Naming the Bones
- 3 Feb 2011
- 9781847672568
- £10.99
- 400 pp
- 129×198mm
- 4 Mar 2010
- 9781847679024
- £8.79
- 400 pp
In a few words
The long-awaited fourth novel from the author of The Cutting Room and The Bullet Trick
In a few words
The long-awaited fourth novel from the author of The Cutting Room and The Bullet Trick
Masterful...It is the most rounded of Welsh's books to date, fulfilling the huge promise of her earlier work, combining a whip-cracking plot with a literary touch that lifts her way above her genre colleagues...so much more than another literary mystery.
Welsh is adept at keeping you reading till the end.
Her most thrilling yet - an electrifying journey to one man's heart of darkness.
Kate Atkinson
This elegiac, elegant and atmospheric book is an original and compelling first novel. Rarely can such gothic material have been treated with such subtlety.
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Some secrets are best left buried . . .
Knee-deep in the mud of an ancient burial ground, a winter storm raging around him, and at least one person intent on his death: how did Murray Watson end up here?
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SOME SECRETS ARE BEST LEFT BURIED
Knee-deep in the mud of an ancient burial ground, a winter storm raging around him, and at least one person intent on his death: how did Murray Watson end up here?
His quiet life in university libraries researching the lives of writers seems a world away, and yet it is because of the mysterious writer, Archie Lunan, dead for thirty years, that Murray now finds himself scrabbling in the dirt on the remote island of Lismore.
Loaded with Welsh’s trademark wit, insight and gothic charisma, this adventure novel weaves the lives of Murray and Archie together in a tale of literature, obsession and dark magic.
If you love curling up with an atmospheric thriller, this is the novel for you... Spellbinding!
Welsh creates a vivid sense of place... She paces revelations with care and keeps you hooked till the end.
Saturated with dark imagery... enjoyable and exciting.
Welsh is one of the sharpest and most entertaining current Scottish writers, and her style, intelligence and wit, combined with a rather gothic texture, make her books extremely readable.
A tour de force.
It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling. And Louise Welsh is mistress of that dark art.
Val Mcdermid
Breathtaking. An astonishing spell of dark glamour.
Jake Arnott
An assured pace sees this intricately plotted novel develop gradually towards an explosive finale. A fine balance between the urban universities and the desolately remote Scottish Islands, creates an evocative setting for a brooding mixture of betrayal, darkness and secrets.
Louise Welsh
View profileLouise Welsh is the bestselling author of many novels, including The Cutting Room, Tamburlaine Must Die and The Bullet Trick. She was chosen as one of Britain’s Best First Novelists of 2002 by the Guardian. Her awards include the Crime Writers’ Association Creasey Dagger and the Saltire First Book Award. She lives in Glasgow.
Louise Welsh
View profileLouise Welsh is the bestselling author of many novels, including The Cutting Room, Tamburlaine Must Die and The Bullet Trick. She was chosen as one of Britain’s Best First Novelists of 2002 by the Guardian. Her awards include the Crime Writers’ Association Creasey Dagger and the Saltire First Book Award. She lives in Glasgow.
