| Beneath the Abbey Wall Contributor(s): Scott, A. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1451665776 ISBN-13: 9781451665772 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012030071 |
| Series: Highland Gazette Mystery |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 354 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Scottish - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Booklist called A Double Death on the Black Isle, "a stunner...with lots of action, lots of atmosphere." Now the acclaimed mystery series about a newspaper staff in a 1950s Highlands town continues--everything is quiet and quaint until one of their own is murdered. The third lyrical, evocative, and character-driven entry in A.D. Scott's mystery series set in the 1950s in the Scottish Highlands. As a decade of change comes to a close, murder hists close to home in a small Scottish town... On a dark, damp Sunday evening, a man taking a shortcut home sees a hand reaching out in supplication from a bundle of sacks. In an instant he knows something terrifying has happened. In the Highlands in the late 1950s, much of the local newspaper's success was due to Mrs. Smart, the no-nonsense office manager who kept everything and everyone in line. Her murder leaves her colleagues in shock and the Highland Gazette office in chaos. Joanne Ross, a budding reporter and shamefully separated mother, assumes Mrs. Smart's duties, but an intriguing stranger provides a distraction not only from the job and the investigation but from everything Joanne believes in. Beneath the Abbey Wall brilliantly evokes a place still torn between the safety of the past and the uncertainty of the future, when rock 'n' roll and television invaded homes, and a change in attitudes still came slowly for many. As the staff of the Highland Gazette probes the crime, they uncover secrets deeply rooted in the past, and their friend's murder becomes the perfect fodder for strife and division in the town and between her colleagues. |
Contributor Bio(s): Scott, A. D.: - A.D. Scott was born in the Highlands of Scotland and educated at Inverness Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She has worked in theater and in magazines, and is currently writing the next book in the acclaimed Highland Gazette mystery series. |