Hidden Pasts

<p><strong>Hestan Island</strong> marooned in the <strong>Solway Firth</strong> tethered to the mainland at low tide by a causeway called <strong>The Rack.</strong> </p><p>Hestan is home to two men quietly living out their lives until a boy is almost crushed to death in their tiny copper mine after which the horrors of their shared past begins to unravel.</p><p>As truths are revealed we are taken back through the <strong>bloody wars of Crimea</strong> and the lands of the <strong>Tartars</strong>; to <strong>book burnings</strong> betrayals and the bonds of men who find themselves in dire circumstance. </p><p>It is not long before terrible secrets are laid bare.</p><p><br></p><p>The third in acclaimed writer Clio Gray's Scottish Mysteries <em>Hidden Pasts </em>explores the history of a little known part of Scotland and provides a compelling tale of how small events can echo down the years with deadly consequences.</p>