Ken Lussey

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Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 15h

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Lochinver in Sutherland is visited by the central characters in their hunt for a murderer. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows pontoons forming part of the harbour at Lochinver in the foreground with some small boats moored at them. Beyond is the blue of Loch Inver, while across the middle of the frame is a band of land rising to low stony hills. Close to the edge of the loch is a scatter of mainly white houses and cottages. The sky is mainly blue. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 2d

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in central Scotland and the far north-west, with Lairg station visited as the story builds towards its climax. Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

The image shows a view along a railway station platform with trees on the left and railway tracks leading in from the lower right of the frame. There’s a light grey waiting room on the left of the platform and a rusting footbridge a little further along. There are buildings beyond the railway lines with the opposite platform further away, beyond the footbridge. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the top left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 4d

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during World War Two. St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall is important to the story as it reaches its climax. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....

This modern image shows a corner view of the exterior of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall in sunlight under largely blue skies. It is built mainly with red stone and there are gravestones in the foreground. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the top right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 6d

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Kilmuir on the Black Isle has a role to play in the early part of the story. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

Kilmuir on the Black Isle. The image shows a linear village curving round to the right from the near left to the distant right. White cottages are fronted by a road and a grassy area that drops over rocks to a stony beach in the foreground and the sea. The ground rises behind the cottages and is covered in trees. The sky is blue and the scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 8d

When the past comes back to haunt you. ‘The Danger of Life’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. Achnacarry Castle's role in commando training is told in the Clan Cameron Museum. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/dol/index.html

The image shows an oblique view of a long white single storey building with four windows, a central door and a pitched slate roof with two white chimney stacks. Its right end is nearest to the viewer. At the far end is a flagpole with a red and yellow striped flag while this side of the building is an old artillery piece. There are wooded hills in the background. The front cover of ‘The Danger of Life’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 10d

How far would you go to right a wrong? ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is a spooky adventure story for younger readers involving a Scottish family mystery and the haunting of the ruined Dunmore Park, shown here. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/h46c/index.h...

The image shows a view of the rear of the remains of Dunmore Park. There are trees and ruins in the foreground with, beyond, parts of the house that are standing to their full height, all slightly silhouetted against the sun. The front cover of ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 12d

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. The central characters visit Chanonry Point to watch dolphins at the end of the book. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows a group of people standing on a beach whose edge runs across the foot of the frame, with the sea beyond. Most have their backs to the viewer. There’s a couple on the right, with a man standing to their left looking through a camera mounted on a tripod, then, beyond a gap, a woman carrying a child with two more small children standing in front of her. Everyone except the smallest child is looking at the dorsal fin of a dolphin which can be seen a little offshore. The sea is blue and in the distance there’s a line of land. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 14d

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in central Scotland and the far north-west. Oldshoremore beach plays an important part in the story. Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

The image shows a view down onto and along a broad beach with the tide well out. The blue sea is to the left and is lapping onto the beach and there are three specks of people some way along the sand. There’s a promontory and rocky island part way along the beach. There is grass in the foreground and dunes up the right-hand side of the frame. The far end of the bay is rocky. The sky is almost entirely blue. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 16d

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during World War Two. The Bishop’s Palace in Kirkwall has an important role as the book reaches its climax. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....

This modern image shows the circular tower of the Bishop’s Palace in Kirkwall with the ruins of the rest of the palace to its left. There’s part of a graveyard in the foreground and a gate in the bottom left of the frame. Oblique sunlight is catching the top of the tower. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the top left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 18d

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Lochinver in Sutherland is visited by the two main characters in their hunt for a murderer. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows a view along a street in a settlement. A row of two-storey traditional houses comes in from the right edge of the frame and extends towards the centre, with a sign for a SPAR shop part way along. Cars are parked in bays cut into the pavement. There are more buildings on the left, in the distance beyond a petrol station. In the background is a conifer-covered hill. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 20d

How many deaths to end a war? ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in northern Scotland during World War Two. The book begins with a brutal murder at Dunollie Castle near Oban. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/ets/index.html

The image shows a view over water to a sea wall and slipway with a road running behind it. Beyond the wall a rocky outcrop rises in the centre and the right of the frame covered in vegetation. The ruined keep of a castle sits on top of the rock, with a wall to its left, leading to the end of the outcrop. There are trees at lower level to the left of the outcrop and on the right. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 24d

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Kinlochbervie is visited by the central characters as they pursue their hunt for a murderer. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows part of a harbour, with a quay in the middle right and part of a building on it. A dozen or so small boats and yachts are moored at pontoons beside the quay or extending across the centre of the frame. The water in the foreground is very smooth and reflects the boats and quay. Beyond, a line of rocky low hills crosses the frame, beyond more water. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the top right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 26d

You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced thriller set in northern Scotland. The remote Croick Church in Sutherland is visited by the two central characters. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/atw/index.html

The image shows a view over fields divided by stone walls to a T-shaped off-white church in the middle distance, placed in the lower centre of the frame. There are trees on either side of it. Beyond is a broad glen with patches of dark green trees, which give way to heather in the distance on the far side of the glen. The foreground and church are in sunlight, and there are patches of it further away. The front cover of ‘A Tangled Web’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· 28d

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. The beach at Oldshoremore is visited by the central characters in their hunt for a murderer. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows a view from a raised location down onto a long sandy beach that begins in the bottom right of the frame before curving through the middle right and then back to the left, facing left out to sea. The shot is into the sun and waves can be seen lapping gently on the beach. Three people are visible as small dots in the lower left. Behind the beach, on the right of the frame, are grass covered dunes, and these extend across the centre of the frame to form the far end of a bay. A tail of black rock sticks out from the far end of the beach into the sea. The sky is nearly blue. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jul 16

When the past comes back to haunt you. ‘The Danger of Life’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. Achnacarry Castle was home to the Commando Basic Training Centre during the war. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/dol/index.html

The image shows a view across a pasture that has two trees in it that are just starting to leaf. The nearest, on the right, has a fence surrounding it. In the background, through the trees and beyond hedges, are glimpses of a grey stone mansion which is two storeys in height. The ground rises behind it to a skyline at the top left of the frame. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘The Danger of Life’ is shown in the top right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jul 13

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is being published tomorrow, Tuesday. This fast-paced murder mystery is set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Plockton in Wester Ross appears at the beginning of the story. Pre-order as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows a classic view of beautiful Plockton in Wester Ross. A promontory on which there is a collection of white houses enters the middle left of the frame and extends across most of it. The promontory and the houses are reflected in the water across the bottom of the frame. In the distance is more land with rocky hills on it. The scene is in bright, low, sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jul 11

One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. The Dornoch Castle Hotel is visited by the book's central characters. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/ttw/index.html

The image shows a late evening view of the Dornoch Castle Hotel in Dornoch, Sutherland. We are looking obliquely across a street at the front of the hotel, which was originally a castle. It is dark and lit by floodlights. The tower is on the right and the main range to the left of it. There is still light in the sky and the branches of a tree are in the upper right of the frame. The front cover of ‘Thicker Than Water’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jul 9

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is being published on 14 July. This fast-paced murder mystery is set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Bettyhill in Sutherland has a central role in the story. Available for pre-order as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

Torrisdale Bay. The image shows an outcrop of rocks in the bottom left, leading to a grassy shoreline across the bottom of the frame. Beyond it, a river flows from left to right to an area of sea across the centre of the frame. On the far side of the river is a broad sandy beach, which extends as far as a distant headland that runs across most of the horizon. The sky is mainly blue. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jul 7

A week to go! My new novel ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is out on 14 July. This fast-paced murder mystery is set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. The Kylesku Bridge features in the story as well as on the cover. Available to pre-order as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows a high-level view down onto the Kylesku Bridge from above its north end. The roadway comes into the bottom left of the frame and curves left and then right as it is carried over a stretch of water on angled supports. There is a loch in the upper left of the frame and the rough ground beyond the loch and bridge blends into rocky hills in the distance. The viewer is looking into the sun. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jul 6

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. In 1943, temporary harbours to support the D-Day landings were developed at Garlieston. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

This modern image shows the harbour at Garlieston in Galloway. The quayside extends into the picture from the bottom left and the tide is well out, exposing nearly all of a white yacht that is moored with its rear towards us. More yachts are on trailers on the quayside and beyond them is modern two and three storey housing. Across the middle right of the frame is more of the village of Garlieston, beyond the exposed mud of the bay. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jul 4

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during World War Two. The settings used include Kirkwall harbour and the Kirkwall Hotel, both shown here. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....

This modern image shows Kirkwall harbour and the Kirkwall Hotel. The buildings extend from the middle right of the frame, which is the end nearest the camera. The largest is the Kirkwall Hotel, which is four storeys in height. There’s a fishing boat in the foreground with a blue and black hull and white upper parts. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jun 30

Two weeks to go! Arachnid Press will be publishing my new novel ‘Bridge of Sighs’ on 14 July. This fast-paced contemporary murder mystery is set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Available to pre-order as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows the full cover of Bridge of Sighs. The background image on the front cover, the right half of the image, is looking down onto a bridge that comes in from the bottom right before curving and exiting in the middle right. It crosses a body of water and there are hills in the background. The left half of the cover is a mirror image of the right. The image has an artistic finish, so the details are unclear in places. The title Bridge of Sighs is in orange on the front, right, cover and spine, with the author’s name in white. The blurb on the rear, left, cover is dark blue in a light blue box.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jun 29

One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. Wick, on the east coast of Caithness, has a central role in the story. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/ttw/index.html

The image shows a view along a street in Wick. The buildings are in grey stone and the largest is on the right of the street, occupying much of the right side of the frame. It is two storeys in height and has a clock tower with a cupola on top of it. There’s an old-style streetlamp on the left of the frame with a pedestrian sign to Wick Riverside on it. A grey car waits at a junction on the right. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Thicker Than Water’ is shown in the top right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jun 27

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. RAF Wigtown has a central role in the book as the search for a spy builds towards its dramatic conclusion. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

This modern image shows a view across a cultivated field with green plants appearing above ground. In the lower right of the frame is a windowless two-storey square flat-roofed concrete building with ivy growing up part of it and the floor of a balcony on its left. The sun is coming from the right, leaving the face nearest us in shadow. In the distance the land rises to high rounded hills. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jun 23

How many deaths to end a war? ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in northern Scotland during World War Two. The main character dines in the great hall at the fictional Sarclet Castle. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/ets/index.html

This modern image shows the great hall at Eilean Donan Castle, on which that at the fictional Sarclet Castle is based. It is a large and imposing stone-walled room with a blue and green tartan carpet and an exposed-beam wooden ceiling. There’s a large dining table in the centre of the room and a stone fireplace occupies much of the right-hand wall. Lights are suspended from the ceiling. The front cover of ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is shown in the top right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jun 21

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a contemporary thriller set mainly in central and north-west Scotland. Portpatrick in Galloway is also visited, with fatal consequences. Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

The image shows a view down onto an enclosed harbour with an inner segment in the bottom left of the frame and an outer segment in the centre right of the frame. A village of mainly white houses and cottages stretches round the far side of the harbour, finishing as the coast climbs to low cliffs in the upper right of the frame, looking right out to sea. There are more buildings in the bottom right and boats are moored in the inner harbour. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jun 18

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Galloway House near Garlieston in Galloway served as a hospital during the war and features in the book. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

This modern image shows the east side of Galloway House near Garlieston. There are terraced mown lawns in the lower right of the frame and the house, made of grey-brown stone and up to four storeys in height, extends across the centre of the image. It has protruding wings at the ends and the central portion bows out. Chimneys and balustrading can be seen on the roof. The sky is blue and the house is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top left corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jun 16

Relentless pursuit and a grisly murder. ‘Hide and Seek’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Stirling Castle, including the Palace seen here, and more widely across Scotland during World War Two. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/has/index.html

This modern image shows a view from the south of the Palace at Stirling Castle. There are formal gardens in the foreground and the Palace rises above them past battlements to an ornate roofline. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Hide and Seek’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jun 14

You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced thriller set in northern Scotland. The superb beach at Achmelvich is visited by the book's two central characters. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/atw/index.html

The image shows the beach at Achmelvich in the middle vertical third of the frame, with bright white sand on the right extending into light blue and then dark blue sea on the left. There are two tiny people walking on the beach. In the foreground the beach ends with rounded grey rocks, and there is sandy grass at the foot of the frame. Beyond the beach is a grey rock headland that cuts across the frame. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘A Tangled Web’ is shown in the top right corner.

Ken Lussey@kenlussey· Jun 12

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Cairnryan in Galloway plays an important part as the search for a spy builds towards its conclusion. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html