Those who know the area around Tongue will realise that I have taken several liberties. There is no village of Naver, nor does Camp 1033 exist, though other camps mentioned are real, as are some of the incidents recounted.
I’m grateful to Edinburgh Central Library for pointing me in the direction of several valuable resources, most notably Camp 165 by Valerie Campbell and British Concentration Camps: A Brief History from 1900–1975 by Simon Webb. On one of my visits to the north coast I also happened across Tongue and Farr by Jim A. Johnston, which helped me explore the history of that beautiful region of Scotland.
All errors and inaccuracies are mine.
Here’s to all the songs and all their singers, in times of darkness and times of light.
I. R.
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Ian Rankin is a #1 internationally bestselling author. Winner of an Edgar Award and the recipient of a Gold Dagger for fiction and the Chandler-Fulbright Award, he lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.
Also by Ian RankinThe Inspector Malcolm Fox Series
The Complaints
The Impossible DeadThe Detective Inspector Rebus Series
Knots & Crosses
Hide & Seek
Tooth & Nail (previously published as Wolfman)
A Good Hanging and Other Stories
Strip Jack
The Black Book
Mortal Causes
Let It Bleed
Black & Blue
The Hanging Garden
Death Is Not the End (a novella)
Dead Souls
Set in Darkness
The Falls
Resurrection Men
A Question of Blood
Fleshmarket Alley
The Naming of the Dead
Exit Music
Standing in Another Man’s Grave
Saints of the Shadow Bible
The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories (a story collection)
Even Dogs in the Wild
Rather Be the Devil
In a House of LiesOther Novels
Witch Hunt
Blood Hunt
Bleeding Hearts
Watchman
Doors Open
Dark Entries (graphic novel)
Westwind
