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The Mermaid and the Bear

The Mermaid and the Bear
  • Author(s): Ailish Sinclair
  • Location(s): Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Medieval

Isobell needs to escape. She has to. Her life depends on it. She has a plan and it’s a well thought-out, well observed plan, to flee her privileged life in London and the cruel man who would marry her,...

The Metal Heart

The Metal Heart
  • Author(s): Caroline Lea
  • Location(s): Orkney Islands
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1940, WW2

Wild, beautiful and spellbinding, this is the compelling wartime story of freedom and love on the windswept islands of Orkney ‘Powerful . . . Lea writes beautifully of island life and love, and the sacrifices that both demand’ THE...

The Missing Shade of Blue

The Missing Shade of Blue
  • Author(s): Jennie Erdal
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When translator Edgar Logan arrives from his home in Paris to work in Edinburgh he anticipates a period of enlightenment and calm. But when he is befriended by the philosopher Harry Sanderson and his captivating artist wife, Edgar’s meticulously...

The Missing Years

The Missing Years
  • Author(s): Lexie Elliott
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

We all have our secrets… _____________________ An eerie old Scottish manor in the middle of nowhere that’s now hers. Ailsa Calder has inherited half of a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace...

The Moon Sister

The Moon Sister
  • Author(s): Lucinda Riley
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía), New York City (NYC), Scottish Highlands, South America
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The Moon Sister is the fifth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. After the death of her father – Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe – Tiggy...

The Mountain Rescue Dog

The Mountain Rescue Dog
  • Author(s): Juliette Forrest
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

A young girl heals from grief and loss in the snowy Highlands of Scotland, with the help of her loyal, trusting rescue dog. Clova’s life changes forever when her mother, who was a search and rescue volunteer, dies tragically...

The Mourning Necklace

The Mourning Necklace
  • Author(s): Kate Foster
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): First half 18th Century

Set in Musselburgh (Fisherrow), Kelso and Edinburgh nspired by an infamous real-life case, The Mourning Necklace is the unforgettable original feminist historical novel from the Women’s Prize-longlisted author of The Maiden, Kate Foster. They said I would swing for...

The Naming of the Dead

The Naming of the Dead
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime

A murder has been committed – but as the victim was a rapist, recently released from prison, no one is too concerned about the crime. That is, until Detective Inspector John Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke uncover evidence that...

The Ninth Child

The Ninth Child
  • Author(s): Sally Magnusson
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1850s

A spellbinding novel combining Scottish folklore with hidden history, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Sally Magnusson. Loch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wilderness fast becoming an industrial wasteland. No place for a lady. Isabel Aird is aghast when...

The Nowhere Emporium

The Nowhere Emporium
  • Author(s): Ross MacKenzie
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award 2016 and the Scottish Children’s Book Award 2016, and the North East Book Award 2015. When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by...

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