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Nina Allan
A Granite SilenceA Granite Silence is an exploration - a journey...A Granite Silence is an exploration - a journey through time to a particular house, in a particular street, Urquhart Road, Aberdeen in 1934, where eight-year-old Helen Priestly lives with her mothe... -
Alessandra Thom
Summer HoursIt's a hot Edinburgh summer, and Roisin’s life ...It's a hot Edinburgh summer, and Roisin’s life is stagnating. She spends her days cancelling plans, skipping work and drinking lukewarm wine in the bathtub with her best friend Eve. When their weal... -
Wigtown Festival Bookshop
The Show Woman1910. With the disappearance of her mother and ...1910. With the disappearance of her mother and the sudden death of her father, Lena instantly loses any security she has within the circus she has known all her life. She is advised to sell the car... -
Natalie Fergie
25 Library TerraceHave you ever wondered about all the people who...Have you ever wondered about all the people who lived in your house before you? 25 Library Terrace in Edinburgh is a house where lives are changed. In 1911, new resident Ursula Black embraces women... -
Foday Mannah
The Search for Othella SavageWhen one of their own is found unconscious in t...When one of their own is found unconscious in the boot of her car, Scotland's Sierra Leonean community is cast into a state of shock. And the young woman's death a few days later sparks a murder in... -
Reeta Chakrabarti
Finding BelleWhat will it take to uncover her past? A lost c...What will it take to uncover her past? A lost child. When Mivvi is young, her mother Belle is a puzzle: beautiful, troubled, and, terrifyingly, increasingly disconnected from the world. A displaced... -
Chris McQueer
HermitSince dropping out of school three years ago wi...Since dropping out of school three years ago with no qualifications, no pals, and no ambition, Jamie Skelton spends most of his days asleep and most of his nights wanking, playing video games with ... -
Ajay Close
What Doesn't Kill UsA killer stalks the streets of Leeds. Every man...A killer stalks the streets of Leeds. Every man is a suspect. Every woman is at risk. But in a house on Cleopatra Street, women are fighting back. It’s the eve of the 1980s. PC Liz Seeley joins the... -
Olga Wojtas
Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Uncharted IslandNever underestimate a librarian. Fifty-somethin...Never underestimate a librarian. Fifty-something librarian Shona McMonagle is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls with a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, whic... -
Graeme Macrae Burnet
A Case of MatricideA Case of Matricide demonstrates literary talen...A Case of Matricide demonstrates literary talent of the highest order … few writers can rival Burnet.’ The Spectator Chief Inspector Gorski returns … In the unremarkable French town of Saint-Louis,... -
Claire Mitchell, Zoe Venditozzi
HOW TO KILL A WITCHAs a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 150...As a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, there was a very good chance that you, or someone you knew, would be tried as a witch. Witch hunts ripped through the country for over 150 years, ... -
Chris Barkley
The Man on the Endless StairWhen troubled but talented young author Euan me...When troubled but talented young author Euan meets decorated novelist Malcolm Furnivall, he feels his luck has finally changed. Malcolm takes Euan as a protégé, vouching for him in the rarefied lit...
