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Let it Bleed

Let it Bleed
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Struggling through another Edinburgh winter Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers. Was the Lord Provost’s daughter kidnapped or just another runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that...

Luckenbooth

Luckenbooth
  • Author(s): Jenni Fagan
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Stories tucked away on every floor. No. 10 Luckenbooth Close is an archetypal Edinburgh tenement. The devil’s daughter rows to the shores of Leith in a coffin. The year is 1910 and she has been sent to a tenement...

Mad About the Marquess

Mad About the Marquess
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Essex
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Georgian (18th century)

Lady Quince Winthrop has been robbing from society’s rich and giving to Edinburgh’s poor for years. But everything changes the day she can’t resist the temptation to steal from the Marquess of Cairn. Alasdair, Marquess of Cairn, has come...

Me Mam. Me Dad. Me.

Me Mam. Me Dad. Me.
  • Author(s): Malcolm Duffy
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

Humorous and heartbreaking debut novel with the fresh, funny, honest voice of a 14-year-old Geordie lad recounting the trials and tribulations of family life and finding first love. Danny’s mam has a new boyfriend. Initially, all is good –...

Midnight and Blue

Midnight and Blue
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

JOHN REBUS SPENT HIS LIFE AS A DETECTIVE PUTTING EDINBURGH’S MOST DEADLY CRIMINALS BEHIND BARS. NOW, HE’S JOINED THEM. As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even the legendary detective...

Mortal Causes

Mortal Causes
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

It is August in Edinburgh and the Festival is in full swing… A brutally tortured body is discovered in one of the city’s ancient subterranean streets and marks on the corpse cause Rebus to suspect the involvement of sectarian...

Murder at Flood Tide

Murder at Flood Tide
  • Author(s): Robert McNeill
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Detective Jack Knox is faced with a troubling case when a woman’s body is found on a beach east of Edinburgh Police have to match her to missing persons, because her personal effects have been swept out to sea....

Murder at the Music Factory

Murder at the Music Factory
  • Author(s): Lesley Kelly
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Health Enforcement Team is struggling with the aftermath of IT specialist Bryce’s sabotage of government systems. As Bryce threatens to shoot a civil servant every day until his demands are met, the civil service is in melt-down. Tasked...

Murder on the Flying Scotsman

Murder on the Flying Scotsman
  • Author(s): Carola Dunn
  • Location(s): England, Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): 1920s/30s

Daisy’s in danger of heading off the rails! Daisy’s embarking on a journey to Edinburgh and her biggest worry is that she has forgotten her book, so how will she pass the time? Her concern proves to be pointless,...

NEAR MISS

NEAR MISS
  • Author(s): Traude Ailinger
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A fun, twisty woman sleuth mystery set in Edinburgh! Fashion writer Amy Thornton has the fright of her life when she narrowly avoids being hit by a car. The driver was being chased, and swerved to miss her only...

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