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Kindred Spirits: Royal Mile

Kindred Spirits: Royal Mile
  • Author(s): Jennifer C Wilson
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The bestselling Kindred Spirits series continues… Along Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile, royalty and commoners – living and dead – mingle amongst the museums, cafés and former royal residences. From Castle Hill to Abbey Strand, there is far more going...

Kissing Games

Kissing Games
  • Author(s): Evie Alexander
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands, Castle Leod, Inverness, London
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

She always puts work before play… Fiery actress Valentina Valverde is in Scotland filming Braveheart 2. Working without a break since she was a child to buy her family the perfect life, she’s always put fun on hold. But...

Knots and Crosses

Knots and Crosses
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

‘And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you…?’ ‘That sort of thing’ is the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls. And now a third...

Laidlaw

Laidlaw
  • Author(s): William McIlvanney
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘If you only read one crime novel this year, this should be it’ Guardian ‘A bloody good read’ Val McDermid When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only one man stands a chance of finding...

Lanark

Lanark
  • Author(s): Alasdair Gray
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

Lanark, a modern vision of hell, is set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, and tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary imagination and wide range, its playful narrative techniques convey...

Larchfield

Larchfield
  • Author(s): Polly Clark
  • Location(s): Helensburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Modern/1930

In 1930, a young man, torn apart by his illegal desire, stands on a deserted Scottish beach. Wystan H. Auden is only twenty-four and longing to be a great poet; longing too, for someone who understands him. He scribbles...

Last First Kiss at the Village Church

Last First Kiss at the Village Church
  • Author(s): Margaret Amatt
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

Love thy neighbour… Music-loving Kristi Buchanan dresses like a rockstar and dreams of being an artist, but her reality is much less glam – she’s a single mum in her late thirties… and a church cleaner. Her love-life is...

LAST TRAIN FOR MURDER

LAST TRAIN FOR MURDER
  • Author(s): Traude Ailinger
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When reporter Amy Thornton probes the death of an investigative journalist, she has no idea how deep and dark the case will get… Wherever there was trouble in the world, one would find Martha McGillivray. The celebrated journalist had...

Let it Bleed

Let it Bleed
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Struggling through another Edinburgh winter Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers. Was the Lord Provost’s daughter kidnapped or just another runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that...

Loch Down Abbey

Loch Down Abbey
  • Author(s): Beth Cowan-Erskine
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

It’s the 1930s and a mysterious illness is spreading over Scotland. But the noble and ancient family of Inverkillen, residents of Loch Down Abbey, are much more concerned with dwindling toilet roll supplies and who will look after the...

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