Scotland's Greatest Mysteries

by Richard Wilson

Everyone loves a good mystery, and over the centuries Scotland has had more than its fair share of unexplained and unsolved events which continue to perplex and fascinate to this day.

In this collection we examine 18 historic and infamous cases of death, disappearance and deception. Whatever happened to the three missing keepers of the Flannan Isles lighthouse? Why was Jean Milne murdered in her Broughty Ferry mansion? What became of the Cessna pilot who flew from the Isle of Mull on Christmas Eve? Who fired the bullet that killed SNP activist William McRae?

From the enduring riddle of the Loch Ness Monster, to inexplicable crimes that have baffled investigators for decades, we investigate and explore the known facts and the numerous theories behind these extraordinary real-life stories. Which, for as long as they are unsolved, will remain Scotland’s Greatest Mysteries.

Genres: Nonfiction, Mystery

223 pages, Paperback

Published September 9, 2019

About the author

Librarian note:
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
This profile may contain books from multiple authors of this name

Reviews

[SANDRA GARNER · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has 18 true mystery stories, set in Scotland. All are still unsolved. They are all short stories which is great to pick up and put down. Some stories I really enjoyed, but not all and some left me feeling very frustrated with them so for this reason I only gave a 3 Stars rating. I would have preferred longer stories.

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an easy read with some new and some favourite mysteries from Scotland. I picked up this book while I was touring the Highlands and Islands and it did give me a little more of an insight in to some of the history and strange happenings in the places I’d visited as well as found me some new places to visit. Some of the stories seemed a little rushed while others dragged out but I was definitely not intrigued by some of the stories I’d not heard before. There was a printing error on one of the pages with the wrong chapter title which threw me for a second and I was disappointed with the lack of references to the various sources of the original stories but overall excited to do some research to find out more. My favourite tale was ‘The unkept light’!

[U02awf2 · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was an easy light read that gave you a brief introduction to some Scottish mysteries. I wasn't aware of some such as the Great Mull Air Mystery, Norah Emily Farnario, or the Flannan Light, whilst other cases are more well-known modern day mysteries like Renee McCrae, Willie McCrae, the Nairn Banker Alastair Wilson and Bible John.

A couple of the early chapters on Loch Ness and, to a lesser extent, Daniel Defoe didn't quite hit the mark but all in all, a perfectly readable book.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

SCCCCOOOTTTLLLAANNNDDD FFOORREEVVVAAAA 🦅🦅🦅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦅🦅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun light read, some cases I’d heard of, some I hadn’t.