My new novel, ‘An Island Burning’ — the second in my Mull Mysteries Series with Sergeant Ivor Punch — is available to PRE-ORDER now! 

Exclusive offer at Waterstones NOW: Receive 25% off when you enter the code FEB26 during checkout until 20 February.

‘A twisty mystery set on Mull, the island being a character in itself. Ivor Punch is a detective well worth spending time (and a dram) with.’ – Ian Rankin

‘Warm, funny and beguiling, authentically infused with salt spray and whisky fumes.’ – Chris Brookmyre

‘Vivid and exciting… a gripping read.’ – Alexander McCall Smith

‘One of my favourite songwriters of all time.‘ – Irvine Welsh

‘MacIntyre always writes with a clarity of style.‘ – The Scotsman

Burns Night, January 2000. In the early days of the new millennium, two burnt-out cars are discovered on a barren glen on the isle of Mull. Inside them, only teeth and bones. Meanwhile, Ivor Punch is busy policing a protest when he meets a strange visitor purporting to be Robert Louis Stevenson, who speaks of an island that appears only twice a century. As smoke fills the air and bodies are discovered, Sergeant Punch searches for the crux of the mystery by looking to the past.
Amid peculiar forces at play, a freshly moored ferry full of curious characters and a Burns Night play to set the evening alight, he needs to decipher what is real or imagined – before the island falls into chaos. The second book in the gripping Mull Mysteries series from multi-award-winning author and musician, Colin MacIntyre, aka Mull Historical Society. And this time, for Sgt Ivor Punch, it’s personal.

MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY is back with a new (10th) album release for 2026, ‘In My Mind There’s A Photograph’. Due for release on 29 May 2026 via LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW, this brand new collection of songs will feature lyrical contributions from a panoply of world-leading authors listed below, all of whom were asked to reflect on a single significant photo to them. 

Irvine Welsh, Ali Smith, Len Pennie, Jehan Bseiso, Louise Welsh, Irenosen Okojie, Paul Lynch, Colum McCann, Yiyun Lee, Alan Johnson, Dan Richards and Sir Alexander McCall Smith.