Fiction from Skye & Raasay
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Consider An Island Rhona Rauszer
The collection begins with stories of childhood and the 'ever young', progresses to tales of men and their boats, pipers and gamekeepers, and then to a group of stories about women and domesticity, culminating with the spiritual world of the cailleach and sacred seer.
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Emotional Geology Linda Gillard
On the run from her life, Rose Leonard takes refuge in a remote island community, cocooning herself in her work. But yet she is still haunted by dreams of shattered past, and her tenous hold on her life and her sanity is tested to the full as she battles to decide how she wants to live her life - and with whom.
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Fairy Dust Gwyneth Rees
Rosie finds a tiny tartan sock in her bedroom, she is sure it could only fit one thing - a fairy. Mum tells Rosie not to be so silly, fairies don't exist. Then she sees out of the corner of her eye what looks like a butterfly or a small bird. Could it be a fairy?
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Hamish McHaggis: And The Skye Surprise Linda Strachan; Sally J. Collins
Jeannie's brother is having a surprise party on the Isle of Skye, but he's not the only one who gets a surprise.
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The Hill Of The Red Fox Allan Campbell McLean
Alasdair uncovers a web of espionage after a chance meeting with a man on the train to Skye who slips him a desperate message.
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The Last Leg Richard Kidd
When Claude goes to the Isle of Skye for a quiet holiday with his dad and aunt after the death of his mother, he expects his only adventures to be in his imagination. But after hundreds of shop dummies are washed up on the beach, two dangerous-looking Italians turn up and things look sinister.
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The Light Fantastic: Skye Folk And Fantasies Rhona Rauszer
'The Light Fantastic', Rhona Rauszer's third collection of 31 short stories, is permeated with a love and deep compassion for the people of Skye. The vernacular Gaelic arises naturally in the stories and the meanings of phrases or words are included in a glossary and basic guide to pronunciation.
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Over The Sea To Death Gwen Moffat
At the little hotel in Glen Shira, in the Cuillins of Skye professional guides and dedicated climbers gather - among them Melinda Pink, J.P., and amateur detective. And from the outset it's a dangerously fragile gathering.
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Echoes Of Skye Sally Stewart
Canadian Iain Macrae travels to the Isle of Skye to trace a distant relative. Meanwhile, after her brother's tragic death, troubled Louise Maitland must leave behind her carefree London life to look after his children. Fate conspires to throw Iain and Louise together.
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Ribbon Of Fire Allan Campbell McLean
In 1884 on Skye, the population is already greatly depleted by the Highland Clearances, and is likely to suffer more from absent landlords and their greedy factors. Alasdair Stewart is caught up in the rebellious activities of the menfolk.
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Star Gazing Linda Gillard
Blind since birth, widowed in her 20s, now lonely in her 40s, Marianne lives in Edinburgh in elegant, angry anonymity with her sister, Louisa, a successful novelist. Marianne's passionate nature finds solace & expression in music, a love she finds she shares with Keir, a man she meets on her doorstep one winter's night.
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Ultima Thule: The Life Of An Island Daughter Rhona Rauszer
Rauszer has had a long and varied life, always being drawn back to her ancestral homeland, Skye. Unlike her first collection, 'Consider an Island', the present work is composed of traditional stories interweaved with the main autobiographical narrative, recorded by her over a period of 12 years.
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The Unbroken Harp David Craig
Written by an expert on the Highland Clearances, this historical novel tells the story of Flo Campbell, including her eviction from her family's island home and all her subsequent struggles.
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Wildfire At Midnight Mary Stewart
When a Skye crofter's daughter is murdered one night, a guest at a nearby hotel finds herself caught in a web of fear and suspicion.
