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  • Location: The Hebrides

The Man on the Endless Stair

The Man on the Endless Stair

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1950s: A writer murdered in his study and his invaluable unfinished novel has vanished.

  • ISBN: 978-1846976896
  • Genre: Crime

What you need to know before your trail

When troubled but talented young author Euan meets decorated novelist Malcolm Furnivall, he feels his luck has finally changed. Malcolm takes Euan as a protégé, vouching for him in the rarefied literary scene in the 1950s. But lately, Malcolm has not been himself. Consumed by his work, he cuts an increasingly isolated figure and has become convinced that something terrible will befall him. He summons his loved ones to his secluded island in the Hebrides and – to everyone’s surprise – entrusts Euan with the task of completing his masterpiece.

Malcolm’s suspicions soon prove well-founded; he is discovered brutally murdered in his study, and his invaluable unfinished novel has vanished. Cut off from the mainland, with the killer on the loose and the island’s inhabitants circling, Euan feels both his mentor’s legacy and his only chance at greatness slipping away. He must venture deep into Malcolm’s labyrinthine mansion to find the manuscript before it falls into the wrong hands.

But what he doesn’t yet know is that the closer he comes to solving the mystery, the tighter he will bind himself to a fate sealed in time . . .

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The Hebrides

The island in the book is never named but it is a remote and small island in the Hebrides so you get a really good sense of what it must be like. The Hebrides weather and climate are well evoked but it’s the scenery and atmosphere of this island and the mystery surrounding it that really shines here.

 

BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Man on the Endless Stair

Destination/location: Hebrides, Scottish Highlands   Author/guide: Chris Barkley  Departure Time: 1950s

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