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Author
Publisher
Allison & Busby Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Don Colyear has made the transition from his role as a Community Police Sergeant to a new position in Edinburgh's CID, but the adjustment has not been easy. The workload is one thing but being micro-managed by DCI Templeton as well is more than testing. When Colyear's investigation into a mysterious death spirals into a complicated case centred on a massive consignment of Class A drugs, a double murder and a clash between low-level and professional...
3) Hare House
Author
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A woman leaves her old life behind, escaping to a remote estate in Scotland. But what secrets lie in her past? And how long can they stay hidden?
Author
Series
Rilke volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more or less respectable. Business has been slow at Bowery Auctions, so when an old friend, Jojo, gives Rilke a tip-off for a house clearance, life seems to be looking up. The next day Jojo washes up dead. Jojo liked Grindr hook-ups and recreational drugs - is that the reason the police won't investigate? And if Rilke doesn't find out what happened to Jojo, who will?
6) Old sins
Author
Series
DI Kelso Strang volume 4
Publisher
Allison & Busby Limited
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
On cold, clear, moonlit night in late October, DCI Kelso Strang stepped outside the bothy on Suilven and heard, faint but unmistakable, the howl of a wolf. An unsettling sound - but it isn't the only unsettling thing about the remote township of Inverbeg in Sutherland, where he's taking a break with an old army friend.
8) Elemental
Author
Publisher
Scribe
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
Moving from the north-east of Scotland to the Shetland Isles to Fremantle, Australia, 'Elemental' is a novel about the life you make from the life you are given.
Author
Publisher
Two Roads
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A sweeping, atmospheric novel of family drama and long-hidden secrets, set in the beautiful Scottish countryside, from the bestselling author of The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle. Scotland, 1950s Walter MacMillan is bewitched by the clever, glamorous Jean Thompson and can't believe his luck when she agrees to marry him. Neither can she, for Walter represents a steady and loving man who can perhaps quiet the demons inside her. Yet their home on remote...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
So we walked in the freezing night air, my daughter weeping into my neck, and me trying to shelter her inside my own thin coat. Glasgow. A city of colour and contrast. A place where two worlds collide, and are changed forever when the Scottish Refugee Council assigns Deborah Maxwell to act as Somali refugee Abdi's new mentor.
Author
Publisher
Cicerone
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Guidebook to walking the Hebridean Way, a 154 mile (247km) walking route along the length of the Outer Hebrides. From the island of Vatersay to Stornoway on Lewis, the waymarked route can be walked in 8-13 days and crosses a variety of terrain including shell beaches, rugged hills and wild moor. Also includes an extension to the Butt of Lewis.
Publisher
Windgather Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Of all the prehistoric monuments, few are more emotive than the great stone circles that were built throughout Britain and Ireland. From the tall, elegant, pointed monoliths of the Stones of Stenness to the grandeur of Stonehenge and the sarsen blocks at Avebury, circles of stone exert a magnetic fascination to those who venture into their sphere. In Britain today, more people visit these structures than any other form of prehistoric monument and...
17) Summerwater
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
'Summerwater' is a devastating story told over 24 hours in the Scottish highlands, and a searing exploration of our capacity for both kinship and cruelty in these divided times. On the longest day of the summer, twelve people sit cooped up with their families in a faded Scottish cabin park. The endless rain leaves them with little to do but watch the other residents. A woman goes running up the Ben as if fleeing; a retired couple reminisce about neighbours...
19) The changeling
Author
Publisher
Canongate
Language
English
Formats
Description
Exploring the theme of the fate that awaits goodness and innocence in the face of growing up and learning to live in our society, this novel charts the story of Tom, a 13-year-old from a Glasgow slum, and the events of a holiday with his teacher.
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