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The blackhouse : a novel / Carole Johnstone.
"In 2019, Maggie visits a remote island in Scotland's Outer Hebrides to prove that a man was murdered there twenty-five years before. Maggie's motives are as dark as they are surprising. But she isn't prepared for the dangerous secrets and lies that are hiding at the heart of Kilmeray's isolated community. Or within herself. Robert Reid moved his family to Kilmeray in the early 1990s, driven both by hope and a terrible secret that he kept hidden for more than fifteen years. But the violent storms are returning to the islands, and what awaits him in Kilmeray can't be escaped a second time. Because some secrets should stay buried, and some mysteries are better left alone. Especially when the truth can cost you everything you thought you knew. Including your life"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982199678 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 322 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2023.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : The Borough Press, 2022. |
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| Subject: | Journalists > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Reincarnation > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Western Isles (Scotland) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Johns | 31681010307049 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Twenty years after she announced, at just 5 years old, that a man on Kilmerayâa place sheâd never visitedâhad been murdered, Maggie McKay is determined to find out what really happened and, receiving ominous threats, must decide how far she will go to discover the horrifying truth. - Baker & Taylor
"In 2019, Maggie visits a remote island in Scotland's Outer Hebrides to prove that a man was murdered there twenty-five years before. Maggie's motives are as dark as they are surprising. But she isn't prepared for the dangerous secrets and lies that are hiding at the heart of Kilmeray's isolated community. Or within herself. Robert Reid moved his family to Kilmeray in the early 1990s, driven both by hope and a terrible secret that he kept hidden for more than fifteen years. But the violent storms are returning to the islands, and what awaits him in Kilmeray can't be escaped a second time. Because some secrets should stay buried, and some mysteries are better left alone. Especially when the truth can cost you everything you thought you knew. Including your life"-- - Simon and Schuster
From the author of the âdark and devious...beautifully writtenâ (Stephen King) Mirrorland comes an âatmospheric, thrilling, and utterly captivatingâ (Booklist) gothic tale set on a remote Scottish island where the locals are hiding a deadly secret.
Maggie Mackay has been haunted her entire life. No matter what she does, she canât shake the sense that something is wrong with her. And maybe something isâ¦
When she was five years old, Maggie announced that a man on the remote island of Kilmeray in Scotlandâs Outer Hebridesâa place sheâd never visitedâwas murdered. Her unfounded claim drew media attention and turned the locals against each other, creating rifts that never mended.
Now, nearly twenty years later, Maggie is determined to discover what really happened, and what the villagers are hiding. But everyone has secrets, and some are deadly. As she gets closer to the horrifying truth, the islandâs legendary and violent storms begin to rage again and Maggieâs own life is in dangerâ¦
Unnerving, enthralling, and filled with gothic suspense, The Blackhouse is a spectacularly sinister tale readers wonât soon forget.
