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2000s: What’s the link between Melbourne and Kinloch?
The Last Witness (DCI Daley 2)
What you need to know before your trail
James Machie was a man with a genius for violence, his criminal empire spreading beyond Glasgow into the UK and mainland Europe. Fortunately, James Machie is dead, assassinated in the back of a prison ambulance following his trial and conviction. But now, five years later, he is apparently back from the grave, set on avenging himself on those who brought him down. Top of his list is his previous associate, Frank MacDougall, who unbeknownst to D.C.I. Jim Daley, is living under protection on his lochside patch, the small Scottish town of Kinloch. Daley knows that, having been the key to Machie’s conviction, his old friend and colleague D.S. Scott is almost as big a target. And nothing, not even death, has ever stood in James Machie’s way .
Travel Guide
The author’s guide to Kintyre and “Kinloch”
Those of you who have knowledge of Kintyre may recognise that Blaan is my fictitious various of the village of Southend – originally St Blaan – located on the southern tip of the Peninsula. This settlement has such a rich history
There does exist a real Rat Stone or Stane as it is referred to locally. It can be found in the shore of Pennyseorach, two miles or so from the centre of Southend. While its origin and age are uncertain, it has long been associated with fertility. Indeed well within living memory, local farmers would place metal pins in its carved stone bowl as a traditional offering to guarantee a good harvest.
Tradition has it that what is now Southend was the first stopping off f point of Saint Columba when he left his native Ireland to spread the gospel throughout Scotland. ?You can see where he is said to have left his footsteps close to the local graveyard – and even stand in them for yourself.
The Kintyre Peninsula was the first part of the country settled by the Scoti tribe who eventually gave Scotland its name.
The old Castle used to stand in the shadow of Dunaverty Rock – where one of the great massacres in the history of the islands took place
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Last Witness (DCI Daley 2)
Author/Guide: Denzil Meyrick Destination: Southend, Kinloch, Kintyre, Campbeltown, Melbourne Departure Time: 2000s
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