The Crofters Secret: A Haunting Scottish island mystery of buried secrets, family lies, and long forgotten truths. (The Hebridean Mysteries Book 1)

When journalist Mairi MacLeod returns to the remote Hebridean island of Eilean Mòrain, she intends only to settle her late grandmother’s affairs.

Instead she discovers an old journal hidden beneath loose floorboards—one that tells the story of Eilidh Morrison, a young woman who vanished without trace almost thirty years earlier.

The island insists she simply disappeared.

The journal says otherwise.

Joined by retired police officer Calum Fraser, loyal fisherman Donald MacNeil, and the quietly perceptive Agnes Campbell, Mairi begins peeling back layer after layer of long-buried secrets.

Hidden letters.

Altered church records.

Forgotten photographs.

A concealed chamber beneath an abandoned lime kiln.

Each discovery points towards a truth that powerful people spent decades protecting.

But on a small island, the past is never truly buried.

As old loyalties begin to crumble, Mairi discovers that solving Eilidh’s disappearance means confronting generations of silence—and asking whether a community can ever truly heal once its darkest secrets are finally brought into the light.

Rich in Scottish atmosphere, memorable characters and emotional depth, The Secret at Eilean Mòrain is the gripping first novel in The Hebridean Mysteries series.