Monday Give Away
With only a week until Halloween, this week’s give away is another rain-lashed tale of the supernatural– or, in this case, the mythical: an ARC of Simon Sylvester’s The Visitors
Here’s the official blurb:
In the tradition of Neil Gaiman and Iain Banks, Simon Sylvester brings an ancient myth to life with this lush, atmospheric coming-of-age tale
Nobody comes to the remote Scottish island of Bancree, and seventeen-year-old Flora can’t wait to move to the mainland when she finishes school. So when a mysterious man and his daughter move into isolated Dog Cottage, Flora is curious. What could have brought these strangers to the island? The man is seductive but radiates menace, while Flo finds a kindred spirit in his daughter, Ailsa.
Meanwhile, several of the men on Bancree have disappeared, unnerving the community. When a body washes ashore, suspicion turns to the newcomers. But Flo suspects something else, even though it seems impossible: She asks local residents for anything they know about ”selkies,” the mythical women who can turn from seal to human and back again.
Convinced of her new neighbors’ innocence, Flo is fiercely determined to protect her friend Ailsa. Can the answer to the disappearances, and to the pull of her own heart, lie out there, beyond the waves?
This book reminded me a little of the tv series Shetland
For a chance to win an ARC of The Visitors
— What’s your favorite Scottish-set book or tv show?
The winner will be announced on Wednesday.
Susanna Kearsley’s The Winter Sea.
I love A.D Scott’s Joanne Ross series (the first one, A Small Death in the Great Glen, sets the whole series up really nicely). The Visitors sounds quite similar.
Outlander
Isabel Dalhousie series
Lord of the Glen for tv and adore Rosamunde Pilcher’s books set in Scotland (September, etc)
Legend in Green Velvet by Elizabeth Peters
I’ll be boring and say Outlander, too.
At The Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen – good stuff! (But not gonna lie, Outlander is pretty awesome too.)