Allan Martin - Set of 4 Angus Blue novels (plus a free copy of his short story collection)

Ranging far across the Scottish landscape, Allan ’ s writing is as much a grand tour of Scotland as the leading edge of Scottish noir .

The Peat Dead ; The Dead of Jura ; The Dead of Appin ; The Dead of Oban (plus a free copy of Tales Murderous and Mysterious Allan Martin's short story collection)

(Free shipping to Scotland, Wales, North of Ireland & England only)

The Peat Dead

Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland MacIlvanney Debut Scottish Crime Prize 2019.

On the Scottish Hebridean Island of Islay, five corpses are dug up by a peat-cutter. All of them have been shot in the back of the head, execution style.
Sent across from the mainland to investigate, Inspector Angus Blue and his team slowly piece together the little evidence they have, and discover the men were killed on a wartime base, over 70 years ago.
But there are still secrets worth protecting, and even killing for.

The Dead of Jura

• Marion Todd - “A ‘must read’ for fans of Scottish crime fiction”
• Olga Wojtas - “Subtle, complex and intense as a fine island malt.”

Jura: where the rich and the powerful come to play away from the prying eyes of the press.

The Dead of Appin

Just outside Oban, within sight of the Connel Bridge, there’s a burnt out car containing the charred remains of a human body.

A woman is missing – but is the body hers?

In a high stakes game of business and politics, what secret does the bustling port of Oban hide that is worth killing for?

The Dead of Appin is the third book in the Inspector Blue series.

Reviews of The Dead of Appin

• Marion Todd – “Intricate and exciting. Scottish crime fiction at its best.”
• G. R. Halliday – “The Dead of Appin is another cracking instalment in the Angus Blue series. Embark on whisky flavoured adventures in the west Highlands as Blue is drawn into a dangerous world of intrigue and corruption. Addictive from page one!”
• Emma Christie – “A complex mystery starring the unforgettable Angus Blue as he explores political corruption and grisly murders in the Scottish highlands. And he cooks too! Don’t miss it.”

The Dead of Oban

Tales Murderous and Mysterious

Brought together for the first time, this collection of nineteen short stories from best-selling author Allan Martin, asks, ‘Is murder always wrong?’

Well-known for the darkly dry humour of his Inspector Angus Blue series of crime thrillers set across Scotland, Allan Martin brings his razor-sharp eye for detail to the short story genre, and Tales Murderous and Mysterious will have you gripped from the first knock on the door, to the last dead body.

Review of Tales Murderous and Mysterious: Andrew James Greig – ‘Allan’s macabre short stories bring Edgar Allan Poe to mind.’