Dark Island (Orkney Mysteries, #1)

Dark Island (Orkney Mysteries, #1)

Daniel Aubrey

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Midwinter in Orkney. Six hours of daylight. A race against time to catch a killer.Reporter Freya Sinclair has always known she was different. While waiting on the outcome of an autism assessment, Freya uproots her life in Glasgow, quitting her job at one of Scotland’s top broadsheets and taking a local beat in her childhood home of Orkney. But her plans for a quiet life are shattered when human remains are unburied by a winter storm on Orkney’s wild Atlantic coast. The identity of the bones opens old wounds in the islands, and sheds light on a darker truth nobody wants to accept. As the nights draw in, Freya’s obsessive hunt for answers turns into a cat and mouse game, with each secret she unearths threatening her job, her family, and presenting a murderer with their next victim. In a place where nothing stays buried forever, is uncovering the truth more important than saving lives?


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  • MsJayTee75
    Apr 06, 2025
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    I feel like this book was written for me. I love mysteries, particularly those set in Scotland and have often thought that the ideal mystery would have an autistic main character, and I got all of those in this book. 

    I loved the mystery within the book, and commend Freya’s bravery, because I’d consider letting a murderer go free before dealing with people from my school days. 

    I’m delighted there’s another book in this series coming out in 2025. 

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