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The siege is over but the war goes on. ‘The Eye of Horus’ is an atmospheric World War Two thriller with settings that move from the Highlands of Scotland via Gibraltar to Malta.

Fort St Angelo served as the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Malta during World War Two and is visited by the book’s two central characters as the story builds towards its climax.

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https://www.arachnid.scot/book-eoh/index.html

The image shows a telephoto view of Fort St Angelo seen slightly from above and across Malta’s Grand Harbour. The high walls of the fort rise in two layers of bright light stone from the waters of the harbour, which wrap around both sides of it. There are buildings in the upper parts of the fort and beyond it is Birgu. The scene is in bright sunlight which is coming slightly from the right. The front cover of ‘The Eye of Horus’ is shown in the top left corner.

A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

During the war Dundas Castle, south of Queensferry, was taken over by the RAF and became the headquarters of a barrage balloon squadron defending the Firth of Forth against enemy bombers. It has a key role in the early part of the novel.

Find out more:
http://www.kenlussey.com/tsr/index.html

The image shows a frontal view of Dundas Castle in bright sunlight, though under dark skies. There’s a long shadow of a tree extending out across the grass in the foreground towards the castle. The front cover of 'The Stockholm Run' is shown in the top left corner.

A game of secrets and lies. ‘Bloody Orkney’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland, mainly in Orkney, during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

This modern photograph shows the Bishop’s Palace in Kirkwall, dating back to the 1150s. It had already been a ruin for centuries by November 1942, when it has a small but important role as ‘Bloody Orkney’ reaches its climax.

Find out more on our website:
https://www.arachnid.scot/book-blork/index.html

This modern image shows the circular tower of the Bishop’s Palace in Kirkwall with the ruins of the rest of the palace to its left. There’s part of a graveyard in the foreground and a gate in the bottom left of the frame. Oblique sunlight is catching the top of the tower. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the top left corner.

The siege is over but the war goes on. ‘The Eye of Horus’ is an atmospheric World War Two thriller with settings that move from the Highlands of Scotland via Gibraltar to Malta.

This modern wide-angle view shows the wartime headquarters of the RAF in Malta at what was then known as 3 Scots Street in Valletta. It is visited by the two central characters in the book.

Find out more on my website:
http://www.kenlussey.com/eoh/index.html

A wide-angle view of a street scene in Valletta. All the buildings are built from a honey-coloured stone. Those at the sides of the frame lean in while in the centre is a corner building with the road to its left climbing a hill. The upper part of the building is in sunlight and the sky is blue. The front cover of ‘The Eye of Horus’ is shown in the top right corner.