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A crime thriller in a turbulent period of history

Scottish crime fiction is a wonderfully rich and diverse area, as authors all over the land create their own characters and scenarios, with murders to...

A moving novel with a forgotten Scottish shame

In 1950s Scotland, thousands of children were removed from their families for a ā€˜better lifeā€™ in the rural idyll of the Scottish Highlands as ā€˜boarded-outā€™...

Finding what it means to be Scottish post-Brexit

What does it mean to be Scottish? According to the film Trainspotting (and I'll paraphrase by removing the expletives)... It's not great being Scottish. We're...

A fascinating fiction on the power of objects

Set in a shared flat where two of the novelā€™s three narrators reside, Bitterhall is a tantalising deepdive into the charactersā€™ lives. As the consequences...

The mystery of the missing Roman legion

The disappearance of Lego IX Hispana has long been a mystery, sparking debate and theories for decades. In this fascinating book, Missing Legion, Simon Elliott...

A fascinating tale based on true-life events

In a Veil of Mist is based on the true life but little-known event of Operation Cauldron. In 1952, during the Cold War, germ warfare...


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