The Secret of Finlay Village

"The Secret of Finlay Village" is Book Three of the Birsay Trilogy and picks up where Book Two ends. Margaret Milford, an attorney in Portland, Maine, learns that her late uncle has left her an unusual bequest, and the more Margaret learns, the more she is drawn into the mysterious life of Finlay Village, the location of her uncle's isolated seaside cottage. Initially the village residents resent Margaret's presence, and she is equally anxious to get back to Portland and help her mentor Hamish with a major lawsuit. Although Margaret gradually overcomes the village's antagonism, she gets no closer to learning why the village seems trapped in the 1960's: no internet, no cell phones, no tourists. With private investigator and new boyfriend Alistair at her side, she tackles the challenge of clearing the cottage under the critical eyes of the village. But on top of her work and her family duty, before Margaret goes back to Maine, she must return to Birsay in the Orkney Islands to solve one final mystery.