• An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful J. David Simons

    [trim]"Highly accomplished and moving novel. It says much for Simons' skill that he can show us a [protagonist] Strathairn who for all his flaws and occasional selfishness can engage our sympathies when he finally realises the cost of his own denial." Sunday Herald[/trim]


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  • The Call of the Cormorant Donald S Murray

    [trim]β€œAn intriguing and engaging novel based on the life of a real man … I would recommend [it] to anyone wanting something memorably different to read.” Undiscovered Scotland[/trim]


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  • Death Drop Claire MacLeary

    [trim]'This is a thoroughly entertaining series that could run and run.' Sunday Herald[/trim]


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  • Fossils Alison Armstrong

    [trim]β€œA moving and vivid piece of storytelling … haunting, lyrical writing that is at all times compelling and frequently surprising.” Will Mackie, New Writing North[/trim]


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  • Case Study Graeme Macrae Burnet

    [trim]β€œYou’ll be completely beguiled by this sly, darkly comic offering, with its unreliable narrator and its equally unreliable author.” Neil Armstrong, Mail on Sunday[/trim]


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  • Castles from Cobwebs J.A. Mensah

    [trim]β€˜Real, powerful, and unique.’ CHITRA RAMASWAMY NorthBound Book Award Judge[/trim]


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  • Case Study Graeme Macrae Burnet

    [trim]"A riveting psychological plot ... tortuous, cunning ... clever." – KATE WEBB, THE TLS[/trim]


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  • Approval John D. Rutter

    [trim]β€œRichly detailed in place and setting.” New Writing North[/trim]


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  • Shocked Earth Shocked Earth Saskia Goldschmidt

    [trim]β€œOne of my favourite books of [the year]: it was one of those rare books that I kept thinking about while I wasn’t reading it … It’s an absolute cracker … this book’s humanity is precisely where its power lies.” Helen Vassallo, Translating Women[/trim]


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  • In a Veil of Mist Donald S Murray

    [trim]β€œA moving portrait of a place and its people … a quiet, sad but brilliant novel.” Antonia Senior, Times, Book of the Month in best historical fiction, March 2021.[/trim]


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  • Castles from Cobwebs J.A. Mensah

    [trim]'Lyrical and magical … a powerful and very readable novel.' Louise Maskill[/trim]


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  • The Lyre Dancers Mandy Haggith

    [trim]β€œA beautifully woven conclusion to a fascinating trilogy of ancient adventures … Haggith has worked to extensive lengths to breathe life into an age that has long been forgotten … she approaches [the] story with eloquence that makes the reading itself an adventure of its own.” Charlie Ceats, Cultured Vultures[/trim]


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  • Buy The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange Sue Lawrence

    [trim]'A fascinating historical novel... utterly compelling... a book we'd highly recommend.' Undiscovered Scotland[/trim]


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  • Dead Ringer Nicola Martin

    [trim]β€œWhat a cracking debut! Tense, thrilling, thought-provoking.” Alex Kane, author of No Looking Back[/trim]


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  • Payback Payback Claire MacLeary

    [trim]β€˜Time spent in the company of Maggie Laird and Wilma Harcus is never wasted … Claire MacLeary has a canny way with light and shade. Her books are not afraid to deal with dark and gritty subject matter, yet she manages to inject a degree of humour into them so that … we find ourselves laughing as often as we gasp at developments … Aberdeen springs to life in her vivid settings’ Live and Deadly[/trim]


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  • The Amber Seeker Mandy Haggith

    [trim]"Brave and fascinating … asks questions about the nature of truth, perspective, and the power of the narrator to influence where readers’ sympathies lie." Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae[/trim]


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