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“Angus MacVicar runs close to John Buchan as a supreme spinner of an enthralling yarn.” Daily Express

Alastair Campbell, Glasgow-based journalist and bachelor, has a cruise planned along the West Coast of Scotland.

When he drops anchor in Tobermory Bay, his yacht – the Yellowhammer – gets caught in a…

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A Buchanesque MacVicar spins a dark tale of adventure against the charming Scottish scenery of Argyll in this 1939 yarn. Our hero is Alastair Campbell, Glasgow-based journalist and bachelor, whose plans for a cruise along the West Coast of Scotland are thwarted by a storm. Soon, he is stranded on a Hebridean island with a charming young woman – and nefarious individuals who are clearly Up To No Good. After a body turns up, they investigate and uncover a dastardly scenario to spread devastation and panic on Armistice Day (hence the title). Campbell is an appealing ‘lead’, as he doubts…

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