Praise for As the Women Lay Dreaming : "Full of memorable images and singing lines of prose." Sarah Waters "A searing poetic meditation on stoicism and loss." BBC Radio 4 "A powerful novel. A poignant exploration of love, loss and survivor's guilt." Sunday Times "I loved this book." Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning novelist "Murray is an evocative painter of landscapes and a deeply sympathetic writer. a space for forgotten voices to sound, bearing witness not just to this tragedy, but to the terrible cost of World War I itself." Daily Mail "From the first line I know I'm in the hands of a bard and consummate storyteller.

The writing is lyrical and hugely descriptive . The history is rich and fascinating." Historical Novels Review Praise for In a Veil of Mist : "A moving portrait of a place and its people . a quiet, sad but brilliant novel." Times , Book of the Month "A well-written and well-crafted novel from an author at the height of his powers." Oban Times "A rich and sympathetic portrayal of island life in all its diversity . timely and compelling . a novel to savour.

" Allan Massie, Scotsman "Admirably atmospheric and engaging." Scotsman , Books of the Year Praise for The Salt and the Flame : "Tender, wise and beautiful." Antonia Senior, The Times , Book of the Month "Well-researched and heartfelt . an especially poignant story, told with an abundance of humanity and compassion." Herald "In The Salt and the Flame , Donald S. Murray presents the best of historical fiction: a heart-warming and heart-wrenching story set against a rigorous and well-researched past. He weaves together so many threads of the Leòdhasaich and indeed the whole Hebridean twentieth-century immigrant experience." Jacqueline Murray, University of Guelph, in International Review of Scottish Studies (49.

2, 2024), Edinburgh University Press.