A Small Death in the Great Glen: A Novel
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In the Highlands of 1950s Scotland, a boy is found dead in a canal lock. Two young girls tell such a fanciful story of his disappearance that no one believes them. The local newspaper staff—including Joanne Ross, the part-time typist embroiled in an abusive marriage, and her boss, a seasoned journalist determined to revamp the paper—set out to uncover and investigate the crime. Suspicion falls on several townspeople, all of whom profess their innocence. Alongside these characters are the people of the town and neighboring glens; a refugee Polish sailor; an Italian family whose café boasts the first known cappuccino machine in the north of Scotland; and a corrupt town clerk subverting the planning laws to line his own pocket.
Together, these very different Scots harbor deep and troubling secrets underneath their polished and respectable veneers—revelations that may prevent the crime from being solved and may keep the town firmly in the clutches of its shadowy past.
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A. D. Scott. (2010). A Small Death in the Great Glen: A Novel. Atria Books.
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June 28, 2010
Set in 1956 in an isolated village in the Scottish Highlands, Scott's slow-paced debut centers on the death of eight-year-old Jamie Fraser, who's found in a canal, the apparent victim of a tragic accident. Hoping to turn the local paper, the Highland Gazette, into something more than a sleepy weekly gossip rag, new editor John McAllister investigates Jamie's death, with the help of part-time typist Joanne Ross, who has a troubled home life, and eager young cub reporter Rob McLean. In one of several less than relevant side plots, a strange man suddenly turns up soon after the discovery of Jamie's body, claiming to be a Polish war refugee from a nearby ship. He initially sought help from the Travelers—the nomadic "walking people" of Ireland and Britain—in escaping an abusive captain, but the villagers are suspicious of all foreigners, particularly anyone with ties to the Travelers. By the end, few will care about the killer's identity.
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July 1, 2010
In the 1950s, the murder of a boy shocks a Scottish town still reeling from the devastations of World War II and rife with resentment of outsiders. This is the first book in a suspense series set in the Scottish Highlands, where the author was born and raised.
The daughters of Joanne Ross, typist for The Highland Gazette, mischievously ring doorbells and run, but when they coax little Jamie to play their game, he disappears and later turns up dead. The coroner's examination shows that the boy had been "interfered with" prior to death. Meanwhile, visions of a hoodie crow, a nightmarish, folkloric figure said to peck out the eyes of newborn lambs, haunt Joanne's youngest. It seems her daughters were the last to see "wee Jamie." Indeed, their imaginations have created the crow from the shadowy figure they saw take their classmate. The night of the murder, a Pole jumped ship in the harbor and was aided by a Polish immigrant engaged to the daughter of a local Italian immigrant family, as well as by the Tinkers, the traveling people of Scotland, used to being regarded with suspicion. Prejudice and xenophobia make the Pole the prime suspect, and it appears he'll be condemned on circumstantial evidence. This doesn't sit well for several Highland Gazette staffers, especially veteran journalist McAllister. McAllister indulges his hunches, journalistic and otherwise, to turn up another suspect, the town priest who ran a boxing club for boys back in Glasgow. Meanwhile, Joanne, coping with an abusive, alcoholic spouse, tries to make sense of her youngest daughter's terrified outbursts at the sight of any resemblance to the hoodie crow, outbursts that appall the religiously stolid townies. By the time Joanne and McAllister realize the girls actually are critical witnesses, they've clammed up. The story is a twisted tangle with sometimes unsubstantiated forensics, and it's a bit of a stretch that the girls' status as important witnesses goes largely ignored. But this mystery is a delight to unravel, with its lively dialect-spouting players, inhabiting a lavishly described, forbidding but beautiful landscape.
A rollicking, cozy escapade, too lighthearted to call Tartan noir.
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Set in 1950s postwar Scotland, with mistrust between nationalities still running high, this mesmerizing debut tale of murder and small-town prejudice begins dramatically with the discovery of a small boy drowned in a local canal. When it is revealed that he was sexually abused before he died, the investigation turns from accident to murder, and the entire town is on alert. The reporters (all four of them) at the local weekly newspaper pounce on the case, and the chase begins. The town is full of quirky characters--the kind you'd expect to find in such a locale--and the Scottish-born author does an excellent job of bringing them to life. Her descriptions of the Scottish countryside add another rich layer to the story, and the startling ending delivers a powerful punch. VERDICT With child abuse as a plotline you wouldn't expect such an upbeat story, but Scott manages to pull it off. The pages seem to be infused with the innocence of an earlier time. Strongly recommended for fans of atmospheric suspense. [Reading group guide included; ebook ISBN 978-1-4391-6483-9.]--Caroline Mann, Univ. of Portland Lib., OR
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Starred review from May 1, 2010
This splendid debut mystery has everything going for itand a bit more, if you count sly Scottish charm. Scotts writing is engaging, and her plotting Macbethian. The setting is a village in the Great Glen (roughly encompassing what the author describes as the fierce and stunning landscape between Fort William and Inverness) in the Highlands of Scotland. The time, 1956, is fairly calm but close enough to WWII to have residents still recovering from its devastating effects. The main characters cluster in the tiny newspaper offices of the Highland Gazette, a local weekly that is supposed to concentrate on livestock prices, auctions, and obits. Scott brings back the sounds of a precomputerized newsroom, the smells of ink and acid, and the feel of banging out stories (with copy paper!) on an old Underwood. When a little boy is found murdered in the canal just outside the village, the newspapers new editor in chief recruits the part-time typist, whose daughters know the murdered child, to help him investigate the case. They uncover a host of secrets and a number of people with a vested interest in keeping the mystery of the boys death unsolved. The characters of the crusading small-town newspaperman and the part-time typist (a battered wife at home) are skillfully drawn and will have readers rooting for them unequivocally. This is the first entry in a projected series, and it is captivating on every level.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)
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