<p><strong>A gripping and atmospheric debut crime thriller set on an isolated Scottish island ... where outsiders are not welcome.</strong></p>
<p><em>'There's always someone whispering about something.'</em></p><p>On a small island off the coast of Scotland, an isolated community is grieving. Eighteen-year-old Alan Ferguson was found at the foot of the lighthouse - an apparent suicide.</p><p>DIs Georgina Lennox and Richard Stewart are sent to investigate. A raging storm keeps them trapped on the island for five days. And the locals don't take kindly to mainlanders.</p><p>As George and Richie question the island's inhabitants, they discover a village filled with superstition and shrouded in secrets.</p><p>But someone wants those secrets to stay buried. At any cost.</p><p>'Absorbing, unsettling and deeply accomplished' Dervla McTiernan</p><p>'Smart, deliciously creepy and simply pitch-perfect - I tore through this spectacular debut!' Hayley Scrivenor</p><p>'An impressive crime debut dripping with atmosphere and threat, Laura McCluskey's <em>The Wolf Tree</em> will take you to a chilling cliff edge of suspense, then hold you there until the very last page' Hannah Richell</p><p>'An exciting new voice in crime fiction' Pip Drysdale</p><p>'Cold Atlantic noir. An eerie debut' Matthew Spencer, author of <em>Black River</em></p><p>'McCluskey is masterful at building suspense' <em>Kirkus</em></p>
