Read the award-winning CHILL,

"Samuel is trapped by huge snowdrifts in an old, remote house. And that's not the only thing causing a cold shiver to creep down his spine. He feels like the ghostly figure in the locked library has a message... but who is it for?

Fiona lives in the big house, but will that help the two of them to break the curse on her family? As the ice sets in, they uncover a deadly tale of betrayal and revenge.

Set on bleak Sheriffmuir near Stirling, this is a spooky tale of the past coming back to haunt the present."

and its sequel, SHIVER

"Charles turned when he heard a light tapping noise on the keyboard behind him. On the blank computer screen had appeared one sinister little word.  Hello.

As another harsh winter closes in on Dunadd House, unearthly eyes watch Samuel and the Morton children from the shadows. When Fiona hears mysterious voices and an unsettling presence invades Charles's room, the children are forced to unravel the family's ancient secrets once more... Shiver is the nail-biting sequel to the acclaimed Chill, which won a Royal Mail Award in 2007."

You can buy my books from any bookshop  (if they don't have it in, ask them to stock it) or from Waterstones, www.amazon.co.uk, or from the publishers www.florisbooks.co.uk  www.discoverkelpies.co.uk

Incidentally, both books were inspired by my own time of living in a remote cottage on a moor during a winter of harsh blizzards.