Bloody Orkney by Ken Lussey (29 June 2021).
Bloody Orkney is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. It’s November 1942. Bob Sutherland, Monique
Dubois and the Military Intelligence 11 team fly in to review security in Orkney, home to one of the most important and most
heavily defended naval anchorages in the world. But an unidentified body has been found. It becomes clear that powerful men
have things they’d rather keep hidden and MI11’s arrival threatens the status quo. Then Bob stumbles over a ghost from his
past and things get far too personal.
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Even the Birds Grow Silent by Alex Nye (26 August 2021).
Meet Death, as you have never met her before. This is collection of narrative fragments told by Death herself. Death feels she gets a
very bad press and is keen to tell her side of the story. From Leonard Cohen to Virginia Woolf, to the tragic life of Lady Jane Grey,
Death has walked in their shadows and now shares her insights on them. She was there at the dawn of time, when the first cave paintings
were created, and she will be with us until the end. However, she does have one final surprise up her sleeve…
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Churches of Glasgow by Gordon Adams (15 October 2021).
Glasgow’s dynamic history is reflected in its diverse architecture and the heritage of its church buildings. In this book author Gordon Adams
surveys the historic churches of Glasgow, outlining their stories picking out interesting features of each. The churches range from the elegant
eighteenth-century St Vincent Street Church, to the intimate Govan Old Parish Church with its medieval monument stones, the Queen’s Cross, the
only church built by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and many more gems.
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The Highlands by Paul Murton (5 August 2021).
Paul Murton journeys the length and breadth of the spectacularly beautiful Scottish Highlands. In addition to bringing a
fresh eye to popular destinations such as Glencoe, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness and the Cairngorms, he also visits some remote and
little-known locations hidden off the beaten track. Throughout his travels, Paul meets a host of modern Highlanders, from
caber tossers and gamekeepers to lairds to pipers. With an instinct for the unusual, he uncovers some strange tales, myths
and legends along the way.
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Reap As You Sow by David Hutchison (15 August 2021).
When a mutilated body is washed up on Portobello Beach, followed by an explosion in a nearby street, DCI Mike Steel and DS Robin
Moss start an investigation which leads them from Edinburgh to Latvia into a world where nothing is as it seems. Growing up in
Edinburgh, David became fascinated by the rich history of Scotland’s capital, and especially with some of its leading characters.
As a “Gentleman by day, thief by night,” Deacon William Brodie – the lead in David’s first novel was one such character.
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Terms of Restitution by Denzil Meyrick (2 September 2021).
Gangland boss Zander Finn is so sickened by the brutal murder of his son in a Paisley pub, he decides to change his life. Following
the advice of his priest and mentor, he moves clandestinely to London and becomes an ambulance driver. But when his old second-in-command
Malky Maloney tracks him down on a London street, Finn knows he must return. Both his real family and his crime family face an existential
threat from Albanian mobsters determined to take control of the Scottish underworld.
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Highways to the Highlands: From Old Ways to New Ways by Eric Simpson (15 July 2021).
For centuries travellers have been travelling north to the Highlands of Scotland. This book follows the main thoroughfares
north, using vintage and contemporary images to illustrate how they and the people using them have changed over time. The
book starts as many visitors to Scotland have done over the years, by following the Great North Road from Edinburgh to Inverness.
The reader continues north around the north coast and then the spectacular west coast.
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Too Near the Dead by Helen Grant (1 July 2021).
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 building with no past at all. But someone walks the grounds, always
dressed in lavender. Under a lichenous stone in an abandoned graveyard, a hideous secret lies buried. And at night, Fen
is tormented by horrifying dreams. Someone wants Fen’s happiness, and nothing is going to stop them -
not even death....
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Arran Coastal Way by Jacquetta Megarry (23 August 2021).
The Arran Coastal Way is perhaps Scotland's finest circular long-distance trail, running 65 miles (105 km) around the Isle of Arran
in a memorable week-long hike from Brodick. Famous as`Scotland in miniature', Arran is rich in scenery, castles, caves and standing
stones. The walking is varied, from mountain paths to deserted beaches, from minor road-walking to boulder-hopping, and in places it
is refreshingly rugged. Arran's wildlife is uniquely approachable, and its residents welcoming.
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Moray Coast Trail with Dava and Moray Ways by Sandra Bardwell (4 March 2021).
This guidebook describes two contrasting routes in north-east Scotland: the Moray Coast Trail from Forres to Cullen, and the Dava Way,
an inland route from Grantown to Forres. The Moray Coast Trail consists of 44 miles of beach walking, coastal paths, quiet roads and old
railway. The Dava Way extends for 23 miles inland with vistas of mountain, moorland and farmland. The Moray Way combines most of the above
with part of the Speyside Way to form a 95-mile circuit of considerable beauty and historical interest.
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The Purified by C. F. Peterson (30 September 2021).
The long-awaited sequel to "Errant Blood", a second crime thriller set in the Scottish Highland village of Duncul. Eamon's new found
happiness is shattered by the type of murder that the government doesn't want to believe happens anymore. Detective Maclean thinks he
has the killer, but something worse than a body has been found beneath the waters of the Minch, something that should never have been
brought to the surface, and now it's not just TV crews that are watching the village.
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A Scottish Blockade Runner in the American Civil War - Joannes Wyllie of the steamer Ad-Vance by John F. Messner (19 July 2021).
Born in 1828 near Kelso, Wyllie went to sea in 1852. In 1862 he took command of his first vessel, running contraband through the Union blockade
of the Confederate States, in the American Civil War. Wyllie then took command of the Ad-Vance until her capture in September 1864. Two more
commands of blockade runners followed; he was captured again and then evaded the American authorities through a remarkable escape to Scotland.
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A Rattle of Bones by Douglas Skelton (5 August 2021).
In 1752 James of the Glen was executed for murder. He was almost certainly innocent. When banners are placed at his gravesite
claiming that his namesake, James Stewart, is innocent of murder, reporter Rebecca Connolly smells a story. He has been in
prison for ten years for the brutal murder of his lover, lawyer and politician Murdo Maxwell. Rebecca soon discovers that
Maxwell believed he was being followed prior to his murder and his phones were tapped. Why are criminals from Glasgow and
Inverness so interested in the case?
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The House With 46 Chimneys by Ken Lussey (10 November 2020).
Life changes dramatically for Kaleb, Jude and Sequoia when they move to live with their aunt in a rural corner
of central Scotland. It’s the beginning of April 2020, the early days of the coronavirus lockdown.
Three local children they meet – in a socially distanced way – draw them into a two-century old family
mystery involving the haunting of the nearby ruins of Dunmore Park. Do they try to right a wrong that was
done in 1828, a wrong that has had consequences ever since? Or is doing so simply too dangerous?
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The Everliving Memory of John Valentine by Ross Sayers (30 July 2021).
2019: It’s Hannah Greenshields’s first day at Memory Lane, a memory clinic in the centre of Edinburgh. She soon learns that Memory
Lane possesses advanced technology which allows clients to relive their favourite memories for a substantial fee. 1975: John
Valentine, a Memory Lane client, is reliving his wedding day over and over again, hoping to change one key event he can’t forget.
However, as proceedings become less and less familiar, John realises his memory isn’t such a safe place after all.
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Home by John MacKay (15 June 2021).
Built for the new age, the house stood boldly upright on the edge of the ocean, nurturing and protecting the family within.
It had absorbed the tears and echoed the laughter. The sweeping saga of one family through a momentous century. Different
people, divergent lives and distinctive stories. Bound together by the place they called home. But one of them was missing,
lost to the world. An unknown grandchild, born to a son who’d gone off to war and never came back. Who is he? Where is he?
Will he ever come home?
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