Naming the Bones

by Louise Welsh

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847679024
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Publication date:	03/04/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	932 KB

About the Author

Louise 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 is an award-winning author of ten novels. The Cutting Room, her debut novel, won the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award and the Saltire First Book of The Year Award. In 2018, she was named the Most Inspiring Saltire First Book Award winner by public vote. She is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. In 2022 she published The Second Cut, which was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize for Crime Book of the Year and named by The Times as their Crime Book of the Year.

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Editorial Reviews

"If you love curling up with an atmospheric thriller, this is the novel for you... Spellbinding!"

Grazia

"Welsh is adept at keeping you reading till the end."

Daily Mail

"Saturated with dark imagery... enjoyable and exciting."

TLS

"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."

The Times

"Welsh creates a vivid sense of place... She paces revelations with care and keeps you hooked till the end."

Metro M D

"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."

Times Higher Education Supplement

"A tale of literature, obsession and dark magic."

Scots Magazine