'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' ANN CLEEVES Days before the final Shetland fire festival, in broad daylight, a glamorous young singer tumbles down a flight of steps. Though it seems a tragic accident, sailing sleuth Cass Lynch, a witness at the scene, thought it looked like Chloe sleepwalked to her death. But young women don't slumber while laughing and strolling with friends. Could it be that someone's cast a spell from the Book of the Black Arts, recently stolen from a Yell graveyard? A web of tensions between the victim and those who knew her confirm that something more deadly than black magic is at work. But proving what, or who, could be lethal - and until the mystery is solved, innocent people will remain in terrible danger...
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Marsali Taylors schrijven duikt in de rijke geschiedenis en onderscheidende cultuur van de Shetlandeilanden, waarbij ze vaak het unieke dialect van de regio gebruikt. Haar narratieve benadering is diepgaand geïnformeerd door haar fascinatie voor het verleden, waarbij ze thema's en verhalen onderzoekt die resoneren met het erfgoed van het eiland. Door haar boeiende proza biedt Taylor lezers een intieme verbinding met de geest en het erfgoed van haar geadopteerde thuis.
The Trowie Mound Murders
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- 7 uur lezen
Shetland becomes a centre for an art smuggling operation - with deadly consequences, in the second novel in the popular Shetland Sailing Mysteries by Shetland Noir author Marsali Taylor.
A Handful of Ash
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- 9 uur lezen
An ancient witch cult is revived in modern Shetland, in the third novel in the popular Shetland Sailing Mysteries by Marsali Taylor.
Death on a Shetland Isle
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- 13 uur lezen
Cass Lynch is shocked to discover that the new third officer for her latest voyage through the Shetland Isles is a man she thought had drowned years ago. She also has an odd feeling about some of the new trainees and as her distrust deepens, people go missing and another is found dead. Cass must out-manoeuvre the killer - or become the next victim.
Death on a Shetland Longship
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- 9 uur lezen
The first book in the Shetland Sailing Mysteries by Shetland Noir author Marsali Taylor.
Death in Shetland Waters
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- 12 uur lezen
Cass Lynch has achieved the post of third officer aboard her beloved Norwegian sail-training ship, Sorlandet. They're sailing from Norway to Ireland as part of the Tall Ship's race. An unnerving early-morning encounter leads to suspicions that there's a stowaway aboard - yet a police search finds nobody. Then one of the trainees goes missing...
Tödliches Schottland. Auf einem romantischen Weihnachtsspaziergang in den schottischen Highlands entdecken Detective Inspector Gavin Macrae und die begeisterte Seglerin Cass Lynch eine Leiche. Ein Fuhrunternehmer, dem man Unterschlagungen vorwirft, ist seit längerer Zeit verschwunden. Doch offenbar hat jemand etwas dagegen, dass sich Cass nach ihm erkundigt. Ihr Boot wird von den Halteleinen losgeschnitten, in stürmischer Nacht treibt sie hinaus aufs offene Meer. Nur dank ihrer Segelkünste kann sie sich retten. Und es wird bald noch viel gefährlicher für sie. „Was an Marsali Taylors Büchern vor allem Spaß macht, ist die Darstellung der Shetland-Inseln und seiner Bewohner.“ Mystery People
