The Solace of Silence is an 85,000-word crime novel. Former Sydney senior police officer James Duffield has found a sanctuary in a remote island in the Highlands of Scotland. Here he lives a quiet life and can shut out the noise and complexity of city life. His island is surrounded by a protective sea, and towered over by a black, moody mountain. He has eventually found a form of contentment and mostly keeps bad memories at bay. He...