Monthly Archives: April 2013

‘Beginning with a disturbed lightness, like the surface of its loch, the novel soon reveals a similar depth and darkness. Sea Hawk, Sea Moon is an unputdownable mystery, haunted and haunting, with some startling twists. Its inmost secret, when finally it is revealed, is one of the most powerfully shocking I have read for a long while.

‘Examines ambitiously the deeds and influences of the past criss-crossing into the present: secrets can never be fully hidden and submerged for they attach themselves to the next generation. Ben's visit to help his uncle repair a boat which the tides have cast up on the loch-side takes on nightmarish proportions when his dreams reveal what really occurred in the '30s and portend future horrors for the elderly locals to relive and the young folk to survive.

'Authentic characters, a powerful atmosphere and an acute sense of place give this book unusual depth, and real presence. A writer to watch.’

'I liked this book because of the vivid, powerful and atmospheric writing style.

'Absorbing and atmospheric, with a strong sense of place, the interaction of contemporary characters with past events and mysterious forces gave real depth and interest.’