The Healing Island saw medic Rob Chalmers decide to stay on the beautiful and remote Scottish island of Laigersay. As a result of his marriage, Rob Chalmers has now become the island's laird and lives in a crumbling castle. Still working as a General Practitioner, Rob looks after his patients in life and in death -- but some of the deaths that come his way look odd -- odd enough to arouse his suspicions...

'There is nothing stereotyped about this novel. Life on the island of Laigersay, as seen through the eyes of Dr Robert Chalmers, is authentic all through and his patients, be they eccentric, tragic or heroic, never fail to entertain. ...

'The author draws his characters frae aa airts. There's Luigi, ex-POW, who once worked on the famed Italian chapel on Orkney, Tetrabal Singh, who has moved from housekeeping for Dr Hamish to running his own restaurant, Thorfinn from Iceland and gutsy Glaswegian Betsy Smith ...

'Robin Hull's experience as a doctor has given him case histories in plenty for his novels, but there is much more to Silver Sea ...

'Not all characters are pleasant, but tragedy and cruelty are interwoven with humour ... a book which draws all threads together in a satisfying finale.'

-- Silvie Taylor, The Scots Magazine