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Not bad.<\/strong> That\u2019s my verdict on The Gathering Murders: Dead Men Tell No Tales<\/a><\/em>, by Keith Moray.<\/p>\n West Uist is a fictional island off the west of Scotland. Each year it hosts \u201cThe Gathering,\u201d a Gaelic festival and book festival, subsidized by \u201cthe Laird,\u201d the owner of a string of cut-rate book shops.<\/p>\n The chief law enforcement officer is Torquil McKinnon, newly promoted to Inspector. He is the nephew of the local priest, Lachlan McKinnon, and his nickname is \u201cPiper.\u201d In fact he has high hopes for winning first prize in this year\u2019s bagpipes competition.<\/p>\n The big star at this year\u2019s book festival is a native daughter, Fiona Cullen, a mystery writer and once upon a time Torquil\u2019s sweetheart. She greets him with the promise of renewed affections, but she also seems determined to cause a lot of trouble. And trouble there is, beginning with the suspicious murder of a noted local poet and bootlegger. The deaths don\u2019t stop there, and Torquil finds he may be over his head investigating this kind of crime spree.<\/p>\n I liked The Gathering Murders<\/em>. I thought the writing a little unpolished, but the story kept my interest and the characters engaged me. If, like me, you like a Scottish setting, this is a pretty good one, well brought to life.<\/p>\n Cautions for mature material, mostly language and sexual suggestions (though nothing explicit). Christianity comes out pretty well, especially because Father Lachlan is a very sympathetic character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not bad. That\u2019s my verdict on The Gathering Murders: Dead Men Tell No Tales, by Keith Moray. West Uist is a fictional island off the west of Scotland. Each year it hosts \u201cThe Gathering,\u201d a Gaelic festival and book festival, subsidized by \u201cthe Laird,\u201d the owner of a string of cut-rate book shops. The chief … Continue reading ‘The Gathering Murders,’ by Keith Moray<\/span>