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A Song for the Dark Times

A Song for the Dark Times
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“He’s gone…” When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it’s not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst – and knows from his lifetime in the...

A Song of Isolation

A Song of Isolation
  • Author(s): Michael J Malone
  • Location(s): Bordeaux, London, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Film star Amelie Hart is the darling of the silver screen, appearing on the front pages of every newspaper. But at the peak of her fame she throws it all away for a regular guy with an ordinary job....

A Spring Retreat

A Spring Retreat
  • Author(s): Margaret Amatt
  • Location(s): Isle of Mull, The Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

She’s gritty, he’s determined. Who will back down first? When spirited islander Beth McGregor learns of plans to build a road through the family farm, she sets out to stop it. But she’s thrown off course by the charming...

A Striking Result

A Striking Result
  • Author(s): Margaret Amatt
  • Location(s): Isle of Mull, The Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

She’s about to tackle everything he’s trying to hide. When unlucky-in-love Carys McTeague is offered the job of caring for an injured footballer, she goes for it even though it’s far removed from the world she’s used to. Scottish...

A Summer of New Beginnings

A Summer of New Beginnings
  • Author(s): Lisa Hobman
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present day

‘Lisa Hobman has written a sparkling, enchanting romantic comedy, all in the bonniest of settings – I loved it’ Lulu Taylor, Sunday Times bestselling author. The stunning new story from the bestselling author of What Becomes of the Broken...

A Summer Sanctuary

A Summer Sanctuary
  • Author(s): Margaret Amatt
  • Location(s): Isle of Mull, The Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

She’s about to discover the one place he wants to keep secret. Five years ago, Island girl Kirsten McGregor broke the company rules. Now, she has the keys to the Hidden Mull tour bus and is ready to take...

A Surprise Proposal in the Rose Garden

A Surprise Proposal in the Rose Garden
  • Author(s): Margaret Amatt
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

If the ring fits… When social-media influencer Genevieve Harrington wakes up with the hangover from hell and a ring on her finger, she’s in trouble. Already reeling from a failed engagement, Finlay McBride is caught in a nightmare. Agreeing...

A VIEW TO MURDER

A VIEW TO MURDER
  • Author(s): Robert McNeill
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Cases come in thick and fast for the veteran crime solver… A student meets an untimely demise when she falls from Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park. Was she pushed? Whilst DI Jack Knox is picking through the lies...

A Winter Haven

A Winter Haven
  • Author(s): Margaret Amatt
  • Location(s): Isle of Mull, The Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

She was the one that got away… Now she’s back. Career-driven Robyn Sherratt returns to her childhood home on the Scottish Isle of Mull, hoping to build bridges with her estranged family. She discovers her mother struggling to run...

A Wolf at the Gate

A Wolf at the Gate
  • Author(s): Lexie Conyngham
  • Location(s): Orkney Islands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Historical
  • Era(s): Viking

Ketil had not intended to return to Orkney, but when you work for Thorfinn Sigurdarson, you obey orders. Thorfinn wants him back to help with a visiting Abbot from Saxony, escorted by an old colleague of Ketil’s. Then people...

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