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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.

The elusive Hermit’s Castle at Achmelvich on the west coast of Sutherland is visited by the book’s two central characters as they get to know each other. This remarkable folly was built in 1950 and is sometimes known as Europe's smallest castle: though it’s a castle in name only.

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The image shows a view along a rocky promontory with grassy patches and sea on the right and in the background. In the centre of the frame is a light grey concrete structure made up of flat planes and odd angles with a chimney projecting from its centre and small square window holes in several of the surfaces. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the bottom right 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.

The harbour at Kirkwall is featured in the novel, as is the Kirkwall Hotel, which served as a naval headquarters during the war. The MI11 team stay in a fictional neighbouring hotel.

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This modern image shows Kirkwall harbour and the Kirkwall Hotel. The buildings extend from the middle right of the frame, which is the end nearest the camera. The largest is the Kirkwall Hotel, which is four storeys in height. There’s a fishing boat in the foreground with a blue and black hull and white upper parts. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

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.

This modern image shows Dunkeld and Birnam railway station, which would be recognisable to the characters who visit it in the book. The A9 Birnam bypass, which runs just to the right of the scene in the photograph, is a more recent addition.

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This modern image shows Dunkeld and Birnam railway station. It is taken from a passenger bridge and the twin tracks run below the viewer before joining into one in the distance and disappearing. The station buildings are next to the platform on the right of the image, and there is an open platform on the left. The sky is cloudy. The front cover of ‘Hide and Seek’ 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.

Stockholm’s Grand Hotel was known during the war as ‘the listening post of Europe’ and plays an important part in the book. This modern photograph is of the Grand Hotel at night, with a 1940s postcard view added for comparison.

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The image shows a modern view across the harbour of Stockholm’s Grand Hotel at night with a similar 1940s postcard view added in the top left for comparison. The hotel is brightly lit in both photographs. The front cover of 'The Stockholm Run' is shown in the bottom right corner.

✨ IT HAPPENED ✨

Sorry for shouting, but oh, wow, I'm lost for words to tell you how excited I am about this! 🤩

I've been dreaming of being featured in a book box for so long, and when I finally got an offer last year, I had to do my best to keep the secret (which was HARD, I swear 😅). But now I can finally share that I'm one of the featured authors in the Midnight Tales Book Box this April. Woohoo! 🎉

The book is my romantasy novel Secret Shadows (a retelling of the Ancient Greek Hades & Persephone myth and the legend of how The Underworld was formed). So if you haven't read it yet or you want to get a paperback copy + some awesome swag and a ✨signed✨ bookplate, now is the perfect chance to get it:

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