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Relentless pursuit and a grisly murder. ‘Hide and Seek’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Stirling Castle and more widely across Scotland during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

This modern image shows Kyle of Lochalsh station, the terminus of the Kyle Line across northern Scotland. The station has an important part to play in the story as it builds towards its climax.

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

This modern image shows Kyle of Lochalsh railway station. There are tracks in the foreground leading to the right and the station is made of wood with a canopy and a slate roof. There’s a glimpse of a loch in the background and beyond it is a wooded hillside. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Hide and Seek’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Good morning from a chilly, showery and blustery Sheffield, I hope you are all well

1. Switched my default browser back to Firefox which I haven't used for years

2. Bought some new PC games in the Steam Winter Sale

3. Really enjoying the book I'm reading at the moment which is The Bone Chests by Cat Jarman although a lot of the King's names are pretty similar at the moment starting with Aethl- and then different endings

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set mainly in central Scotland and the far north-west.

Balnakeil is home to a stunning beach, an austere mansion, and the ruined Balnakeil Church. The church is visited by the book’s central character as he explores the area in which he believes he should focus his search for his missing cousin.

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

The image shows a corner view of a ruined T-shape church whose walls are still standing but which is roofless. The long wall on its left is entirely covered in ivy while other walls are more visible. There are gravestones in the foreground set amongst rough grass. The sea can be glimpsed on the right. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the top right corner.

I've been breaking off from my regular reading diet of crime / mystery / thriller genre books, to include the occasional Terry Pratchett Discworld novel.

I recently had a mini binge of the 'City Watch' series. Starting with "Guards! Guards!" followed by "Men at Arms" (which introduced the wonderful Angua) and now I'm well into "Feet of Clay".

I've only just realised, this series is a parody of the 'police procedual' sub-genre of crime.

Sam Vimes being the left-field maverick cop à la Rebus et al
Doh!

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.

Stockholm Central Station plays a pivotal role as the story moves towards its climax. This modern image shows a mural in the station formed from a large photograph of it in 1943, at the time it is visited by the two central characters.

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

Stockholm Central Station. The image shows a curving segmented wall that comes in from the right of the frame and extends away from us near the left side. The wall carries a very large black and white photograph of the interior of the station in 1943, with ticket offices on the right and doors to the outside in the background and people, mainly wearing hats. The front cover of 'The Stockholm Run' is shown in the bottom left corner.

In 1985 French agents bombed the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour to prevent its travel to Polynesia to protest against nuclear testing, killing one person. , who I know best as an iconic New Zealand historian, published this journalistic account a year later, detailing the French operation and police investigation. The book is extremely detailed at times but still a vital record of a sleazy and contemptible, but historically important, operation. @bookstodon

Death of the Rainbow Warrior, by Michael King

You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in northern Scotland.

The beach at Oldshoremore in Sutherland is one of the most magnificent beaches anywhere. It is close to the home of one of the central characters and serves as a backdrop to the story as it develops. The beach also appears on the cover of the book.

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

The beach at Oldshoremore. The image shows an extensive length of beach facing to the left out to sea. It has light-coloured sand and is backed by dunes. There is marram grass at the foot of the frame and a headland sweeps to the left beyond the beach, ending in an island. The sea is rough and there are two tiny figures walling along the beach. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘A Tangled Web’ is shown in the bottom right corner.