Greater Sins

1915, the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. An isolated Scottish community is disturbed by a strange discovery: a woman''s body in a peat bog, somehow perfectly preserved. Two people haul the body from the ground: Lizzie, the wife of the local landowner, and Johnny, a nomadic singer and farm hand. At hearthside and inn, people whisper - what have they unearthed? One unveiling brings others. Lizzie, tenacious but trapped, finds an opportunity to probe the past of her unknowable husband, who has left for the war. For Johnny, a reunion with a former friend threatens to reveal a history he''s trying to outrun. As their stories begin to entwine, ill-fortune stalks the isolated community who begin to look for someone - or some thing - to blame...

About the author

Gabrielle Griffiths grew up in Aberdeenshire and now lives in Brighton. She was a Madeleine Milburn Agency mentee in 2021 and is a graduate of the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course. Her short fiction has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize.

Product details

• Authors: Gabrielle Griffiths
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2025
• EAN: 9781529929089
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-2908-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Historical crime and mysteries, FICTION / Nature & the Environment, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Aberdeen and Deeside, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War I, Rural communities / rural life