Can you tell us about your latest work and how it came about, the story behind the story? His Bloody Project tells the story of a triple murder in a remote Highland crofting community in 1869. The story is told through a series of “found documents” – police statements, medical and psychiatric reports and the like – but the heart of the novel is the prison memoir of the 17-year-old murderer, Roddy Macrae. The book is an exploration of why Roddy committed his dark deeds and on the nature of sanity and criminal responsibility. It was inspired by reading about some real-life historical murder cases and by my own family background in Wester Ross. What was the first book to make an impression on...
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