28/07/2025
COVER REVEAL: ‘It is dark now and my window onto the world is a small one. I do not know how much longer I will be here…’
Introducing BENBECULA by Graeme Macrae Burnet – out in the UK on 2 October 2025 from Birlinn 📚 🌑🌕🌑✨
Pre-order now: https://www.waterstones.com/book/benbecula/graeme-macrae-burnet//9781846977312
On 9 July 1857, Angus MacPhee, a labourer from Liniclate on the island of Benbecula, murdered his father, mother and aunt. At trial in Inverness he was found to be criminally insane and confined in the Criminal Lunatic Department of Perth Prison.
Some years later, Angus’s older brother Malcolm recounts the events leading up to the murders while trying to keep a grip on his own sanity. Malcolm is living in isolation, ostracised by the community and haunted by this gruesome episode in his past.
From the Booker-shortlisted author of HIS BLOODY PROJECT comes a dark, psychological thriller, leavened by moments of black humour and absurdity.
‘Maddeningly brilliant.’ – Hannah Kent
‘A writer of great skill and authority.’ – Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
‘Extravagantly talented.’ – Mark Lawson, The Guardian
‘He is an uncommonly interesting and satisfying novelist.’ – Allan Massie, The Scotsman
‘A voice that sounds startlingly authentic.’ – Jake Kerridge, The Telegraph
