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The Black Dog

The Black Dog
  • Author(s): Kevin Bridges
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain’s most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges Declan dreams of becoming a writer. It’s a dream that helps him escape the realities of his life – going through the motions...

Meantime

Meantime
  • Author(s): Frankie Boyle
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Noir
  • Era(s): 2015

Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety’s best friend Marina is found murdered in the local park, he goes looking for answers to questions that he quickly forgets. In a haze of uppers, hallucinogens, and diazepam, Felix enlists the...

Meredith, Alone

Meredith, Alone
  • Author(s): Claire Alexander
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2018

Meredith Maggs hasn’t left her house in 1,214 days. But she insists she isn’t alone. She has her cat, Fred. Her friend Sadie visits when she can. There’s her online support group, StrengthInNumbers. She has her jigsaws, favourite recipes,...

The Second Cut

The Second Cut
  • Author(s): Louise Welsh
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

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...

May God Forgive

May God Forgive
  • Author(s): Alan Parks
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Noir
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Glasgow is a city in mourning. An arson attack on a hairdresser’s has left five dead. Tempers are frayed and sentiments running high. When three youths are charged the city goes wild. A crowd gathers outside the courthouse but...

The Heretic

The Heretic
  • Author(s): Liam McIlvanney
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1970s

Glasgow 1975 A deadly fire An arson attack on a Glasgow warehouse causes the deaths of a young mother and child. Police suspect it’s the latest act in a brutal gang warfare that’s tearing the city apart – one...

Time for the Dead

Time for the Dead
  • Author(s): Lin Anderson
  • Location(s): Isle of Skye, Afghanistan, Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contempoary

Time for the Dead is a gripping crime novel by Lin Anderson and sees forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod discover that a terrifying war is unfolding on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. When forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod returns to her roots...

Young Mungo

Young Mungo
  • Author(s): Douglas Stuart
  • Location(s): Glasgow, West Highlands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, LGBTQ+
  • Era(s): 1992

‘Prepare your hearts, for Douglas Stuart is back. After the extraordinary success of Shuggie Bain, his second novel, Young Mungo, is another beautiful and moving book, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow’s housing...

The Blood Tide

The Blood Tide
  • Author(s): Neil Lancaster
  • Location(s): Glasgow, West of Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

You get away with murder. In a remote sea loch on the west coast of Scotland, a fisherman vanishes without trace. His remains are never found. You make people disappear. A young man jumps from a bridge in Glasgow...

Daisy Chain

Daisy Chain
  • Author(s): Maggie Ritchie
  • Location(s): Glasgow, Shanghai
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

Lily Crawford and Jeanie Taylor, from very different backgrounds, are firm friends from their childhoods in Kirkcudbright. They share their ambitions for their futures, Lily to be an artist, Jeanie to be a dancer. The two women’s eventful lives...

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