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Murder at the Highland Castle

Murder at the Highland Castle
  • Author(s): Helena Dixon
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Mid 1930s

Winter, 1935. Lightly dusted with snow and nestled on the edge of a sweeping Scottish loch, Finnglach Castle looks positively magical. Kitty Underhay, her husband Matt and their beloved dog Bertie are delighted to be celebrating the new year...

Murder at the Mela

Murder at the Mela
  • Author(s): Leela Soma
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Newly appointed as Glasgow’s first Asian DI, Alok Patel’s first assignment is the investigation of the brutal murder of Nadia, an Asian woman. Her body was discovered in the aftermath of the Mela festival in Kelvingrove Park. During the...

Murder at the Music Factory

Murder at the Music Factory
  • Author(s): Lesley Kelly
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Health Enforcement Team is struggling with the aftermath of IT specialist Bryce’s sabotage of government systems. As Bryce threatens to shoot a civil servant every day until his demands are met, the civil service is in melt-down. Tasked...

Murder on the Flying Scotsman

Murder on the Flying Scotsman
  • Author(s): Carola Dunn
  • Location(s): England, Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): 1920s/30s

Daisy’s in danger of heading off the rails! Daisy’s embarking on a journey to Edinburgh and her biggest worry is that she has forgotten her book, so how will she pass the time? Her concern proves to be pointless,...

Murder on the Isle of Bute

Murder on the Isle of Bute
  • Author(s): Norman Deeley
  • Location(s): Argyll and Bute
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

The corpse of Cameron Petrie, a successful business consultant, is found washed up on a small island in the Kyles of Bute on the west coast of Scotland. Because of the nature of his death, the killer could have...

Murder on the Isle of Cumbrae

Murder on the Isle of Cumbrae
  • Author(s): Norman Deeley
  • Location(s): Firth of Clyde, Isle of Cumbrae
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 2014

On the Monday following the Scottish Referendum of 2014 the body of Hannah Kemp, mother and grandmother, is found in her smoke-damaged farmhouse on the Isle of Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde near Glasgow. The circumstances of her...

Music in the Dark

Music in the Dark
  • Author(s): Sally Magnusson
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1750s-1860s

Jamesina Ross is long finished with men. But one night a stranger seeking lodgings knocks on the door of her tenement flat. He doesn’t recognise her, but she remembers him at once. Not that she plans to mention it....

Musical Games

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

He’s never been kissed… Shy electrician Jamie McDougall has never set foot outside Scotland, or his comfort zone. Then beautiful and vivacious Sam gatecrashes his world, and he’s unwillingly swept up in her grand plan. But though Jamie has...

My Lady’s Secrets

My Lady’s Secrets
  • Author(s): Katy Moran
  • Location(s): London, Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Turn of 19th Century

Regency England When rebellious aristocrat Cressida and Lord Greville parted ways, they swore never to meet again. Their short marriage had already descended into bitter estrangement, destroyed by scandal and betrayal. Years later, Greville is a soldier in the...

NEAR MISS

NEAR MISS
  • Author(s): Traude Ailinger
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A fun, twisty woman sleuth mystery set in Edinburgh! Fashion writer Amy Thornton has the fright of her life when she narrowly avoids being hit by a car. The driver was being chased, and swerved to miss her only...

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