The Ferryman’s Daughter: Hebridean Mysteries Book 5 (The Hebridean Mysteries)

The Ferryman’s Daughter
Hebridean Mysteries Book 5
By Lily Paige-Turner

Mairi Maclean never meant to stay.

She returns to the island only to settle her late father’s affairs, intending to leave as quickly as she came. But when old papers surface among his things—and a local fisherman dies before he can explain what he knows—Mairi is drawn into a mystery that reaches far beyond family grief.

Her father’s death was ruled an accident years ago. Jamie Fraser’s drowning was written off just as neatly. Yet the deeper Mairi digs, the more impossible the official story becomes. Freight records do not match. Harbour movements vanish from the books. A name keeps surfacing in the shadows: Kerr.

With the help of Ruairidh MacNeil, a ferryman with secrets of his own, Mairi begins to uncover a network of lies running through the harbour, the village, and the island itself. What starts as a search for the truth about her father becomes something far more dangerous—a conspiracy hidden behind respectable faces, old loyalties, and the silence of a community that has learned not to ask questions.

As storms close in and men begin hunting for the evidence she carries, Mairi must decide who she can trust, what she is willing to risk, and whether the island she left behind can ever truly become home again.

Set against the wild beauty of the Hebrides, The Ferryman’s Daughter is a gripping island mystery of family secrets, buried loyalties, and the long shadow of the past.

Perfect for readers who love atmospheric coastal crime, strong female leads, and mysteries steeped in place.