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Your best mate just fell off a cliff in mysterious circumstances and you were the last person to see him alive. What do you do?

Well, if you're David Lindsay from Arbroath, you get the hell out of there and don't return. Not for at least fifteen years. Until Nicola Cruickshank - yes, that Nicola, the girl you always fancied but never had the guts to approach - gets in touch and asks - no, demands - that you go back for a school reunion. To the place where it happened. The place you've been running from for fifteen years. Of course you go. Not to belatedly lay your mate to rest, but because you still fancy Nicola.

The thing is, if you are David Lindsay, then returning to Arbroath isn't going to lay any ghosts to rest. And when someone else takes a dive off the cliffs - an act the locals have taken to calling 'tombstoning' - while David's there, he has a choice: run away again, or finally find out why people keep dying around him . . .

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Faber & Faber
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5 July 2012
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Doug Johnstone is a writer and freelance journalist, based in Edinburgh. He has a PhD in experimental nuclear physics and spent four years designing radar and missile guidance systems for planes and helicopters. He is also a singer, song-writer and instrumentalist in a band, Northern Alliance, which has released two albums to critical acclaim and minimal sales. This is his first novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0086I28TY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Faber & Faber (5 July 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Doug Johnstone is the author of thirteen novels, most recently The Great Silence (2021). His previous book, The Big Chill (2020), was longlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year. Several of his books have been bestsellers and three, A Dark Matter (2020), Breakers (2019) and The Jump (2015), were shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year. He’s taught creative writing and been writer in residence at various institutions over the last two decades including festivals, libraries, universities, schools, prisons and a funeral directors.

Doug is a Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow and works as a mentor and manuscript assessor for many organisations, including The Literary Consultancy, Scottish Book Trust and New Writing North. He's been an arts journalist for over twenty years and has also written many short stories and screenplays. He is a songwriter and musician with six albums and three EPs released, and plays drums for the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers, a band of crime writers. He’s also co-founder of the Scotland Writers Football Club.

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Geraldine

Page turner

Reviewed in Australia on 8 October 2019

Well, it wouldn't win any prizes for literature but this is an enjoyable read. Paints a rather bleak and depressing picture of Scottish life but creates a strong narrative flow and depressingly realistic characters and scenarios.

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Sarah H.

You have to love a story that involves a school reunion

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2016

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Tombstoning is very much a novel of mystery and suspense.

You have to love a story that involves a school reunion, having watched many films that are along the same topic, you just know that things are probably not going to run to smoothly.

Nicola is my stand out character in this novel. I love her strength and independence. She's a woman who knows what she wants and she knows how to handle herself. I enjoyed reading of the relationship between her and David and seeing things grow between them the further into the novel I got.

Even though I liked David, he does come across as being a man who hasn't quite grown up yet. From the way he dresses to his over fondness of alcohol, he certainly came across as someone that has a bit of growing up to do but, I think Nicola and the reunion makes him start doing just that.

I really enjoyed the whole feel of this novel. It is steeped in mystery and intrigue and whilst not as dark and gritty as the authors other novels, it has a certain amount of charm and appeal about it.

Another good offering by the author and one that I think his fans will enjoy.

deXavia

Fantastic - buy this book now!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 November 2020

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Fantastic book; wonderfully written, funny, emotional, brilliant Scottish humour, have now bought the rest of Doug Johnstone’s books!

jos

Old story,new favourite

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2017

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Bought for a relative who grew up with the author,it has gone round the family and been enjoyed by all

Mrs Angela Yates

Slow start

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2013

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Once the story took hold it kept a good pace -liked the two main characters plot line could have gone any way but a good ending and maybe another book in there ?

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