Given to me by Steve Young

At Salute 2012 my good friend Steve Young, talented miniature designer and musician, and all around great bloke gave me his copy of  The Edinburgh Dead by Brian Ruckley.  Jolly decent of him eh!

So it has taken me since late April to get to the point of reading it.  I really must take a picture of my ‘inbox’ of books which I swear to myself and all who buy them for me that I will read in the order of reciept.  It is a sight to be seen.  Well, this book broke the order.  Yes, I cheated and put it to the top of the list!  I had to otherwise you would not be hearing about it until Christmas at least.

Steve told me it was a great read and that it would be super material for some scenarios for Flintloque.  Being set in Scotland in the early part of the nineteenth century and featuring detective work along with gruesome action and the Undead as well what was not to like.  So I chewed my way through it at the weekend and the verdict?

The Edinburgh Dead is by an author whose other books I have not read so there was no comparison there.  It is well written and moves at a fast pace, the main characters are well drawn and the plot builds to a tense resolution.  I do not want to give spoilers so I will leave it with this.  A good read and set in a period and place not often used.  It is well worth picking up if you like grim and gritty with a Scottish flavour.

Recommended 🙂

GBS

p.s. see, I can write short posts!