{"product_id":"a-shetland-winter-mystery-paperback","title":"A Shetland Winter Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarsali Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' ANN CLEEVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the dark nights in the run up to Christmas, and sailing sleuth Cass Lynch's first night on dry land is disturbed by strange noises outside her isolated cottage. Tiny footprints in the moonlit snow trail from her front door before mysteriously disappearing. Soon Cass learns others were visited by the same tiny feet in the night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt looks like ingenious local teenagers playing tricks - but what happens when festive games turn deadly? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCass soon finds out as a schoolboy disappears, leaving only a trail of footprints into the middle of a snowy field. She's determined to investigate, but uncovering the truth will also put her in danger . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNail-biting and unputdownable, A Shetland Winter Mystery is the latest instalment in the much-loved Shetland Sailing Mystery series by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarsali Taylor. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths and J M Dalgliesh.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders LOVE the Shetland Sailing Mysteries: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Definitely \u003cb\u003ethe best\u003c\/b\u003e of the Cass Lynch series yet!' \u003cb\u003e5* Reader Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The \u003cb\u003ebeautiful descriptions\u003c\/b\u003e of Shetland life, traditions, it's landscape and even language \u003cb\u003ebring everything to life\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003e5* Reader Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This series gets better and better' \u003cb\u003e5* Reader Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A\u003cb\u003e beautifully written \u003c\/b\u003estory, with descriptions so vivid \u003cb\u003eyou can smell the sea and beautiful countryside\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003e5* Reader Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThe perfect lockdown read\u003c\/b\u003e for anyone who longs to be back on the sea.' \u003cb\u003e5* Reader Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarsali grew up near Edinburgh, Scotland. Her summer family holidays were spent in a remote cottage in the West Highlands, the region where her detective Gavin Macrae lives. Like her sailing heroine, Cass, she has always been used to boats, and used her 'gap year' earnings to buy her first sailing dinghy, Lady Blue. She studied English at Dundee University, did a year of teacher training and took up her first post, teaching English and French to secondary children in Aith, Shetland. Gradually her role expanded to doing drama too, and both primary and secondary pupils have won prizes performing her plays at the local Drama Festival. Some of these plays were in Shetlandic, the local dialect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarsali teaches dinghy sailing at her local club, and is a keen single-handed sailor in her Offshore 8 m yacht, Karima S - the double of Cass's Khalida. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA qualified STGA green badge tourist guide for Shetland, she now spends a good deal of her summer sharing her home with visitors from overseas. She is particularly interested in women's history, and has published Women's Suffrage in Shetland, two years' worth of original research. She followed this with The Story of Busta House, the romantic tale of the house which is the setting for part of Death on a Longship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarsali also writes for the monthly magazine Shetland Life - a mixture of travel writing, interviews, investigative journalism and historical research.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766267150624,"sku":"9781472292063","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/371ec7f5d184ca98d37b1ed356be81f6.webp?v=1780288761","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-shetland-winter-mystery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}