The Shadows and the Dust by Allan Gaw (8 January 2026). (Amazon paid link.)
Like all pathologists, Cuthbert finds dealing with dead children the hardest part of his job. However, when the body of a young boy is found in the
grounds of a church orphanage, Cuthbert not only has to steel himself for the task ahead, he is also forced to revisit his own childhood grief. The boy
in his shallow grave has been interred with some ritual, but just how did he die? Working closely with his assistant and the team at Scotland Yard,
Cuthbert slowly and painstakingly reveals the terrible truth.
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Skye Munros: The walker's guide to bagging the Cuillin summits by Adrian Trendall (15 February 2026). (Amazon paid link.)
A definitive 2-volume guidebook to the 12 Munros of the Cuillin on the Isle of Skye, rising in a jagged 3000ft skyline straight from the sea.
More than simple hillwalking, these summits demand Grade 3 scrambling, rock climbing to Moderate and abseiling, technical skill, a head for
heights and confidence on steep and exposed rocky ground. This set is written for experienced mountain walkers, Munroists and seasoned
scramblers looking to complete the Cuillin ridge peaks safely and efficiently.
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Jack-in-the-Box: A D.I. Lomond Thriller by Pat Black (5 February 2026). (Amazon paid link.)
A terrifying killer is haunting Glasgow’s affluent suburbs. The tabloids have a name for the murderer based on his method of folding the bodies into
tiny spaces: Jack-in-the-Box. Inspector Lomond has an impossible case to crack. The houses involved have state-of-the-art security systems and were all
securely locked at the time of death. There is no evidence of forced entry, and video footage shows no sign of any intruders. How is he getting in? And
who will be next?
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Scottish Monuments and Memorials by Roger Smith (22 October 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
An extraordinary book, with its origin in the author’s long-standing interest in monuments and memorials, arising from many years of wandering
Scotland’s hills and glens. It reflects and encapsulates a huge variety of monuments in every style imaginable. Everything from much-loved dogs
and horses to seemingly obscure members of the aristocracy have been commemorated. Sculptors, artists and designers have let their imagination
run free resulting in a glorious collection of places to visit.
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Cycling in the Hebrides by Richard Barrett (1 December 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
This guidebook contains 37 day rides and 22 linked cycling routes across Scotland’s Inner and Outer Hebrides, with additional routes around Arran,
the Clyde and Kintyre. Create the perfect island-hopping itinerary to suit any ability. The day rides range in length from 19 to 60km (12–70 miles),
while the long distance touring itineraries cover between 106 and 973km (66–973km) overall. These long-distance tours are perfect for weekend
to fortnightly breaks.
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The Cadence of a Song: The Life of Margaret Fay Shaw by Fiona J. Mackenzie (2 Octobr 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
The American-born folklorist and musician Margaret Fay Shaw’s passion for the Hebrides led her to the island of South Uist in 1929 and then to Canna
in 1935 as the wife of the eminent folklorist John Lorne Campbell. This book celebrates the legacy and life of a remarkable woman, who wrote with such
wit and flair of her travels and adventures and which took her from Pennsylvania to 1920s New York, Paris, Nova Scotia and the Hebrides, where she
lived until her death in 2004.
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Graveyards and Cemeteries of Perthshire by Charlotte Golledge (15 October 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
In this book Charlotte Golledge takes readers on a tour through the history of Perthshire’s burial grounds. Perthshire is known as the Gateway
to the Highlands and is home to many clan graveyards. The last resting place of Rob Roy MacGregor is at Balquhidder. The city of Perth’s numerous
churches, graveyards and cemeteries reveal its importance in the history of Scotland. Dunkeld Cathedral draws many, but numerous other towns and
villages in Perthshire have intriguing burial stories to tell.
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Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age by Bruce Peter (10 April 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
Step into the glamour and energy of the Art Deco era with this beautifully illustrated guide to Scotland’s most iconic Art Deco
architecture and design. Emerging in the 1920s, Art Deco quickly made its mark around the world, including in Scotland. Featuring
breathtaking photography and stunning archival illustrations from Historic Environment Scotland, this elegant hardback edition
offers a fascinating glimpse into Scotland’s architectural past.
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Glasgow in Photographs by David Collie (15 February 2026). (Amazon paid link.)
Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, has long been an important cultural and trading centre. Its historic university and the wealth generated by
the Atlantic trade, followed by massive industrial expansion, has left a legacy that can be seen in the fabric of the city today. This book
celebrates today’s Glasgow in a collection of stunning images which portray not just the new constructions that characterise the modern city,
but also how the older buildings of Glasgow also survive alongside them.
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Poor Creatures by Mairi Kidd (23 October 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
Dundee, 1812. Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of precocious intellect and grand passions, sent north to cure a
mysterious ailment. Nestled in woodland on the banks of the Tay, the Baxter family home seems a perfect place for a troubled girl to
recuperate. But The Cottage is a place of secrets, memories . . . and monsters. We know Mary Shelley as the girl who wrote Frankenstein,
but there are great holes in the fabric of her story. Discover the fascinating tale of Mary Godwin: the mind which birthed
Frankenstein's monster.
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Early Railways of Scotland by Anthony Dawson and Ed Bethune (15 August 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
Scottish railway history began in 1722 when William Dickson commenced work on the Tranent–Cockenzie Waggonway. Built entirely in wood
and designed to carry coal from pits at Tranent to salt pans at Cockenzie. Ed Bethune and Anthony Dawson of the 1722 Waggonway Project
present a century-long tour of the earliest of Scottish railways, beginning in 1722 and ending with the Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway of 1831,
the first ‘modern’ railway in Scotland.
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Take Me to the River by Vicky Allan and Jackie Kemp (11 September 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
Immerse yourself in an ocean of great literature. Be transfixed by Iris Murdoch's monster rising from the waves. Learn how to swim like the
frogs with John Muir. A selection of joyful, immersive and life-affirming writing about wild swimming. From gentle dips in calm waters to
fights for survival in stormy seas. From the erotic charge of a streamlined body to moments of revelation amidst the waves. Take Me to the
River is an anthology of stories of how a jump into deep waters can change us.
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Glasgow Harbour by Graeme Smith and Mike McCreery (15 April 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
Glasgow Harbour, the port and shipbuilding centre along the River Clyde from Glasgow Green to Clydebank, became the greatest seaport
in Scotland and one of the largest in Britain. Through a mixture of striking illustrations, this book recounts the early history,
development, pioneering inventions and importance nationally and internationally of Glasgow Harbour, as well as its regeneration
today. From the seventeenth century Glasgow became one of the major hubs of trade to the
world.
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Friend or Foe? by Ken Lussey (14 July 2025).
A fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. It’s late June 1943. Bob and Monique Sutherland’s
journey home from Malta is interrupted in London to hear Soviet claims of a German spy. Back in Scotland, they travel with a Military
Intelligence 11 team to Galloway to track down a ghost who may already have uncovered vital military secrets. When two Soviet agents
arrive in Galloway to help, Bob and Monique need to decide if the spy exists, or whether he is a Soviet invention intended to lure
MI11 into danger.
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The Dummy Drome: Stories from a WW2 Decoy Aerodrome in the North of Scotland by Rob More (30 June 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
The story of the aerodrome that wasn’t really there – this was RAF Wick’s decoy airfield near Sarclet, by Thrumster in Caithness. The Dummy Drome tells
the story of how it became a part of the lives of the people who built it, worked there or lived nearby, the ordinary people who knew it and who were
sworn to secrecy. This was only one of over 200 similar decoy sites, and it is possible to piece together what’s left of it on the ground some 80 years
later, since it is clearly visible from the air.
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Mrs Burke & Mrs Hare by Michelle Sloan (17 July 2025). (Amazon paid link.)
In the shadowy closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town, sixteen people are murdered. Burke and Hare and their wives, Lucky and Nelly, are all complicit,
but only Burke swings for their crimes. Lucky, Nelly and Hare go on the run from the angry mob, reinvention their only means of survival. Years
later, journalist Duncan Fletcher hears rumours of sightings of the two women. With cobbler Joseph Campbell in tow, Duncan’s quest leads him to the
backstreets of London, where the horrors of the past collide with the present. The time for retribution has come.
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