Constabal Murdo

By Angus Peter Campbell

A precious golden souvinier has disappered from Kismuil Castle in the Island of Barra. The historic brooch was given as a gift by the Chief of Clanranald to MacNeil of Barra in the 16th century. Or perhaps it was treasure found from a shipwrecked galleon from the Spanish Armada... The local constable, P.C. Murdo set outs to find who dunnit. He has seven suspects, but in his search for the truth of the theft discovers that suspicion and prejudice make poor detectives. Help comes from smart officers from the mainland, whose most difficult challenge is Murdo himself. In this short, humorous novel mystery and psychology are lightly mixed, revealing that folk’s actions and characters are as contradictory as they are complex. PC Murdo would find himself at home in both Whisky Galore and in Para Handy. The novel is a compassionate examination of how attitudes predicate actions which make or break communities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Luath Press
• Release date: Apr 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781912387489

Angus Peter Campbell

Angus Peter Campbell is from South Uist. He has worked as a kitchen-porter, lemonade factory bottle-washer, labourer, forester, lobster-fisherman, journalist, broadcaster, actor and writer. His Gàidhlig novel An Oidhche Mus Do Sheòl Sinn was voted by the public into the Top 10 of the Best Ever Books from Scotland in The List/Orange Awards of 2007. His poetry collection Aibisidh won the Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award in 2011, and his novel Memory and Straw the Saltire Scottish Fiction Book of the Year in 2017.