Description:
Its mid-summer in Shetland, the time of the white nights, when
birds sing at midnight and the sun never sets. Artist Bella Sinclair throws a
party to launch an exhibition of her work and to introduce the paintings of Fran
Hunter. The Herring House, the gallery where the exhibition is held, is on the
beach at Biddista, in the remote north west of the island. When a mysterious
Englishman bursts into tears and claims not to know who he is or where hes come
from, the evening ends in farce. The following day the Englishman is found
hanging from a rafter in a boathouse on the jetty, a clowns mask on his face.
Detective Jimmy Perez is convinced that this is a local murder. He is reinforced
in this belief when Roddy, Bellas musician nephew is murdered too. But the
detectives relationship with Fran Hunter clouds his judgement. And this is a
crazy time of the year when night blurs into day and nothing is quite as it
seems.