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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]βAn intriguing and engaging novel based on the life of a real man β¦ I would recommend [it] to anyone wanting something memorably different to read.β 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]βA moving and vivid piece of storytelling β¦ haunting, lyrical writing that is at all times compelling and frequently surprising.β Will Mackie, New Writing North[/trim]
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Case Study
Graeme Macrae Burnet
[trim]βYouβll be completely beguiled by this sly, darkly comic offering, with its unreliable narrator and its equally unreliable author.β Neil Armstrong, Mail on Sunday[/trim]
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Castles from Cobwebs
J.A. Mensah
[trim]βReal, powerful, and unique.β CHITRA RAMASWAMY NorthBound Book Award Judge[/trim]
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Case Study
Graeme Macrae Burnet
[trim]"A riveting psychological plot ... tortuous, cunning ... clever." β KATE WEBB, THE TLS[/trim]
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Approval
John D. Rutter
[trim]βRichly detailed in place and setting.β New Writing North[/trim]
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Shocked Earth
Saskia Goldschmidt
[trim]βOne of my favourite books of [the year]: it was one of those rare books that I kept thinking about while I wasnβt reading it β¦ Itβs an absolute cracker β¦ this bookβs humanity is precisely where its power lies.β Helen Vassallo, Translating Women[/trim]
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In a Veil of Mist
Donald S Murray
[trim]βA moving portrait of a place and its people β¦ a quiet, sad but brilliant novel.β 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 β¦ a powerful and very readable novel.' Louise Maskill[/trim]
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The Lyre Dancers
Mandy Haggith
[trim]βA beautifully woven conclusion to a fascinating trilogy of ancient adventures β¦ Haggith has worked to extensive lengths to breathe life into an age that has long been forgotten β¦ she approaches [the] story with eloquence that makes the reading itself an adventure of its own.β Charlie Ceats, Cultured Vultures[/trim]
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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]βWhat a cracking debut! Tense, thrilling, thought-provoking.β Alex Kane, author of No Looking Back[/trim]
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Payback
Claire MacLeary
[trim]βTime spent in the company of Maggie Laird and Wilma Harcus is never wasted β¦ 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 β¦ we find ourselves laughing as often as we gasp at developments β¦ Aberdeen springs to life in her vivid settingsβ Live and Deadly[/trim]
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The Amber Seeker
Mandy Haggith
[trim]"Brave and fascinating β¦ asks questions about the nature of truth, perspective, and the power of the narrator to influence where readersβ sympathies lie." Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae[/trim]
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