The Watch House

Bernie Mcgill Tinder Press. Out now. The year is 1898, the place is Rathlin, a remote Irish island where life has gone unchanged for centuries. But the modern world arrives with a bang with men working for “Mr Marconi” – whose mysterious experiments allow words to magically travel across the water. No life is more rocked by the newcomers than Nuala, whose attraction to one scientist distracts her from her miserable marriage. As Nuala’s reckless affair leads her and her lover into danger, the sense of impending doom is matched by an deepening emotional intensity. A novel to haunt you.