About the Book:

Book 6 in the John Mackenzie series.

Scotland, 1691. Unravel the mystery surrounding the drowning of Bethia Porterfield in the Avon Water. Was it a tragic accident, suicide or something more sinister. What secrets lie behind the desecration of a Quaker burial ground near Hamilton, and what connection does it have to the clandestine Cadzow Kiss, a forbidden club meeting in the ruins of Cadzow Castle?

Praise for The Unnatural Death of a Jacobite:

The novels are first and foremost crime stories but they are also a journey through a relatively unknown period of Scottish history. The late 17th century was a fascinating, but paradoxical, time of witch hunts, blasphemy trials and religious fanaticism, which also saw the green shoots of the Scottish Enlightenment. The Scotsman

Watt keeps the action moving along and conjures up a convincingly dark atmosphere at this cusp of the age of reason. The Herald

Exceptionally well written… If you’re not Scottish and live here – read it. If you’re Scottish read it anyway. I-On Edinburgh on The Price of Scotland