Novels based in Orkney, by authors from far and wide.
A Neolithic whodunit. The first in the Marna Mystery Series. By B.K. Bryce. Book 2 available here
How far would you go to mend a broken heart? Set in Orkney. By Holly Hepburn. Paperback.
Dark Water. Darker Deeds. A Rhona MacLeod thriller set in Orkney. By Lin Anderson. Paperback.
Midwinter in Orkney. Six hours of daylight. A race against time to catch a killer. As the night closes in, so does the killer. First book in the crime/thriller series, set in Orkney. By Daniel Aubrey Paperback.
Scotland has over 11,600 miles of coastline, so it’s no surprise that the sea and shore have been inspiring folk tales for millennia. Including Orkney tales and an alternative version of 'Assipattle and the Stoor Worm'. By Tom Muir. Hardback.
Orkneyinga Murders Book 5. When a man is found dead on a Hjaltland beach, it is fortunate that Ketil Gunnarson, Earl Thorfinn's man, is there to investigate. The killer must have been travelling with the dead man from Nordvegr to Orkney, but who knew him well enough to want him dead? By Lexie Conyngham. Paperback.
When Evie's father falls desperately ill, she finally returns to the family home on Orkney and the wild landscape she left as a teenager, swearing never to return. By Lorraine Kelly Hardback
An historical novel about the Cromartys who left Orkney in about 1820. It opens with a description of their lives in South Ronaldsay and their departure. Captain William Cromarty settled in Australia in 1822 and sent for his family. Earlier, he’d brought a convict ship to Sydney in 1819. By Leslie Kilmartin. Paperback.
Tales of Orkney life created and related by John Brooke to his two young children, Nicholas and Catherine, on the long winter nights during his time as doctor to the Island of Shapinsay. (1994-2000). By John Brooke. Paperback.
Not all farewells are forever... A second chance romance set in Orkney. By Jacquelyn Middleton. Paperback.
Orkney - At the edge of darkness and light. By Gabrielle Barnby. Paperback.