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Changer

Changer
  • Author(s): Matt Gemmell
  • Location(s): Munich, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Present day

Techno-thriller: DESTINY CAN BE CHANGED. Jutland, Denmark: a billionaire industrialist seizes control of a top-secret project that the European Defence Agency calls Destiny, manipulating it for his own ends. Edinburgh, Scotland: physicist Neil Aldridge’s life is saved by an...

Child of St Kilda

Child of St Kilda
  • Author(s): Beth Waters
  • Location(s): The Outer Hebrides, St Kilda
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Norman John Gillies was one of the last children ever born on St Kilda, five years before the whole population was evacuated forever to the British mainland. People had lived on these islands for over four thousand years, developing...

Childhood Sweetheart

Childhood Sweetheart
  • Author(s): Wendy Clarke
  • Location(s): West of Scotland
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ailsa’s childhood sweetheart, Jonah, comes back to the remote Scottish Island of Bray after 11 years, causing fear and uncertainty. Jonah’s brother, Callum, died in a boating accident and he’s hiding a dark secret that could destroy them all....

Christmas at Lobster Bay

Christmas at Lobster Bay
  • Author(s): Annie Robertson
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Emma and Aidan decide to expand The Guesthouse at Lobster Bay by merging their two homes, Emma feels certain it’s the project she needs to develop her flourishing retreat. Emma has three months to complete the project before...

City of Ghosts

City of Ghosts
  • Author(s): Victoria Schwab
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn’t like to think about it), she can pull back the Veil that separates the living from the dead . . . and enter the world of spirits....

Clear

Clear
  • Author(s): Carys Davies
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1840s

1843. On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on the beach below the cliffs. The newcomer is John Ferguson, an impoverished church minister...

Coming Home to Winter Island

Coming Home to Winter Island
  • Author(s): Jo Thomas
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ruby’s singing career is on the verge of hitting the big time, when her voice breaks. Fearing her career is over, she signs up for a retreat in Tenerife to recover. But an unexpected call from a stranger on...

Commandos

Commandos
  • Author(s): Richard Camp
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): World War II

Summer 1942. Defeatism hangs in the air. Britain stands alone. Winston Churchill is determined to strike back and has ordered the formation of a special operations force, dubbed “Commandos”, with the mission to “set Europe ablaze.” U.S. Marine Captain...

Confession to Murder

Confession to Murder
  • Author(s): Robert McNeill
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Edinburgh detectives hunt a man with an instinct to kill… After wrangling with his conscience, a priest approaches Edinburgh police and reports that a man confessed to killing a young woman. During a passionate petting session with the girl,...

Conviction

Conviction
  • Author(s): Denise Mina
  • Location(s): Fort William, Glasgow, Ile de Ré (Ile de Re)
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

It’s just a normal morning when Anna’s husband announces that he’s leaving her for her best friend and taking their two daughters with him. With her safe, comfortable world shattered, Anna distracts herself with someone else’s story: a true-crime...

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