Ghosts In The Gloaming
Denzil Meyrick, Polygon, £9.99
Another captivating escape to days long gone from the pen of Meyrick, who grew up on the Kintyre peninsula and is best-known for his incisive crime writing and rich, dark humour.
It’s December 1968 in the fictitious fishing community of Kinloch and master mariner Sandy Hoynes takes to his bed, haunted by the return of his cheating childhood nemesis, Dreich MacCallum.
A magical “wee” read with a surprise epilogue.