“This book makes me feel the same as watching Only Murders in the Building!”

“I can attest to the brilliance of this story. Whisky or not, it’s gripping. Believe me, I’ve read chapters of it in the morning. It goes splendidly well, no matter your tipple.”

“If you enjoy a murder mystery, this is a good one to keep you on the edge!”

Meet Robert Begg: bar owner and now accidental detective, as he’s swept up in a decades’ old case in the Scottish Highlands. 

Robert Begg is struggling to make ends meet at the Pine Needle, the bar his late father left to him. When well-to-do Londoner Mirabella Rowley, the mother of a teenage girl who was murdered in Findrussie twenty-two years ago, gatecrashes Hogmanay celebrations, Robert puts her ranting down to grief (something he understands all too well). 

However, she insists his father’s drowning accident is somehow connected to her daughter’s murder. Then, she reveals his father called her on the day he died. Suspicious of the local police, who she believes mishandled her daughter’s case all those years ago, Mirabella offers Robert and his colleagues £100,000 to look into it – an amount that will save the bar from closing. 

Before he knows it, Robert finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation. Why did his father telephone Mirabella? Who was her daughter’s mystery boyfriend? Did the police really get it wrong? His enquiries take him all over the village and beyond; but as Robert begins to uncover Findrussie’s murky past, more suspicious deaths occur. 

Rumours begin to buzz. Brian McCrae, the surly lead investigator on the original case and now a powerful detective, starts harassing Robert. The Pine Needle team feels as if they’re being watched…

As each new twist places Robert and his friends in more danger, can they get to the truth before it’s too late? 

An unputdownable Scottish murder mystery. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and Clare Chase.