This is the first book in the Inspector Torquil McKinnon series and like the others it is set on the fictional island of West Uist, which is presumably located to the west of North or South Uist in the Outer Hebrides.
The entire West Uist Division of the Hebridean Constabulary consists of the bagpipe playing Torquil, Sergeant Morag Driscoll and Constable Ewan McPhee, whose hobby is hammer throwing and 2 special constables twins Wallace and Douglas Drummond, who are also fishermen. Their resources are stretched to the limit when a local fisherman/Gaelic poet is drowned in mysterious circumstances during the annual West Uist Literary Festival and Gathering, which has brought hundreds of visitors to the island. 3 other people will be murdered before the crime is solved. The plot is a little overcomplicated and unbelievable but the pace is fast and Torquil and his colleagues are very likeable people. 7/10
This is a photo of the honesty box at the Colonsay Golf Course 'Clubhouse'. West Uist has a similar golf course with an honesty box, which features in The Gathering Murders and is Torquil's Uncle Lachlan's favourite place to spend time.
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