{"product_id":"an-island-burning","title":"An Island Burning","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;'A twisty mystery set on Mull, the island being a character in itself' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Ian Rankin\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'One of my favourite songwriters of all time' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Irvine Welsh\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'MacIntyre always writes with a clarity of style' \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;The Scotsman\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Burns Night, January 2000. In the early days of the new millennium, two burnt-out cars are discovered on a barren glen on the isle of Mull. Inside them, only teeth and bones.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Meanwhile, Ivor Punch is busy policing a protest when he meets a strange visitor purporting to be Robert Louis Stevenson, who speaks of an island that appears only twice a century. As smoke fills the air and bodies are discovered, Sergeant Punch searches for the crux of the mystery by looking to the past.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Amid peculiar forces at play, a freshly moored ferry full of curious characters and a Burns Night play to set the evening alight, he needs to decipher what is real or imagined - before the island falls into chaos.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;The second book in The Mull Mysteries series from multi-award-winning author and musician, Colin MacIntyre, aka Mull Historical Society. And t\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;his time, for Sgt Ivor Punch, it's personal. \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487655207285,"sku":"9781785305276","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781785305276.jpg?v=1786354882","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/an-island-burning","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}