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Sep. 21, 2013
Iain McChesney
Biography
Born and raised in Scotland, Iain is a writer of classic mysteries.
The World Wars left Iain’s family with generations of widows. As a result, he has always been interested in the tangible effects of history on family dynamics and in the power of narrative to awaken those long dead. For his debut novel "Murder at Malenfer," he drew on childhood reminiscences and verbal family history to create the characters who populate Malenfer Manor—though he hastens to add that his family had barely a penny, far less a manor, and any ghosts dwell only in memory.
His second novel, "Countdown to Death," is a modern retelling of an Agatha Christie classic--with a shocking twist.
He lives in Vancouver, Canada, with his wife and two children.
The World Wars left Iain’s family with generations of widows. As a result, he has always been interested in the tangible effects of history on family dynamics and in the power of narrative to awaken those long dead. For his debut novel "Murder at Malenfer," he drew on childhood reminiscences and verbal family history to create the characters who populate Malenfer Manor—though he hastens to add that his family had barely a penny, far less a manor, and any ghosts dwell only in memory.
His second novel, "Countdown to Death," is a modern retelling of an Agatha Christie classic--with a shocking twist.
He lives in Vancouver, Canada, with his wife and two children.
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Books
Countdown to Death
by Iain McChesney
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 58,530.
Language:
English.
Published: September 26, 2015
by
Wayzgoose Press.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Ten strangers are lured to a remote Scottish island at the invitation of a reclusive industrialist. Stranded on Lord Black's wondrous estate, the disparate guests have more in common than they first realize. Accused in a mysterious letter of having committed crimes in their past, one by one they are hunted down. But who is the killer? Will any of them live to find out?
Murder at Malenfer
by Iain McChesney
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 85,860.
Language:
English.
Published: September 21, 2013
by
Wayzgoose Press.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » Paranormal, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
(4.00 from 1 review)
Those in line to the Malenfer estate are succumbing to terrible ends – a supernatural legacy, or something more human? Irish mercenary Dermot Ward retreats to Paris at the close of WWI, where he drinks to forget his experiences & the death of his comrade, Arthur Malenfer. But Arthur has not forgotten Dermot. Dead but not departed, Arthur has unfinished business and needs the help of the living.