A pictorial glimpse at the backdrop to the new Rebecca Connolly thriller
The new Rebecca Connolly thriller, CHILDREN OF THE MIST, is now available in all good bookstores and on-line.
This time, Rebecca is tracking down a five year old story concerning a young man who seemingly vanished from the Black Wood of Rannoch five years ago and she uncovers star-crossed lovers and tangled family dynamics.
The Black Wood actually exists on the shores of Loch Rannoch in Perthshire and it, as well as the area that surrounds it, is among my favourite places on earth. I visited the area many times over a number of years but hadn’t been back until I was researching this novel.
The wood itself is the last remaining sizeable patch of the old Caledonian Forest that covered much of Scotland at one time. For me it is a wonders, magical place with trees that can be hundreds of years old. Rebecca falls in love with it because I am in love with it.
But in the novel at least, it holds a dark secret.
To coincide with the publication of the book I have shared some images from the area, from Dunalastair, to Rannoch and on to the moor, although the latter doesn’t feature in the story.
