Thicker Than Water
'Thicker Than Water' is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland.
Callum Anderson and Jenny Mackay are spending Hogmanay at Sarclet Castle in Caithness when they are asked to investigate the brutal murder of a young woman at nearby Sarclet Broch in 1943, a woman whose ghost is believed to haunt the castle.
What seems the coldest of cold cases is not the first murder of a young woman at the broch: there was another nearly two thousand years earlier. Nor is it the last. On the day that Callum and Jenny arrive, there is a third fatal stabbing there.
Their investigation into the 1943 murder uncovers shoddy police work and the possibility of a serial killer: but can anything be proved after eight decades? Meanwhile they find themselves drawn into the increasingly dangerous hunt for the latest murderer.
'Thicker Than Water' will be published as an eBook by Arachnid Press on 15 September 2024. The cover design is the work of Carolyn Henry Photography
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NextToTheAisle, 13 September 2024:
- "Another thrilling Highland set caper."
- "Lussey has attempted something grand and he has achieved success, crafting a thrilling cat and mouse with his usual admiring travelogue and snippets of history. Like whisky, this is a wonderful blend of escapism, entertainment and education."
- "Lussey has taken the bold and brave decision to melt his two universes (1940s war-time and modern day detective) together in a story about place and how history can tie a place to two separate occasions when one act takes place. This is not a time-travel story but a place-portal story."