First published in 1978, five years after the release of the classic horror film from which it is adapted, is a gripping horror classic. It is the tale of highlands policeman, police sergeant neil howie, on the trail of ...First published in 1978, five years after the release of the classic horror film from which it is adapted, is a gripping horror classic. It is the tale of highlands policeman, police sergeant neil howie, on the trail of a missing girl being lured to the remote Scottish island of summerisle.