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This is Edinburgh

This is Edinburgh
  • Author(s): Miroslav Sasek
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Intended for early reading years, but the illustrations are delightful for all ages…. Following the runaway bestsellers This is New York and This is Paris, Universe is pleased to reissue another title from M. Sasek’s beloved and nostalgic children’s...

Three Sisters

Three Sisters
  • Author(s): O J Mullen
  • Location(s): Glasgow, Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 2023

One chance meeting. A night that changes everything. The Kennedy sisters, Molly, Alex and Sam, have a Christmas tradition – a night out, just the three of them, sisters together. Lewis Stone can’t face the work Christmas party, but...

Tiger Skin Rug

Tiger Skin Rug
  • Author(s): Joan Haig
  • Location(s): India, London, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

An old promise. A mysterious tiger. A magical adventure. Fly into the night with this enchanting tale of friendship, family, and what it means to find home. Lal and his brother Dilip miss home. They don’t like drizzle, midges,...

To Love a Liar

To Love a Liar
  • Author(s): L V Matthews
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

CHRIS FLETCHER IS A MAN WITH SECRETS . . . One woman dead. Nineteen years ago, policeman Chris Fletcher’s lover was found dead in an abandoned house. One woman missing. Now, his loyal wife has disappeared without a trace....

To Retribution

To Retribution
  • Author(s): F J Curlew
  • Location(s): Cornwall, London, The Scottish Borders
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2020's

The military is in control. Tight control. Media is censored, movement restricted. There are re-education camps for trouble makers, repatriation camps for non-nationals. Jake, Brian and Suze, three idealistic young journalists, are used to hiding as they try to...

To the Edge of the World

To the Edge of the World
  • Author(s): Julia Green
  • Location(s): St Kilda
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Imagine a tiny island far out in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. On some days, you can hardly see where the sea ends and the land begins, everything merged in a blue-grey mist of sea...

Tomb for an Eagle

Tomb for an Eagle
  • Author(s): Lexie Conyngham
  • Location(s): Orkney Islands
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Viking

A man lies under the tawny earth, hands still clutching the knife that killed him. Thorfinn Sigurdarson, Earl of all Orkney and Caithness, has made a mistake, and he won’t let himself forget it. Now rumours have started in...

Too Near the Dead

Too Near the Dead
  • Author(s): Helen Grant
  • Location(s): Perth and Kinross
  • Genre(s): Gothic
  • Era(s): Present Day

Sometimes it’s terrifying, loving someone this much… For Fen Munro and her fiancé James, it is a dream come true: an escape from London to a beautiful house in the stunning Perthshire countryside. Barr Dubh house is modern, a...

Tooth and Nail

Tooth and Nail
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime

They call him the Wolfman – because he takes a bite out of his victims and because they found the first victim in the East End’s lonely Wolf Street. Scotland Yard are anxious to find the killer and Inspector...

Trains and Lovers

Trains and Lovers
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, England, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Imagine you’re on a train. Think about all the other people on the train with you, what their lives are or have been, and the different experiences you’ve all had. But there is one more thing that you undoubtedly...

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