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'If Robert Louis Stevenson had written whodunits Faro is just the detective he'd have invented' Sunday Post
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The year is 1861 and Constable Faro is heading back to Orkney to enjoy some home comforts, armed with a private investigation into the death of an ex-colleague's relative, champion swimmer Dave Claydon, downed in mysterious circumstances. Was this an accident or a sinister connection with missing artefacts recovered from the Armada galleon sunk off Spanish Cove? At Scarthbreck his mother is determined to find him a wife and this Lammastide the legend of the seal king's annual claim of a human bride becomes reality. Faro's holiday and his original secret mission turn into a nightmare. With himself as the prime suspect in the girl's disappearance, he is in deadly danger, his life threatened by circumstances beyond his control.
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I have never read this author before and I don't usually read thrillers. I was intrigued by the title and once I started to read I could hardly put it down. The story rolls along at a cracking pace and although set in the nineteenth century it seems quite modern. The main character Faro is extremely attractive and his "selkie" background gives him an added mystery, in fact this theme ran through the whole book which gave it, for me, a Celtic otherworldliness, and this made it different from an ordinary thriller. All the characters were vividly portrayed and seemed like real characters, the descriptions clear and concise. as were the descriptions of the scenery and weather. Very accomplished writing, not a word out of place. An excellent story too, and the denouement well worked out. I really enjoyed this book. It was not just a whodunit, these were real people. The love story was touching and poignant. It taught me something about life. I shall certainly read more of this author's books.
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