Music in the Dark (Hardback)

'Music in the Dark is a beautifully-written piece of work, achieved with immense skill. The portrayal of Jamesina Ross as she is shattered and put back together by the light-touch constancy of Niall Munro is perfectly balanced. The minute focus on these two individuals tells a huge story of the C19th Highlands, Glasgow and North America that readers will find deeply affecting' - Shona MacLean

'An engrossing, beautifully written novel about the Highland Clearances and the long-term physical, emotional and psychological damage done to those who were forced from their homes and homeland. Like all good historical fiction, it both illuminates the past and speaks eloquently to the present' - James Robertson, author of The Testament of Gideon Mack

'A wonderful and moving story, beautifully told... an episode of history brought vividly to life' - Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures

'I absolutely loved this book. An important and brutal historical event - but also a tender and unusual love story. It gave me writer envy' - Kirsty Logan, author of The Gracekeepers

'Truer to the reality of clearance and what came after than many ostensibly factual accounts of those events' - James Hunter, author of Set Adrift Upon the World: The Sutherland Clearances