My first Andrew James Greig novel but definitely not my last. I went in totally blind and that suited very well. This book flowed well. A rich cast of characters that kept me totally invested. Stories and substories that were rich and decadent. Totally enjoyed this one!
Thank you NetGalley, Andrew James Greig for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I first discovered this series through NetGalley and I’m so glad I did! The team of Teàrlach, Chloe, and Dee are fantastic together. While their pasts don’t define them, they do fuel them. And in turn, the three feed off of each other to get them through their pasts as well as work on their cases. As we have seen in the previous two novels, what they initially think will be a simple case turns out to be anything of the sort as it rapidly expands to three cases. And in this one, Teàrlach gets news that I absolutely didn’t see coming. There was nothing to tell us this was in the works at all. What a great addition to the tension! I feel like the series just keeps getting better and better, and with a writer like Andrew James Greig, it’s no wonder. The man has some serious talent. I can’t wait for the next book to come out so we can see what happens with Teàrlach‘s newfound knowledge!

Huge thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for sending me this ARC for review! All of my reviews are given honestly!

I loved this one! I read the first book in this series last year and it was really good. But this one was even better! I really liked the main character, PI Tearlach Paterson, he’s a dark and troubled man. The supporting characters are fantastic too, they have so much depth and personality. The storyline was great, and full of twists. I can’t wait to read the next book! 5⭐️

A well written thriller. Tearlach and his team engage in another complicated case, where they become involved in more than they expected. Excellent and highly recommended.

Tearlach is called to find how Lucy's husba d Robert fell off a cliff to his death on the Isle of Mull. He was a wildlife photographer and Lucy had thought he had an accident until one of his puffin photos was used in a magazine article.
Soon after their arrival, Tearlach and his team are tasked to find Callum who has gone missing. His father wants to see him before he dies.
Then a man who records marine sounds is found with his hand trapped underwater in a creal. He has been trying to retrieve a package where you can hear a girl singing.
Are they linked?

Private investigator Teàrlach Paterson was hired by an old school friend, Lucy, to investigate the death of her husband, which the police were treating as an accident. Because of their connection, Teàrlach agreed, and headed across to the Isle of Mull from Scotland, his old home that he'd not returned to since his aunt had died two years prior. Dee and Chloe, Teàrlach's two assistants, joined him, catching the ferry across to the island, where their investigation had increased with a missing person, and another suspicious death. Were they all connected? The local police wanted nothing from Teàrlach; told him to keep away from it all - which of course he ignored. As the investigations deepened and evidence mounted, Teàrlach wondered if they would solve them all...

The Graveyard Bell is the 3rd in the Private Investigator Teàrlach Paterson series by Andrew James Greig and this one is my least favourite of the three. There's a lot of repetition, it's a really slow burn pretty much all the way through, with a lot of introspection into Teàrlach's and Dee's pasts. It seems to lose concentration on the cases being followed, quite often, which was frustrating. But I will look out for #4. Recommended to fans of the genre, and of the author.

With thanks to NetGalley & Storm Publishing for my digital ARC to read and review.

We catch up with Tearlach, Dee and Chloe in Glasgow, where Tearlach is asked by an old school friend to look into the mysterious accident of her husband, wildlife photographer, at Fingal's Cave! Tearlach is returning home to the Isle of Mull, where he lived with his Aunt Rose until he left school. Whilst there, he learns of two strange incidents - one, a missing fisherman and two, a marine scientist is discovered dead. How are they connected? Tearlach with help from Chloe and Dee dig into these occurances and found more than they bargained for. The story was well written and the scenery was very descriptive. The characters of Tearlach, Dee and Chloe gel so well together and I find they work brilliantly as a unit to find the truth and to unearth secrets and lies to a surprising ending.

Book Review 17 2025
The Graveyard Bell by Andrew James Greig
When Teàrlach is begged by an old friend to return to the island of Mull where he spent much of his childhood to prove her husband has been murdered he is reluctant. However, duty bound he bites the bullet and returns to the cottage he once shared with his much loved, now deceased Aunt. Apart from the complexities of working out what happened to his friend’s husband on an isolated island, Teàrlach must encounter memories from the past and in doing so uncovers some surprising personal things. Meanwhile Dee is struggling with her own problems which leads to a less than harmonious relationship.
Of course, as Teàrlach investigates he becomes involved in searching for the son of a terminally ill man and the island complexities and adverse weather makes this a tense read as they attempt to root out the truth.
Loving the dynamics of this team and the complexities of their lives.
Another well-earned 4 * read from me

Oh wow, this was so addictive I just couldn't put it down. A real creepy page turner that kept on giving. I thoroughly enjoyed this one and even though I hadn't read any of the others in this series, this can be read as a standalone book. My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

This book doesn’t pull its punches. Each corner turned there is a new bit of action, a new bloody puddle or a new question that doesn’t seem to make sense and someone else hiding a secret. The island itself is so beautifully described and the harsh wind, water and the elements battering down definitely add to the mystery and mirror the issues that Teàrlach has looking into the death and disappearance of folk from the island. A hard case, a mystery that grabs you makes this such a good read.

Thank you for allowing me to review this book. I can highly recommend this 3rd book in the series about Private Investigator Paterson and his colleagues Dee & Chloe. They return to the Isle of Mull to investigate the disappearance of the camera belonging to the husband of an old friend who had died in a cliff fall. This story soon links into the discovery of a body and a request to find a missing man. I was hooked from the off, with the return of these three characters met in the previous books.

This is the third Andrew James Greig book I have read. Set in the Scottish islands the descriptive text takes you to the scene. Family feuds lead to tragic circumstances. A quick read and emotive story well written. Thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the chance to ARC this book.

Thriller set in the Scottish isles. A good read with a mix of interesting characters and an intriguing storyline.

Thank you to the publisher, author and NetGalley for an early kindle copy of The Graveyard Bell. This is the third book in the series to feature PI Tearlach Paterson and his colleagues Dee and Chloe. Once again Andrew James Grieg has written a fast paced, exciting thriller. This book sees Tearlach return to Mull, the island he grew up on, to investigate the death of an old friends husband. Another body is then found and the team are also tasked with finding a missing person. The vivid descriptions of the island, its isolated landscape and the incoming storm all add to the suspense and the dramatic ending. Look forward to Book 4. Highly recommend!

A nature photographer falls to his death after a mysterious meeting. A marine researcher drowns while searching for the source of eerie underwater singing. A fisherman leaves his boat at the end of the day, never to be seen again. PI Teàrlach Paterson is hired by the wife of the photographer who doesn’t believe that her husband’s death was an accident. The fisherman’s father also hires Teàrlach because he wants to see his son before he dies. Two deaths and a disappearance are unusual for the peaceful Isle of Mull and the presence of Teàrlach and his investigators. As he tries to find links between these three events, he has to deal with angry townspeople, old legends, a new romance and confront his own past. Staying in the cottage where his aunt raised him after a family tragedy brings new information among the memories.

The Graveyard Bell is the third in the excellent Teàrlach Paterson series by Andrew James Greig. It’s the first I have read and it won’t be the last. The Inner Hebrides provides a haunting, atmospheric setting and is beautifully described. Teàrlach is a captivating character, tormented by his past. This mystery/thriller is thoughtfully plotted and full of surprises. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Storm Publishing and Andrew James Grieg.

I am new to this author . Seeing that the novel is set on the Isle of Mull intrigued me so I decided to give the book a try. Wow! Three muders on this small isle brings a dectective and his associates to find the missing lnik betwee the murders and solve the crime. I loved every moment of the book; I am planning to read his other books and will recommend to those who love Scottish mysteries.

Three unexpected and apparently unrelated deaths on the Isle of Mull. Local police don't feel any crimes have been committed. The widow of one calls her old friend Teàrlach, private investigator, to delve deeper as she in convince husband was killed. He and his two colleagues, Dee and Chloe, head to Mull; they are a very disparate trio with tragic backgrounds but are learning to work together. The story is complicated and involves family feuds, closed islander life amidst tourism with excellent descriptions of Mull's landscape and seascapes. The story probably took less than half the book with the majority seemingly dealing with issues, background and angst of the three main characters - who they were, guilt, background and this just got rather too much for me. Otherwise the characters were relatable and the ways Dee, especially, circumnavigates the internet is interesting. She did find the general communication black holes frustrating though. Welcome to west Scotland! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy.

Private Investigator Tearlach Paterson returns to his childhood home on the Isle of Mull to investigate three unusual events. After a wildlife photographer falls to his death from above Fingal’s Cave, a young fisherman vanishes without a trace, and soon after, a marine scientist’s body is pulled from the sea, leaving behind his last recording, which turns out to be a piece of evidence of his death.
The photographer's widow hires Tearlach to investigate her husband’s death. Tearlach’s investigation leads him into a web of family feuds, betrayals, and failed love interests. Tearlach finds that the photographer’s death was no accident and the fisherman's father is dying in the hospital. He races against time to find his son before he dies.
Tearlach’s investigation is further hampered by a violent storm covering the town and the wall of deep, dark secrets he must break through before completing his investigations.

I was attracted by the beautiful setting on the Isle of Mull to this, my first introduction to private investigator Teàrlach Paterson.
I was a little undecided to start with because a private investigator can only do certain things. Their work can be painstaking and dull; they're not going to be banging on a door yelling "armed police."
But in the case of The Graveyard Bell, I got to admire the breadth of the work of Teàrlach and his two colleagues, particularly in their usage of white hat hacking and social media.
Teàrlach is an interesting character: I didn't feel I got to know him, which is the author's intention: he seems quite inscrutable.
Three incidents which seemed unrelated came together beautifully and there was a dramatic finale. I look forward to reading more.
Thanks to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for the advance digital copy.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.

This is my first time reading this author. I loved the writing style, and that the setting became a character all its own. I didn't feel I was missing anything from not having read the other books in this series. What keeps me from giving this 5 stars is the repetition throughout the story, and the fact that Teàrlach didn't seem to have a handle on the investigation. Who is the head of this PI team anyway, him or Dee? She did most of the work. I felt they didn't even like each other most of the time. Maybe I am missing something from the other books after all? Anyway, I would recommend this one, particularly for the island setting.