How far would you go to hide the truth...
Rod Cameron is a producer and director of television documentaries for the BBC, a job that has taken him all over the country.
But now, for the first time, a job takes him back home to his native parish of Abercon in Argyll.
Recuperating from a recent bout of illness, Cameron soon conceives of what will be his most ambitious film to date - the story behind the fabulous, and extremely valuable, Jacobite treasure of Glenfinnan.
But as he begins to collect data for his script, Cameron becomes aware of curious undercurrents in the otherwise placid Abercon.
There's something just not quite right about the town.
Is the present inhabitant of the Old Manse, Cameron's childhood home, all that she seems to be?
Cameron's first meeting with Miss Grant seems a bit too polished, his host a tad too gracious... what is she hiding beneath her veneer of genial respectability?
And what's more, why are two actors serving as Miss Grant's butler and maid?
Cameron is sure that the mysterious goings on are all centred around Prince Charles Edward's jewels, closely guarded in Glenfinnan Castle.
And the more investigating he does, the more convinced he becomes.
But when Cameron only narrowly survives an attempt on his life, it becomes clear that he's been targeted because of what he knows.
Cameron races towards a shattering climax that will prove, once and for all, what will happen to the Glenfinnan treasure...
Duel of Glenfinnan is a spine-tinglingly good thriller that you won't be able to put down until you've reached the epic conclusion.
"The writer par excellence of Scottish thriller" - Western Independent
"This is an ingenious, off-beat thriller by Angus MacVicar, 'that great storyteller'" - Glasgow Herald
Born in Argyll in 1909, Angus MacVicar first began writing upon leaving Glasgow University in 1931 and freelanced for most of his life. His greatest successes came from his work in crime thrillers, juvenile science fiction, and autobiography. He spent eighteen months as an editor of The Campbeltown Courier and five years as a temporary soldier during the second world war, when as an officer in the Royal Scottish Fusiliers he took part in the assault landings on Madagascar, Sicily and Italy and was mentioned in dispatches at Anzio. He passed away in 2001 at the age of 93.
Rod Cameron is a producer and director of television documentaries for the BBC, a job that has taken him all over the country.
But now, for the first time, a job takes him back home to his native parish of Abercon in Argyll.
Recuperating from a recent bout of illness, Cameron soon conceives of what will be his most ambitious film to date - the story behind the fabulous, and extremely valuable, Jacobite treasure of Glenfinnan.
But as he begins to collect data for his script, Cameron becomes aware of curious undercurrents in the otherwise placid Abercon.
There's something just not quite right about the town.
Is the present inhabitant of the Old Manse, Cameron's childhood home, all that she seems to be?
Cameron's first meeting with Miss Grant seems a bit too polished, his host a tad too gracious... what is she hiding beneath her veneer of genial respectability?
And what's more, why are two actors serving as Miss Grant's butler and maid?
Cameron is sure that the mysterious goings on are all centred around Prince Charles Edward's jewels, closely guarded in Glenfinnan Castle.
And the more investigating he does, the more convinced he becomes.
But when Cameron only narrowly survives an attempt on his life, it becomes clear that he's been targeted because of what he knows.
Cameron races towards a shattering climax that will prove, once and for all, what will happen to the Glenfinnan treasure...
Duel of Glenfinnan is a spine-tinglingly good thriller that you won't be able to put down until you've reached the epic conclusion.
Praise for Angus MacVicar
"The writer par excellence of Scottish thriller" - Western Independent
"This is an ingenious, off-beat thriller by Angus MacVicar, 'that great storyteller'" - Glasgow Herald
Born in Argyll in 1909, Angus MacVicar first began writing upon leaving Glasgow University in 1931 and freelanced for most of his life. His greatest successes came from his work in crime thrillers, juvenile science fiction, and autobiography. He spent eighteen months as an editor of The Campbeltown Courier and five years as a temporary soldier during the second world war, when as an officer in the Royal Scottish Fusiliers he took part in the assault landings on Madagascar, Sicily and Italy and was mentioned in dispatches at Anzio. He passed away in 2001 at the age of 93.
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