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- Location(s): Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Second half 20th Century
‘I can imagine you at forty,’ she said, a hint of malice in her voice. ‘I can picture it right now.’ He smiled without opening his eyes. ‘Go on then.’ 15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
It is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident – an incident which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander – until he...
- Location(s): Orkney Islands
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
On a remote island in Orkney, a curiously-matched couple arrive on their honeymoon. He is an eminent literature professor: she was his pale, enigmatic star pupil. Alone beneath the shifting skies of this untethered landscape, the professor realises how...
- Location(s): Isle of Skye, The Sleat Peninsula
- Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
One summer on a beautiful island could change everything… Valentina Taylor’s life has been upended. With her marriage over, and unsure of what her future holds, she heads to the Isle of Skye for the summer with her young...
- Location(s): Glasgow
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
Parallel Lines is an edgy, fast-paced crime thriller set in the streets of Glasgow that tells the story of the deadly rivalry between Detective Sergeant Gus Thoroughgood and his criminal nemesis, Declan Meechan. With Meechan on the verge of...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): 2020
Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldn’t be surprised when an author’s manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime. Karen can’t...
- Location(s): Kyle of Tongue and Ben Hope, Sutherland, Svalbard
- Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Hitching a ride on a rogue iceberg, a polar bear washes up on the north coast of Scotland and immediately causes havoc in a small fishing community. Intent on the media scoop of the decade, TV journalist Rebecca Riposte...
- Location(s): Shetland Islands
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
Introducing Inspector Jimmy Perez. Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves’ bestselling Shetland series – now a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall. A remote community with a killer in their midst . . . On...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern looking back
Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. He is investigating a car accident when news arrives that a case from 30 years ago is being reopened. Rebus’s team from those...
- Location(s): Argyll and Bute
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Kate’s dumped on her best friend’s wedding day by boring boyfriend Ian. She’s mostly cross because he got in first – until she remembers she’s now homeless as well as jobless. Faced with moving back home to her ultra-bossy mother,...
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