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The Windhover
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Expected 23 Jul 26Perthshire. 1957.
The Camerons arrive from a tenement in Glasgow to run a remote Scottish youth hostel, unaware they are setting in motion a terrible chain of events that will reverberate through the decades.
Siblings Alison and Ewan delight in swapping grey city life for the mountains and lochs surrounding Rannoch. Only their elder sister Moira understands their granny’s dark looks and their mother’s increasingly poor health. As the summer progresses and Mr Cameron’s incendiary secrets begin to surface, the family’s attempts to create a new life unravel – and then the adults make an unthinkable decision, one that wrenches the Camerons apart.
It’s 1982.
Ewan is long estranged from his family. Now a celebrated artist working in burgeoning London, he is a world away from Rannoch. So why do his paintings return to the rugged landscapes and soaring birds of his youth? Four hundred miles north of him, in grey and rainy Cumbernauld, Moira knows that it is down to her to remedy the effects of their disastrous childhood before it is too late.
The Windhover is an emotionally devastating story of lost children and misguided adults, tracing the shockwaves of lies and loss within one family and exploring whether redemption is truly possible when the betrayal runs so deep.
The Camerons arrive from a tenement in Glasgow to run a remote Scottish youth hostel, unaware they are setting in motion a terrible chain of events that will reverberate through the decades.
Siblings Alison and Ewan delight in swapping grey city life for the mountains and lochs surrounding Rannoch. Only their elder sister Moira understands their granny’s dark looks and their mother’s increasingly poor health. As the summer progresses and Mr Cameron’s incendiary secrets begin to surface, the family’s attempts to create a new life unravel – and then the adults make an unthinkable decision, one that wrenches the Camerons apart.
It’s 1982.
Ewan is long estranged from his family. Now a celebrated artist working in burgeoning London, he is a world away from Rannoch. So why do his paintings return to the rugged landscapes and soaring birds of his youth? Four hundred miles north of him, in grey and rainy Cumbernauld, Moira knows that it is down to her to remedy the effects of their disastrous childhood before it is too late.
The Windhover is an emotionally devastating story of lost children and misguided adults, tracing the shockwaves of lies and loss within one family and exploring whether redemption is truly possible when the betrayal runs so deep.
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Expected publication July 23, 2026
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The premise of this book sounded fantastic and I was hoping for a 5 star read. Sadly, this book did not deliver for me. We follow three siblings Moira, Ewan and Alison in different timelines and the various secrets within the family. The writing is absolutely beautiful, in particular the descriptions of the Scottish landscapes. This brings me to my main issue with this book which is that there is not much in terms of plot until around the 80% mark. Additionally, the characters themselves seemed fairly unremarkable in that none had very defined traits. This combination meant that the book therefore fell a bit flat for me. Whilst it was still an engaging read, I would recommend this book to readers that are content with the book focusing on the landscape and surroundings.
The premise of this book sounded fantastic and I was hoping for a 5 star read. Sadly, this book did not deliver for me. We follow three siblings Moira, Ewan and Alison in different timelines and the various secrets within the family. The writing is absolutely beautiful, in particular the descriptions of the Scottish landscapes. This brings me to my main issue with this book which is that there is not much in terms of plot until around the 80% mark. Additionally, the characters themselves seemed fairly unremarkable in that none had very defined traits. This combination meant that the book therefore fell a bit flat for me. Whilst it was still an engaging read, I would recommend this book to readers that are content with the book focusing on the landscape and surroundings.
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