Ayrshire Stories: Tales from the West Coast — Crime, Mystery and Ghost Stories Set in Real Ayrshire Places
Eight university students travelled from Strasbourg to Ayrshire with the same book in their bags. They’d spent a year reading about Monkton Woods, Ayr Harbour and Maidens Beach, and now they wanted to stand in them. I met them (and their Professor) to sign their copies, and I still can’t quite believe a book about my corner of Scotland brought them here.
Ayrshire Stories: Tales from the West Coast is a 2024 anthology of crime, mystery, suspense, ghost stories and speculative fiction by writers from across Ayrshire, Scotland. Every story is set in a real Ayrshire place, from Monkton Woods and Prestwick Main Street to Muirkirk, Stevenston and Culzean Castle. It reached number one in the Amazon charts in 13 countries.
If you love Scottish crime fiction, short stories you can finish in one sitting, or seeing your own streets turned sinister, this guide tells you what’s inside, who wrote it, and where to find it.
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