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- 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...
- Location(s): Isle of Skye
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century, WW1
To the Lighthouse is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf’s novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children’s perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring adult...
- Location(s): The Hebrides
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
(copied from Amazon.co.uk) One of Sarah’s daughters died. But can she be sure which one? A terrifying psychological thriller perfect for fans of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies...
- Location(s): Isle of Harris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1860s, Modern
Scotland, 1860. Reverend Alexander Ferguson, naïve and newly-ordained, takes up his new parish, a poor, isolated patch on the Hebridean island of Harris. His time on the island will irrevocably change the course of his life, but the white...
Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness
- Location(s): East Africa, Isle of Skye
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness tells the story of the author’s mother, Nicola Fuller. Nicola Fuller and her husband were a glamorous and optimistic couple and East Africa lay before them with the promise of all its...
- Location(s): St Kilda
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1830
1830. Neil and Lizzie MacKenzie, a newly married young couple, arrive at the remotest part of the British Isles: St Kilda. He is a minister determined to save the souls of the pagan inhabitants: his pregnant wife speaks no...
- Location(s): The Hebrides
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Late 20th century onwards
ISLAND WIFE tells the story of Judy, who, at 19, met her Wild Pioneer. He whisked her off into an adventure, a marriage of forty years, and a life on a remote Hebridean island. Along the way she bears...
- Location(s): The Hebrides
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Can a tiny Scottish island bring a heart back to life.. and offer a second chance at love? When Anna’s partner walks away from their relationship, she is shattered. But it is her little girl Ava who takes it...
- Location(s): The Hebrides
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Dr Anna Bennett, together with her husband Giles and two young sons, Raphael and Moth, have come to fictional Colsay in the Western Isles, so he can monitor the puffin population and she can finish her book on 18th-century...
- Location(s): The Outer Hebrides
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern looking back
A beautiful debut novel set in the Outer Hebrides, The House Between Tides strips back layers of the past to reveal a dark mystery. In the present day, Hetty Deveraux returns to the family home of Muirlan House on...
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