A gripping and atmospheric debut crime thriller set on an isolated Scottish island ... where outsiders are not welcome.<br/><br/>'There's always someone whispering about something.'<br/><br/>On a small island off the coast of Scotland, an isolated community is grieving. Eighteen-year-old Alan Ferguson was found at the foot of the lighthouse - an apparent suicide.<br/><br/>DIs Georgina Lennox and Richard Stewart are sent to investigate. A raging storm keeps them trapped on the island for five days. And the locals don't take kindly to mainlanders.<br/><br/>As George and Richie question the island's inhabitants, they discover a village filled with superstition and shrouded in secrets.<br/><br/>But someone wants those secrets to stay buried. At any cost.<br/><br/>'Absorbing, unsettling and deeply accomplished' Dervla McTiernan<br/>'Smart, deliciously creepy and simply pitch-perfect - I tore through this spectacular debut!' Hayley Scrivenor<br/>'An impressive crime debut dripping with atmosphere and threat, Laura McCluskey's The Wolf Tree will take you to a chilling cliff edge of suspense, then hold you there until the very last page' Hannah Richell<br/>'An exciting new voice in crime fiction' Pip Drysdale<br/>'Cold Atlantic noir. An eerie debut' Matthew Spencer, author of Black River<br/>'McCluskey is masterful at building suspense' Kirkus