The Selkie's Shore
(2026)(The first book in the Freya Tulloch Orkney Mystery series)
A Story by Phillip Strang
Ronald Clouston was found dead inside the Italian Chapel on Lamb Holm — coat dry, shoes soaking wet, the door locked from the outside with the key in his pocket.
Detective Inspector Freya Tulloch has lived in Stromness all her life. She knows the families, the land disputes, the old grievances — and the things that are never said out loud.
She also knows Magnus Flett, the harbourmaster, who does not come to people's doors at six in the morning with things he is not certain of. And Magnus is certain: before dawn on the night Clouston died, a woman walked out of the sea at Birsay. Her footprints crossed the field above the shore and stopped in the middle of nothing.
Behind Clouston's death lies a forty-year land dispute, an ancient Norse charter, and three families whose claims have never been settled. Freya has known these families all her life. That is the problem.
The Selkie's Shore is the first book in the Freya Tulloch Orkney Mystery Series.
Genre: Mystery
Detective Inspector Freya Tulloch has lived in Stromness all her life. She knows the families, the land disputes, the old grievances — and the things that are never said out loud.
She also knows Magnus Flett, the harbourmaster, who does not come to people's doors at six in the morning with things he is not certain of. And Magnus is certain: before dawn on the night Clouston died, a woman walked out of the sea at Birsay. Her footprints crossed the field above the shore and stopped in the middle of nothing.
Behind Clouston's death lies a forty-year land dispute, an ancient Norse charter, and three families whose claims have never been settled. Freya has known these families all her life. That is the problem.
The Selkie's Shore is the first book in the Freya Tulloch Orkney Mystery Series.
Genre: Mystery