Die Every Day: For the rest of your life by Gordon Bickerstaff (6 October 2019).
A woman is murdered in a Glasgow city hotel room. Police have everything they need to charge a suspect. If he faces trial,
the truth will cause international outrage and the government will fall. Faceless mandarins in corridors of power are
determined he will remain silent. Lambeth Group agent, Zoe Tampsin, is ordered to make him plead guilty. What she discovers
will place her next in line to be murdered. Who is pulling the strings? What secrets are they hiding?
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The Danger of Life by Ken Lussey (10 May 2019).
It is late 1942. Group Captain Robert Sutherland's first week in charge of Military Intelligence 11's operations in Scotland is not going smoothly.
An investigation into a murder at the Commando Basic Training Centre in the Highlands take an even darker turn that draws Bob in personally. He is also trying
to discover who was behind an attempt to steal an advanced reconnaissance aircraft; and then Monique Dubois in MI5 asks for his help with an operation
of hers in Glasgow that has gone badly wrong.
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When we get to the Island by Alex Nye (21 November 2019).
Hani is 12 and invisible, and yet everyone wants to capture him. After escaping from Syria with his sister, he finds himself working in
atrocious conditions in Scotland. When his sister disappears, he begins a perilous journey to find her, across some of the
wildest terrain in Scotland. Mia is also on the run. When she helps Hani
escape, the two become inseparable. Her dream is to reach the island where she was last happy,
when her parents were alive, and find their little house.
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The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange by Sue Lawrence (19 March 2020).
Edinburgh, January 1732: It's Lady Grange's funeral. Her death is a shock: still young, she'd shown no signs of ill health.
But Rachel is, in fact, alive and kicking. She's been brutally kidnapped by the man who has falsified her death - her husband
of 25 years, a pillar of society with whom she has raised a family. Her punishment, perhaps, for railing against his infidelity
- or for uncovering evidence of his treasonable plottings against the government. A novel based on real events.
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Lest You Be Judged by David Hutchison (28 August 2019).
When a High Court Judge is brutally murdered, DCI Mike Steel begins to piece together the jigsaw which will find his killer.
Aided by his new sergeant, DS Robin Moss, a fast-track university graduate, they discover there has been an escape from a secure
mental hospital and, after a Priest is murdered, they realise they are on the heels of a serial killer.
The jigsaw pieces appear to be a perfect fit until Moss uncovers one missing, and horrifying, piece.
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They Once Were Shipbuilders: 1 Leith-Built Ships by R. O. Neish (15 November 2019).
Leith-Built Ships is a testimony to the skill of the men who built the ships and to those who sailed or served on them. This is
Volume I of a three-volume series about the almost-forgotten part that Leith played in our great maritime heritage and is the culmination
of the author's lifetime experience of shipbuilding. Leith had begun building ships some 400 years before the great shipyards of the Clyde
and these vessels reached all corners of the globe, touching many people's lives.
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Jim Clark: Tribute to a Champion by Eric Dymock (28 April 2017).
This classic of motor racing celebrates the life and achievements of Jim Clark (1936-1968), World Champion 1963 and 1965.
Patrons Sir Jackie Stewart, David Coulthard, Dario Franchitti and Allan McNish celebrate the new edition, Sir Jackie describing
Clark as '...the best racing driver I ever raced with and against'. Seemingly equal to the odds of the most dangerous eight years
at the top of motor racing, Clark died in an unlikely accident on April 7 1968.
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Insurrection: Scotland's Famine Winter by James Hunter (10 October 2019).
When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides and the West
Highlands a huge relief effort came too late to prevent starvation and death. Further east, meanwhile, towns and villages from
Aberdeen to Wick and Thurso, rose up in protest at the cost of the oatmeal that replaced potatoes as people's basic foodstuff.
As a bitter winter gripped and families feared a repeat of the calamitous famine then ravaging Ireland, grain carts were seized
and the military confronted.
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Afore the Highlands: The Jacobites in Perth, 1715-16 by Kathleen Lyle (26 August 2019).
For a few months in 1715/16, when it was occupied by Jacobite forces, Perth was at a focal point of British and European history.
Perth, which then had a population of around 5,000, became the headquarters for an army of perhaps 10,000 men. Where were they all
accommodated? How were they fed? What did the townspeople think of the occupation? Did they all support the Jacobite cause? Questions
like this are not often addressed by existing histories of the 1715 rising
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The Viking Isles: Travels in Orkney and Shetland by Paul Murton (10 October 2019).
Paul Murton has long had a love of the Viking north - the island groups of Orkney and Shetland - which, for centuries, were
part of the Nordic world. Today this fascinating Scandanavian legacy can be found everywhere - in physical remains, place-names,
local traditions and folklore, and much else besides. This is a personal account of Paul's travels in the Viking north. It also
serves as a practical guide to the many places of interest.
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The Secret Life of the Cairngorms by Andy Howard (1 October 2019).
Andy Howard is a leading wildlife photographer located in the Scottish Highlands, whose principal subjects are mountain hares, otters,
red squirrels and birds. His new book follows him deep into the Cairngorms National Park and is illustrated with a stunning selection
of his nature photography. He celebrates the wildlife and landscape of the Cairngorm National Park and questions the sustainability
of tourism in such an environment.
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The Romans in Scotland and The Battle of Mons Graupius by Simon Forder (15 August 2019).
In AD 77, Roman forces under Agricola marched into the northern reaches of Britain to pacify the Caledonians. For seven years, the
Romans battled across what is now Scotland. In AD 83, they fought the final battle at Mons Graupius where 10,000 Caledonians were
slaughtered with only 360 Roman dead. How much of this is true? Author Simon Forder considers contemporary sources and triangulates
these with the very latest archaeological finds to suggest a new narrative, including a new location for the battle itself.
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A Breath on Dying Embers by Denzil Meyrick (11 July 2019).
When the luxury cruiser, hastily renamed Great Britain, berths in Kinloch harbour, the pressure is on DCI Jim Daley. The
UK Government are taking a high-powered group of businessmen and women on a tour of the British isles, golfing and seeing
the sights, as part of a push for global trade. But when one of the crew goes missing, and an elderly local ornithologist
disappears, will the pressure become too great? Then the arrival of a face from the past, sends Daley's world into a tailspin.
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The British Lighthouse Trail: A Regional Guide by Sarah Kerr (9 September 2019).
Lighthouses have been used as aids to maritime navigation for centuries. They are highly recognisable and beloved features of our coastline
and waterways, treasured by communities and captivating visitors. But how many are there and is it really possible to visit them all? The
British Lighthouse Trail is the only book of its kind to provide a comprehensive listing of all lighthouses in Scotland, England, Wales,
Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Channel Islands accompanied by practical advice on how to reach them.
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Scotland Remembered: A History of Scotland Through its Monuments and Memorials by Michael Meighan (15 November 2019).
Monuments are all around us. We walk or drive past them every yet we are often only vaguely aware of their existence.
In this book author Michael Meighan examines the stories behind the monuments and memorials of Scotland, and what they reveal
about the history of the country: its most ancient monuments; wars and battles; heroes and villains; cultural figures, explorers
and scientists; disasters both natural and otherwise.
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The Crown Agent by Stephen O'Rourke (7 November 2019).
A ship adrift, all hands dead. A lighthouse keeper murdered in the night. The Crown needs a man to find the truth.
In 1829, disillusioned young doctor, Mungo Lyon, is recruited by the Crown to investigate a mysterious murder and shipwreck off the coast of
Scotland. His adventures lead him on a pursuit across the Scottish countryside, to kidnap and treason, an unwanted trip to the West Indies,
an insurrection and love.
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