When reporter Rebecca Connolly is told of Roddie Drummond’s return to the island of Stoirm she senses a story. Fifteen years before he was charged with the murder of his lover, Mhairi. When he was found Not Proven, Roddie left the island and no one, apart from his sister, knew where he was or what he was doing.

Now he has returned for his mother’s funeral – and it will spark an explosion of hatred, bitterness and violence.

Defying her editor’s wishes, Rebecca joins forces with local photographer Chazz Wymark to dig into the secrets surrounding Mhairi’s death, and her mysterious last words of Thunder Bay, the secluded spot on the west coast of the island where, according to local lore, the souls of the dead set off into the after life. When another murder takes place, and the severe weather that gives the island its name hits, she is ideally placed to uncover the truth about what happened that night fifteen years before

This was an interesting read – at least the first chapter, then it went downhill. I just could not maintain the interest and the pace was off. I kept on reading but I found that my mind was wondering to other places when yet another character’s apparel was described in detail or when the main heroine was lacking that soul that makes someone shine in writing

The 15 years ago plot was somehow better but still boring as hell. Ended up finishing the book and if you were to ask me anything about it, I could only probably tell you it happens in Scotland and you can get a bit of a feel of the place and people but otherwise it’s mediocre.