S.G. MacLean has a PhD in history from Aberdeen University, specializing in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Scottish history. She has written four highly acclaimed historical thrillers set in Scotland, The Redemption of Alexander Seaton (shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger), A Game of Sorrows, Crucible of Secrets and The Devil's Recruit, and a series of historical thrillers set in Oliver Cromwell's London. The first and third books in the series, The Seeker and Destroying Angel, have won the CWA Historical Dagger and the second and fourth, The Black Friar and The House of Lamentations were longlisted for the same award. S.G. MacLean is married with four children and lives in Conon Bridge, Scotland. Follow her on Instagram @iwritemybike2
Delivers everything you could possibly want from a historical
crime novel, and then gives you a bit more on top. The
Jacobites are a perennially fascinating subject, the
ultimate forlorn hope of history, and MacLean provides a fresh
and intriguing slant on it, clearly based on rock-solid
research. She paints a memorable and densely textured picture of
post-Culloden Inverness and its surroundings. She's on home
ground here, and it shows. Her best yet * Andrew Taylor *
The Bookseller of Inverness is everything you could ask
for from a historical thriller - gripping, immersive and filled
with intriguing characters. S.G. MacLean can make any period
sing with life. If you've not read her before, this is the
perfect place to start * Antonia Hodgson *
S. G. MacLean just goes from strength to strength. The
Bookseller of Inverness is an intricately wrought,
compulsively page-turning tale of intrigue set in a
post-Rebellion Scotland so perfectly conjured and so convincing
that you can smell the heather and taste the blood * Craig
Russell *
Well-written and well-plotted, MacLean is gifted with
a writing style that blends literary storytelling with a
fast-paced mystery * Scottish Field *
This is an expertly plotted crime thriller built around
the complexities of Jacobite histories: Walter Scott meets
tartan noir * The Times *
With its superbly realised scenes and spirited narration,
this slice of historical fiction takes you on a wild ride * The
Times Audio Book of the Week *
An excellent work of historical fiction: rooted in fact ... with
the imagined characters and situations seamlessly stitched into
recorded reality * Literary Review *
A gripping and thought-provoking novel. Highly recommended *
Historical Novel Review *
A twisting, absorbing plot * Sunday Times *
A triumphant return to Scotland for S. G. MacLean * Historia
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