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Summer Hours
  • Author(s): Alessandra Thom
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It’s a hot Edinburgh summer, and Roisin’s life is stagnating. She spends her days cancelling plans, skipping work and drinking lukewarm wine in the bathtub with her best friend Eve. When their wealthy mutual friend Claire offers Roisin a...

The Art of Dying

The Art of Dying
  • Author(s): Ambrose Parry
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1850

Edinburgh, 1850. Despite being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. But it is not just the deaths that dismay the esteemed Dr James Simpson...

The Black Book

The Black Book
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

When a close colleague is brutally attacked, Inspector John Rebus is drawn into a case involving a hotel fire, an unidentified body, and a long forgotten night of terror and murder. Pursued by dangerous ghosts and tormented by the...

The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice

The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice
  • Author(s): David Cairns of Finavon
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, Washington DC
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): 19th Century

(Major Gask & Erroll Rait Mysteries Book 4) Uncover the secrets history tried to bury… The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice thrusts readers into the shadowy aftermath of one of America’s darkest moments—the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865....

The Christmas Bookshop

The Christmas Bookshop
  • Author(s): Jenny Colgan
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern Day

Carmen has always worked in her local department store. So, when the gorgeous old building closes its doors for good, she is more than a little lost. When her sister, Sofia, mentions an opportunity in Edinburgh – a cute...

The Counterfeit Detective

The Counterfeit Detective
  • Author(s): Simpson Grears
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, London, Pittsburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1900s 1970s

THE COUNTERFEIT DETECTIVE is an epic Gothic literary crime thriller set mostly in Victorian London in 1900 but also in 1970s England, Scotland and the United States. An American professor discovers the diaries of John Ledbury, known as the...

The Cracked Spine

The Cracked Spine
  • Author(s): Paige Shelton
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

No. 1 in the series Wanted: A bold adventurer who wants to travel the world from a comfortable and safe spot behind a desk that has seen the likes of kings and queens, paupers and princes. A humble book...

The Devil Upstairs

The Devil Upstairs
  • Author(s): Anthony O'Neill
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Current times

In a quiet corner of Edinburgh, Cat Thomas is going through hell. She’s tried everything. He respects nothing. If your neighbour was making your life hell… Would you call upon the devil? Cat Thomas, a brilliant fraud investigator, has...

The End of the Valley: Part 1 of The Valley Trilogy

The End of the Valley: Part 1 of The Valley Trilogy
  • Author(s): J D Ferguson
  • Location(s): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bernese Oberland, Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1980’s / present day

1984: Kate is the golden girl of British ski racing and a leading gold medal hope for the Sarajevo Winter Olympics until a serious knee injury shatters the dream. 2012: Kate is now one of the country’s leading chefs...

The Enigma of Garlic

The Enigma of Garlic
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It’s the most anticipated event of the decade: Big Lou and Fat Bob’s wedding and everyone is invited! After a wonderful day, Big Lou crashes back down to earth and finds that she is a victim of her own...

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