The Lost Orkney Series
Introducing DI Jack McNaughton
A brand-new series set on the Orkney islands, published by Transworld (Penguin Random House). After a botched police operation in Edinburgh, DI Jack McNaughton brings his young family home to Orkney, an island community where everyone knows everyone else’s business.
Watch the trailer · Murder in the Cathedral
Book 1 · Out 14 January 2027
Murder in the Cathedral
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A minister is found dead on the altar of St Magnus Cathedral, with every door locked and every key still inside. For Jack, it’s the chance to prove he still has what it takes. But rumours spread fast on Orkney, and when a second body is found, the case turns into a nightmare.
Book 2 · Out 6 May 2027
Death at the Stone Circle
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Anonymous packages keep arriving on Jack’s desk, each holding a single strange object. When an unidentified man is found dead at the Ring of Brodgar, Jack realises the objects are clues to a series of crimes, just as a revelation about his own father turns his family life upside down.
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