The Graveyard Bell by Andrew James Greig is book 3 in the PI Tearlach Paterson series. It is published on 24 February. Thank you to Storm Publishing, Netgalley and the author for an advance copy to review. Lucy Jameson travels to Glasgow from the Isle of Mull to ask Tearlach for his help to investigate the death of her husband, Robert, after it was declared accidental. However, that is not the only death, with the drowning of a wildlife underwater sound recordist on the small Isle. There is also the matter of the missing Calum Donald, who was last seen on a fishing boat. All these sinister events are surely connected. Tearlach’s team is made up of Dee, who is an IT expert, and Chloe, the expert in the office. They have all grown close because of their last case and are now like family. They all have demons but that makes them who they are. To get a good grip on the characters, it is best to read the series in order and start at book 1, The Girl in the Loch. I love the writing and the descriptions place you in the middle of the story. The team move to Mull to investigate, moving into the cottage left to him by his aunt and a can of worms is opened for Tearlach. A fabulous read.

The Graveyard Bell by Andrew James Greig is the second book of read featuring private investigator Teàrlach Paterson. (I missed the last one) but it doesn’t detract to much from the story, which starts with a wildlife photographer being found at the bottom of a cliff , he’s was the husband of his old school friend and childhood crush Lucy Jameson and she tracks down Teàrlach to investigate, as she is convinced there is more to his death, but returning to the island where he was brought up by his Aunty after the tragic death of his mother & brother brings back lots of unresolved memories for Teàrlach and the rest of his team Dee & Chloe have to deal with their own issues as well, Before they all know it they are dragged into more missing people and deaths and family feuds,
I will definitely look out for more from this author.

The Graveyard Bell by Andrew James Greig (Storm Publishing, 2025) is the third book in Greig’s series about private investigator Teàrlach Paterson. When former classmate Lucy Jameson asks Paterson to look into the death of her husband, Paterson privately agrees with the police that it was an accident. Lucy insists that photographs published in a wildlife magazine weeks after her husband’s death and attributed to a stranger are her husband’s. Paterson turns his digital whiz colleague Dee loose on locating the original photos and the metadata that would show when they were taken.

Returning to Mull where Jameson fell from a cliff raises all sorts of uncomfortable memories in Paterson. He grew up there with his aunt who took him in after his family fell apart. His aunt died two years earlier as he was leaving the military. He did not know she was ill, was not prepared to lose her, and realizes he had never dealt with any part of the loss. The cottage had been closed since the funeral and his aunt’s possessions remained as she left them, only now they were covered with dust. Paterson knew his life was in Glasgow and decided he could no longer put off the hard work of clearing the home and making it available to someone else who needed it.

While Paterson is on the island, Fraser Donald contacts Paterson’s office to ask for help in locating his missing son Callum, working as a fisherman on Mull, giving Paterson another job. When a second death occurs in the seaside vicinity of the first, Paterson begins to wonder about potential connections among the two dead men and the missing fisherman.

A complicated plot involving three victims, their families, friends, and back stories as well as Paterson’s difficult childhood and Dee’s search for her biological parents. Sorting his aunt’s papers uncovers information new to Paterson and suggests where the next book in the series might lead. Despite the complexity of multiple threads, the narrative blends all of them seamlessly while the action propels the story forward without the occasional lull that so often occurs in long books.

I enjoyed reading this new investigation; any missing context provided by the first two in the series was not noticeable. An unusual setting adds to its appeal. Readers who like private investigator scenarios or small town mysteries or who are looking for another series should consider this one.

The trade paperback was released in January 2025 and the ebook will be released in late February.

Loads of suspense and atmosphere🌊🛥

This series, now three in, is better with each book! This mystery moved quickly in a multiple POV format that kept me guessing the exact hows and whys. And I loved the Western Hebridean isle setting and how it traps the action on an island where secrets are really hard to keep. In a matter of days, two deaths, one missing fisherman who's caught up with his girlfriend in a family feud and a situation where Tearlach and his crew of private investigators have almost a clear field for poking around thanks to a small local police force not up to the challenge.

The stormy weather and rough seas provided that extra bit of drama and ominous atmosphere and I loved the way a tourist amateur photographer helped blow the cases wide open.

Tearlach's personal life, the surprises and emotions on returning to the place where his aunt raised him, had just enough focus to give substance to his, Dee and Chloe's characters and underline how protective they can be for each other. The plot remained a pageturner despite the occasional deviations and revelations about Tearlach's past.

A really gripping Scottish mystery!

Thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for sharing a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest opinion.

Review shared 2/19/25 with Waterstones, Goodreads and Barnes & Noble. To be shared with kobo upon publication.

This is the first book I've read in this series, but it gives enough background that I don't think it matters. Asked by an old friend to look into the death of her husband, the investigation soon widens to include another death and a missing man. Gradually they untangle the threads linking them together, leading to another death. A good book and I will look for others by this author

My first Andrew James Greig novel but definitely not my last. I went in totally blind and that suited very well. This book flowed well. A rich cast of characters that kept me totally invested. Stories and substories that were rich and decadent. Totally enjoyed this one!
Thank you NetGalley, Andrew James Greig for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I first discovered this series through NetGalley and I’m so glad I did! The team of Teàrlach, Chloe, and Dee are fantastic together. While their pasts don’t define them, they do fuel them. And in turn, the three feed off of each other to get them through their pasts as well as work on their cases. As we have seen in the previous two novels, what they initially think will be a simple case turns out to be anything of the sort as it rapidly expands to three cases. And in this one, Teàrlach gets news that I absolutely didn’t see coming. There was nothing to tell us this was in the works at all. What a great addition to the tension! I feel like the series just keeps getting better and better, and with a writer like Andrew James Greig, it’s no wonder. The man has some serious talent. I can’t wait for the next book to come out so we can see what happens with Teàrlach‘s newfound knowledge!

Huge thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for sending me this ARC for review! All of my reviews are given honestly!

I loved this one! I read the first book in this series last year and it was really good. But this one was even better! I really liked the main character, PI Tearlach Paterson, he’s a dark and troubled man. The supporting characters are fantastic too, they have so much depth and personality. The storyline was great, and full of twists. I can’t wait to read the next book! 5⭐️

A well written thriller. Tearlach and his team engage in another complicated case, where they become involved in more than they expected. Excellent and highly recommended.

Tearlach is called to find how Lucy's husba d Robert fell off a cliff to his death on the Isle of Mull. He was a wildlife photographer and Lucy had thought he had an accident until one of his puffin photos was used in a magazine article.
Soon after their arrival, Tearlach and his team are tasked to find Callum who has gone missing. His father wants to see him before he dies.
Then a man who records marine sounds is found with his hand trapped underwater in a creal. He has been trying to retrieve a package where you can hear a girl singing.
Are they linked?

Private investigator Teàrlach Paterson was hired by an old school friend, Lucy, to investigate the death of her husband, which the police were treating as an accident. Because of their connection, Teàrlach agreed, and headed across to the Isle of Mull from Scotland, his old home that he'd not returned to since his aunt had died two years prior. Dee and Chloe, Teàrlach's two assistants, joined him, catching the ferry across to the island, where their investigation had increased with a missing person, and another suspicious death. Were they all connected? The local police wanted nothing from Teàrlach; told him to keep away from it all - which of course he ignored. As the investigations deepened and evidence mounted, Teàrlach wondered if they would solve them all...

The Graveyard Bell is the 3rd in the Private Investigator Teàrlach Paterson series by Andrew James Greig and this one is my least favourite of the three. There's a lot of repetition, it's a really slow burn pretty much all the way through, with a lot of introspection into Teàrlach's and Dee's pasts. It seems to lose concentration on the cases being followed, quite often, which was frustrating. But I will look out for #4. Recommended to fans of the genre, and of the author.

With thanks to NetGalley & Storm Publishing for my digital ARC to read and review.

We catch up with Tearlach, Dee and Chloe in Glasgow, where Tearlach is asked by an old school friend to look into the mysterious accident of her husband, wildlife photographer, at Fingal's Cave! Tearlach is returning home to the Isle of Mull, where he lived with his Aunt Rose until he left school. Whilst there, he learns of two strange incidents - one, a missing fisherman and two, a marine scientist is discovered dead. How are they connected? Tearlach with help from Chloe and Dee dig into these occurances and found more than they bargained for. The story was well written and the scenery was very descriptive. The characters of Tearlach, Dee and Chloe gel so well together and I find they work brilliantly as a unit to find the truth and to unearth secrets and lies to a surprising ending.

Book Review 17 2025
The Graveyard Bell by Andrew James Greig
When Teàrlach is begged by an old friend to return to the island of Mull where he spent much of his childhood to prove her husband has been murdered he is reluctant. However, duty bound he bites the bullet and returns to the cottage he once shared with his much loved, now deceased Aunt. Apart from the complexities of working out what happened to his friend’s husband on an isolated island, Teàrlach must encounter memories from the past and in doing so uncovers some surprising personal things. Meanwhile Dee is struggling with her own problems which leads to a less than harmonious relationship.
Of course, as Teàrlach investigates he becomes involved in searching for the son of a terminally ill man and the island complexities and adverse weather makes this a tense read as they attempt to root out the truth.
Loving the dynamics of this team and the complexities of their lives.
Another well-earned 4 * read from me

Oh wow, this was so addictive I just couldn't put it down. A real creepy page turner that kept on giving. I thoroughly enjoyed this one and even though I hadn't read any of the others in this series, this can be read as a standalone book. My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

This book doesn’t pull its punches. Each corner turned there is a new bit of action, a new bloody puddle or a new question that doesn’t seem to make sense and someone else hiding a secret. The island itself is so beautifully described and the harsh wind, water and the elements battering down definitely add to the mystery and mirror the issues that Teàrlach has looking into the death and disappearance of folk from the island. A hard case, a mystery that grabs you makes this such a good read.

Thank you for allowing me to review this book. I can highly recommend this 3rd book in the series about Private Investigator Paterson and his colleagues Dee & Chloe. They return to the Isle of Mull to investigate the disappearance of the camera belonging to the husband of an old friend who had died in a cliff fall. This story soon links into the discovery of a body and a request to find a missing man. I was hooked from the off, with the return of these three characters met in the previous books.

This is the third Andrew James Greig book I have read. Set in the Scottish islands the descriptive text takes you to the scene. Family feuds lead to tragic circumstances. A quick read and emotive story well written. Thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the chance to ARC this book.

Thriller set in the Scottish isles. A good read with a mix of interesting characters and an intriguing storyline.

Thank you to the publisher, author and NetGalley for an early kindle copy of The Graveyard Bell. This is the third book in the series to feature PI Tearlach Paterson and his colleagues Dee and Chloe. Once again Andrew James Grieg has written a fast paced, exciting thriller. This book sees Tearlach return to Mull, the island he grew up on, to investigate the death of an old friends husband. Another body is then found and the team are also tasked with finding a missing person. The vivid descriptions of the island, its isolated landscape and the incoming storm all add to the suspense and the dramatic ending. Look forward to Book 4. Highly recommend!

A nature photographer falls to his death after a mysterious meeting. A marine researcher drowns while searching for the source of eerie underwater singing. A fisherman leaves his boat at the end of the day, never to be seen again. PI Teàrlach Paterson is hired by the wife of the photographer who doesn’t believe that her husband’s death was an accident. The fisherman’s father also hires Teàrlach because he wants to see his son before he dies. Two deaths and a disappearance are unusual for the peaceful Isle of Mull and the presence of Teàrlach and his investigators. As he tries to find links between these three events, he has to deal with angry townspeople, old legends, a new romance and confront his own past. Staying in the cottage where his aunt raised him after a family tragedy brings new information among the memories.

The Graveyard Bell is the third in the excellent Teàrlach Paterson series by Andrew James Greig. It’s the first I have read and it won’t be the last. The Inner Hebrides provides a haunting, atmospheric setting and is beautifully described. Teàrlach is a captivating character, tormented by his past. This mystery/thriller is thoughtfully plotted and full of surprises. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Storm Publishing and Andrew James Grieg.