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When the Needle Drops
A gripping new Scottish crime thriller inspired by true events
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
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"A twisty mystery set on Mull, the island being a character in itself. Ivor Punch is a detective well worth spending time (and a dram) with." - IAN RANKINIt's the run-up to Christmas, 1998. On the Isle of Mull, Sergeant Ivor Punch is losing himself in his vinyl collection, a tragic anniversary and too much single malt whisky. But news of a missing child soon brings him back to his senses. And as word spreads of more strange disappearances, an aircraft vanishing from the sky and a famous classical musician gone with it, it seems a sinister plot holds the island in its grip.Punch thought he knew the secrets of this place, its people and stories. Yet as a grisly trail of effigies and clues are discovered, he struggles to untangle past mysteries and find out what's really happening right under his nose. And time is fast running out for the policeman that locals call 'The Clock'.The first book in The Mull Mysteries Series from multi-award-winning musician, producer, author and playwright, Colin MacIntyre, aka Mull Historical Society.PRAISE FOR COLIN MACINTYRE'A storyteller with a unique imagination and clarity of style' - THE SCOTSMAN
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'Warm, funny and beguiling, authentically infused with salt spray and whisky fumes' - Chris Brookmyre'Vivid and exciting . . . a gripping read' - Alexander McCall SmithBurns 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