The Long Isle, Andrew Raymond captures the voices of his beloved home city, and takes you into its hidden depths.If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, and Val McDermid, this addictive thriller will have you gripped until its final pages.

A darkScottish island crime thriller featuring a compelling and brilliant femaledetective, two sisters who vanish without trace, and an island community at warwith itself. Not everyonewho is missing wants to be found.On the Isle of Skye, a remote township is torn apart when two sisters vanish overnight – the only two people standing between their neighbours and the largest sum of money any of them will ever see.In need of local knowledge and experience, Hebridean-born Detective Constable Mairead Maclean is sent to investigate.But the enquiry has barely begun when one sister returns, discovered at a cliff edge at Neist Point – and she refuses to talk.Mairead has to unpick complex layers of lies, scandal, and betrayal in a case where nothing is as it seems.Somewhere out there, the second sister is still alive.And Mairead is not the only one looking for her.The MissingSisters is the gripping second novel in the haunting Hebrides crime series,perfect for readers of Ann Cleeves and Peter May, and lovers ofatmospheric police procedurals and dark island noir.