The Hours We Keep

A light on the headland. A body at the waterline.

Along a rain-dark Scottish coast, Sylvie and Inspector Ewan Reid see a lantern moving towards a secluded landing. By morning, a man lies dead beside his boat.

Their enquiries lead to Dunrath, a castle of candlelit rooms, music and generous hospitality. Its cultivated owner offers Ewan an unexpected reprieve from the illness that has shadowed their lives-and a friendship neither of them anticipated.

But Sylvie discovers a household whose comforts rest on choices less simple than they first appear. A young woman has disappeared, another quietly asks for help to leave, and the people who might explain Nicolas's death have reasons to remain silent.

As the enquiry deepens, Sylvie must trust her own judgement, even when it brings her into conflict with the man she loves. Beyond Dunrath, Cairnmore waits above its dark loch, and a future she has already chosen is still waiting to be spoken aloud.

The Hours We Keep is Book Six in True Sight, a series of Gothic mysteries and supernatural romance set in Scotland.