Everyone knows something about Lorna Carrington
But no one knows everything
If they did they'd be very, very frightened
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Barvick Falls shortlisted for CWA Historical Dagger
Rob's most recent novel, Barvick Falls, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Award.
Rob's first novel, Cuddies Strip, was longlisted for the CWA's First Blood Dagger award in 2021. 'It's fantastic to go one better this time,' Rob said.
Rob feels sure that Ellen Laing, who makes her series debut in Barvick Falls, will be taking the credit for this nomination.
Barvick Falls
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September 1939, and war is declared. For Bob and Annie Kelty, life will never be the same again, not least because they are forced to foster twelve-year-old Ellen Laing, an evacuee from Finnieston in Glasgow.
Amid growing tensions between the Glasgow evacuees and the residents of the sleepy town of Crieff, the feisty and quick-tempered Ellen struggles to settle. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carrington, who seems to take an immediate dislike to her, exacerbates her problems.
There is something sinister about Lorna Carrington.
As war rages in Europe, there are problems closer to home. A series of arsons rocks the town. Locals blame the evacuees but, as he investigates, Bob Kelty comes to suspect a different, more surprising, source.
One that threatens to send everything Bob holds dear up in flames.
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Readings
Author Rob McInroy gives readings from the books to introduce the main characters, Lorna Carrington and Ellen Laing.
Introducing Ellen Laing
Evacuee Ellen sees the view from the Knock and experiences the sublime for the first time.
Introducing Lorna Carrington
Lorna Carrington ponders what she seeks from life. It must be extraordinary...