Two fishermen who hate each other are murdered in Oban. Is the same person responsible? Sheila discovers there’s an elite who control most things in the town and who are the subject of much resentment. She also investigates reports of cruelty and abuse at a famous local austere public school, Heathlands Academy. Meanwhile, with Aggie’s help, she discovers the people behind the secretive company called Mystic Spirit who are obstructing building schemes all over the country and what their unusual motivation is.

As all these stories intersect, ambitious and glamorous SNP MSP Cathy Kipp and her husband Kit seem involved in everything in town and have secrets to hide. Major landowner Lord Blairlogie, a Peer who is trying to divest himself of his inherited land and Heathlands landlord, is also hiding something important from Sheila. Building to a violent conclusion, Sheila, along with ex-Foreign Correspondent and old friend Terri, must fight for her life or end up just another drowned victim.

The Argyll Murders is the second in the Sheila Smith series set in the West of Scotland. It’s a twisting tale of violence, lies and deception where little is as it seems.

Two fishermen who hate each other are murdered in Oban. Is the same person responsible? Sheila discovers there’s an elite who control most things in the town and who are the subject of much resentment. She also investigates reports of cruelty and abuse at a famous local austere public school, Heathlands Academy. Meanwhile, with Aggie’s help, she discovers the people behind the secretive company called Mystic Spirit who are obstructing building schemes all over the country and what their unusual motivation is.

As all these stories intersect, ambitious and glamorous SNP MSP Cathy Kipp and her husband Kit seem involved in everything in town and have secrets to hide. Major landowner Lord Blairlogie, a Peer who is trying to divest himself of his inherited land and Heathlands landlord, is also hiding something important from Sheila. Building to a violent conclusion, Sheila, along with ex-Foreign Correspondent and old friend Terri, must fight for her life or end up just another drowned victim.

The Argyll Murders is the second in the Sheila Smith series set in the West of Scotland. It’s a twisting tale of violence, lies and deception where little is as it seems.