The Devil’s Cut by Andrew James Greig is book 3 in the PI Tearlach Paterson series. It is published on 24 February. Thank you to Storm Publishing, Netgalley and the author for an advance copy to review. Lucy Jameson travels to Glasgow from the Isle of Mull to ask Tearlach for his help to investigate the death of her husband, Robert, after it was declared accidental. However, that is not the only death, with the drowning of a wildlife underwater sound recordist on the small Isle. There is also the matter of the missing Calum Donald, who was last seen on a fishing boat. All these sinister events are surely connected. Tearlach’s team is made up of Dee, who is an IT expert, and Chloe, the expert in the office. They have all grown close because of their last case and are now like family. They all have demons but that makes them who they are. To get a good grip on the characters, it is best to read the series in order and start at book 1, The Girl in the Loch. I love the writing and the descriptions place you in the middle of the story. The team move to Mull to investigate, moving into the cottage left to him by his aunt and a can of worms is opened for Tearlach. A fabulous read.

At his Glasgow office PI Teàrlach Paterson is visited by an old friend from Mull, desperate to find out how her husband had died. The police have written it off as an accident, but Lucy is convinced that the truth is far more sinister. As an established and published photographer, Robert Jameson was not the type to take unnecessary risks. Plus, the equipment he was using that day is missing, making the event even more suspicious. With the whole team on their way to Mull, what can they discover, and what memories will Teàrlach uncover back in his childhood home?

Number three in this series and just as enjoyable as the previous books. Little by little we are getting to know the backgrounds of Teàrlach , Dee and Chloe, and the tragedies and pitfalls that have brought them to this point.

If you love Scotland and an absorbing well written story, with a few surprises on the way, then you will really enjoy this book.

Thank you NetGalley and Storm Publishing.

A wildlife photographer plummets to his death above Fingal’s Cave. A young fisherman vanishes without trace. The body of a marine scientist is pulled from the sea, his last recording a haunting piece of evidence. Three seemingly unconnected events on the Isle of Mull draw Private Investigator Teàrlach Paterson back to his childhood home! Great book! This book has great suspense, intriguing, action, murder, mystery a fantastic who done it and a few crazy twists and turns! The story was very interesting! I definitely recommend reading this book! Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

If you love Scotland and superbly constructed mystery and ‘peek around the corner’ suspense,
this book is for you! The absolutely gripping characters, community and ocean make for one
of the the best books I have read in quite awhile. The relationships are fiercely defended and
at the first sign of incursion, the defenders are awakened. I enjoyed learning more about the
less travelled parts of Scotland. I also had fun looking up some of the vocabulary with which
I am unfamiliar, and it was like cracking a secret code..
There are some surprises in this story~ and one surprise can lead to the next, making
one secret no longer important. I was unable to figure out one of the blockbuster
surprises, but that’s part of the fun!
This is the third book in the series, but so well written that I did not at all feel left out.
The book reads well as a standalone. I recommend the bio and look forward to
the next book.’
My thanks to Storm Publishing via NetGalley for the download copy of the book
for review purposes.

I enjoyed the return of this unconventional PI and his sidekicks. Two seemingly unrelated bodies on a small island, then a missing person, all led to some serious sleuthing. The way the pieces all fitted together in the end was really well done. Human frailty, greed and long held grudges are key to this. There were some very sad elements here, as well as some positive notes going forward. I hope there is another instalment in this series. Thanks to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for an opportunity to read and freely review this book.

A good read which would have been much better (for me) if a third of the novel at least was not about the past of the three PIs. All three have traumatic pasts which take too much room in an investigation to bring much tension to the overall story. That's a shame.
I received a digital copy of this novel from NetGalley and I have voluntarily written an honest review.