It would be unpleasant if I had to say much negative points about a novel whose protagonist drinks my brand of beer. Fortunately, I don’t have to worry about that. “Matinicus: An Island Mystery” by Darcy Scott, that spans generations, makes it unnecessary. Gil Hodges,...

Darcy Scott’s Ragged Island tells the story of botanist Dr. Hodges, known as Hodge to most, through a compelling mystery of murder and deception. Strange events, such as finding a severed finger on his keyboard, seem to be only the latest of tactics from Tiffany...

Reese's Leap is the second instalment in the Island Mystery Series by Darcy Scott, following 2012’s Matinicus. Botany’s answer to Indiana Jones, whisky- and women-loving Dr Gil Hodges, is back. This time he is a rather unwelcome visitor to Mistake Island, gate-crashing a women-only, back-to-basics...

Abuse. Betrayal. Escape. Freedom. Those are the themes at the start of Margel’s Madness, the newest book by author Darcy Scott. Margel Matthews, a thirty-year-old single mom of a precocious and delightful four-year-old daughter, is living in Mosquito Harbor, Maine. An outsider to the town,...