AS SHE sat in a quiet archive, looking at a photograph of her great-grandfather that had not been seen for a hundred years, Katie Carmichael says she knew she had “a secret worth sharing.” Katie explains: “Until 2019, I believed that my father’s grandfather had been brutally murdered on New York’s docks for his wage packet on a fleeting visit to the city. “What I discovered has changed our perspective entirely...” Thomas Carmichael was born in Victorian Glasgow but died in Depression-era New York in mysterious circumstances. Katie on the stoop of her great-grandfather's home in New York. Created from a ‘trail of breadcrumbs’ left in archive materials and photos, Katie – a designer and educator who lives in Alloa - has written a graphic novel all about her ancestor’s intriguing story.