The Isle of Mull, three days before Christmas, 1998. Sergeant Ivor
Punch is contacted by a frantic caller, Maggie May, about a missing
pilot and plane. Respected classical musician Xander Lowry has
vanished without a trace after taking off, impromptu and alone, in
a Cessna Needle from the airfield of a local hotel. For Punch, this
strange incident takes places on the tenth anniversary of the
Lockerbie disaster, in which his brother was killed. Now aged 45,
Punch is a loner who slaughters sheep to unwind and survives on a
diet of whisky and The Faces vinyls, and the last thing he needs is
to be reminded of the past. Then Lowry's body is found, propped up
on a hillside - but no plane in sight. To make matters even more
frustrating, Punch - more used to employing the amateur sleuth-like
services of local accomplices Randy, a
musician-come-forestry-worker, and the island's gothic undertaker,
Dave the Grave - must entertain an overly-keen and bureaucratic new
deputy, PC Cluny, despatched from Head Office. A little girl, Iris,
goes missing, and soon after another body is found. And now
effigies start appearing around the island - of Punch, Lowry, Iris,
Charlie and others. A sinister plot is unfolding, holding the
island in its grip, and all the evidence starts to point back to
the start - to the elusive Maggie May and that first phone call to
Sergeant Punch . . .
General
Imprint: |
Black And White Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2024 |
Authors: |
Colin Macintyre
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78530-513-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-78530-513-1 |
Barcode: |
9781785305139 |
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