"It's just to say that no one has come to pick Nathan up from school, and we were wondering if there was a problem of some kind?" As Mark Douglas photographs a pod of whales stranded in the waters off Edinburgh's Portobello Beach, he is called by his...

Gone Again

Former soldier. Ex-copper. Current man on the edge. Shunned by his old colleagues, and dividing his time between a dead-end job and the bottom of a whisky bottle, former Police Scotland detective superintendent Bob Hoon’s life is a mess. Then an old ...

Northwind

It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again.  Decades later, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her. More than 100 years after his grandmother's sewing machine was made, Fred unpicks the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time. 

The Sewing Machine

Something's wild out west.... When a badly burned body is found near the remote Ardnamurchan Lighthouse on the west coast of Scotland, it feels like just another day on the job for DCI Jack Logan and his team. But the victim’s list of enemies, includ...

Come Hell or High Water: A Scottish Murder Mystery

Ex-Police Scotland detective Bob Hoon has made himself some powerful enemies. Following his brutal search for the missing daughter of an old army colleague, Hoon is being hunted by the Loop, a secretive criminal cabal with members in very high places...

Southpaw

An audio drama collection. For the first time, get seven classic audio dramas from the Horus Heresy in one fantastic collection - including a brand-new audio drama edition of Dan Abnett's short story 'Little Horus'.  If you don't know where to start ...

The Horus Heresy Audio Collection: Volume 1

In the tradition of The Girl on the Train comes the UK best seller The Ice Twins, a terrifying psychological thriller with a twisting plot worthy of Gillian Flynn.  One of Sarah's daughters died. But can she be sure which one?   A year after one of t...

The Ice Twins

Discover the heartwarming true story of a life-changing friendship between a man and his rescue cat, Nala, as they adventure together on a bike journey around the world - from the Instagram phenomenon @1bike1world.  When 30-year-old Dean Nicholson se...

Nala's World

Some scars never truly heal. Life has been slowly improving for DCI Jack Logan lately. Happily settled down with the woman of his dreams and a dog he begrudgingly tolerates, things are finally going Jack’s way. But could all that be about to change? ...

City of Scars

It is 1969 and Glasgow is in the grip of the worst winter in decades, yet it is something else that has Glaswegians on edge: a serial killer whose name alone is enough to make them tremble with fear. The Quaker has killed another victim, snatching a ...

The Quaker

Unf*ck Yourself is the handbook for the resigned and defeated, a manifesto for real-life change and unleashing your true potential.  Have you ever felt like a hamster on a wheel, furiously churning your way through life but somehow going nowhere? Lik...

Unf*ck Yourself

Book one in the DI Westphall series. A dead man walks into a police station. He tells a tale - bizarre as it is grotesque - of kidnap and organ harvesting. John Baden's story of being held prisoner for 12 years sounds far-fetched - but it's all about...

Song of the Dead

Book 2 in the DI Westphall series.  The body of a young boy is discovered at the bottom of a well that has been sealed for 200 years.   Yet the corpse is only days old....  Soon, similarities from an old crime emerge, and DI Ben Westphall must look to the past to piece together the dark and twisted events taking place in the present.  

Boy in the Well

From Scottish crime master Christopher Brookmyre, Black Widow tells the potent story of a woman who thought she was too late for love, the man who falls for her ambition, and the secret selves that are poised, at any moment, to end everything.  Diana...

Black Widow

There are no women on the Internet - it is one of the cardinal rules of hacking, and not since Lisbeth Salander famously violated it in Stieg Larsson's Millenium series has the maxim been so compellingly broken as in The Last Hack, the new Jack Parla...

The Last Hack

It's easy to kill a man. It's hard to kill a man well. A 29-year-old man lives alone in his Glasgow flat. The telephone rings; a casual conversation, but behind this a job offer. The clues are there if you know to look for them. He is an expert. A lo...

The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter

When businessman Thomas Peterson is killed outside a football ground in the Highlands, there are several witnesses. Yet the hunt for the killer is proving as futile as the search for a motive. Possible connections to Russian money and an eerie retire...

The Art of Dying

In June 1989 Paul Du Noyer was contacted by Paul McCartney's office in London and asked to interview the star, as they had met once before and enjoyed a good rapport.  In the years that followed, Paul Du Noyer continued to meet, interview and work fo...

Conversations with McCartney

The laugh-out-loud Sunday Times best seller is back and funnier than ever! Perfect for fans of Why Mummy Drinks. When her 18-year-old twins leave for university, single mum Nadia’s life changes in ways she never expected: her Glasgow flat feels sudde...

The Mum Who Got Her Life Back

Max, Janie and Ross return in the second gripping novel in this explosive Scottish crime series. You get away with murder.  In a remote sea loch on the west coast of Scotland, a fisherman disappears without trace. His remains are never found. You mak...

The Blood Tide

A leading spiritual teacher reveals how Celtic spirituality - listening to the sacred around us and inside of us - can help us heal the earth, overcome our conflicts, and reconnect with ourselves.  John Philip Newell shares the long, hidden tradition...

Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul

The breathtaking, devastating second novel in the acclaimed Glasgow Trilogy, a Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year.  How does a gunman retire? Frank MacLeod was the best at what he does. Thoughtful. Efficient. Ruthless. But with his health faili...

How a Gunman Says Goodbye

Travel into the dark underworld of Glasgow, Scotland, in the suspenseful, award-winning organized-crime thriller series that the New York Times calls "habit-forming". Hit man Calum MacLean has finally had enough of killing. And he's planning an unpre...

The Sudden Arrival of Violence

Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the best-selling author of the Logan McRae series.There are worse things than the death penalty….  They call them halfheads: convicted criminals, surgically mutilate...

Halfhead

Set in 1976, seven years after the murders recounted in Liam McIlvanney's breakout novel, The Quaker, this new Glasgow noir novel is a stand-alone mystery featuring serial character Detective Duncan McCormack. McCormack has returned to Glasgow after ...

The Heretic

A wrenching, gripping, unforgettable debut crime novel for fans of Susie Steiner and Kate Atkinson.  This is a fact: Ryan Summers walked into Three Rivers College and killed 13 women, then himself. But no one can say why.  The question is one that cr...

All the Hidden Truths

The incredible new novel from Tom Harper, set in one of the most dangerous environments on the planet. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown and The Lost City Of Z. Tom Harper has taken you to the underworld. He's taken you to the Arctic. Now he's taking you...

Black River

Taking the lessons learned from his years studying the rise and fall of the modern music industry, Spotify's chief economist has crafted “a compelling and generous read” (Scott Galloway) that provides the tools to recognize and adapt to disruption in...

Tarzan Economics

The blue-skinned old woman who made the mountains. Finfolk, selkies, and the Makers of Dreams. Within these sections are the little-known stories of Scotland, collected and retold by an oral storyteller who performs them throughout the world. From fo...

Scottish Myths and Legends

From the award-winning author of The Glasgow Trilogy, comes Every Night I Dream of Hell, a dark and thrilling Glaswegian crime drama.  Nate Colgan: a violent man; 'smart muscle' for the Jamieson organization. Someone to be afraid of.  But now, with i...

Every Night I Dream of Hell

There is no perfect marriage. There is no perfect murder.  Diana Jager's life crumbles when her details are released on the Internet as revenge for her antisexism blog. Then she meets Peter. Within six months, they are married. Within six more, Peter...

Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The Brass Boy and laugh as he doesn’t accidentally kill a student nurse when a party gets out of hand. I don't think...

My Sh-t Life So Far

Famous, beautiful, and talented, Heike Gunn has the world at her feet. Then one day she simply vanishes. Jack Parlabane has lost everything. A call from an old friend offers a chance for redemption--but only if he can find out what happened to Heike.  From Berlin to Barcelona, from the streets of Milan to remote Scottish islands, Parlabane must find out what happened before it's too late, all while the walls are closing in...

Dead Girl Walking

As sanctioned executioners, the Wolves of Fenris were tasked with rooting out treachery at the heart of the Legions...but would they be capable of carrying out a death sentence upon one of the Emperor's own sons?  Now, a stolen Alpha Legion dropship ...

Hunter's Moon

What happens when magic collides with reality? Donald is a young fisherman eking out a lonely living on the west coast of Scotland. One night he witnesses something miraculous...and makes a terrible mistake. His action changes lives - not only his ow...

Sealskin

Thirteen years ago, DI Helen Birch's little brother Charlie disappeared.  Two days ago, Birch was part of a raid on one of Scotland's most feared criminal organisations.  Yesterday, Charlie came back.... Now Birch has a choice: save her career, or save Charlie?  As she interrogates her brother, we see his story, in a brilliantly tense and clever story about what people will do to survive and the lines they'll cross to protect those they love.

What You Pay For

Brace yourself, Frankie’s back, and he’s more outspoken and brilliantly inappropriate than ever.  There are fears that this Christmas could see the start of a double-dip recession, or worse still a double-dip-with-misery-sprinkles and f**k-where’s-my...

Work! Consume! Die!

Instagram phenomenon @1bike1world Dean Nicholson reveals the full story of his life-changing friendship with rescue cat Nala and their inspiring adventures together on a bike journey around the world. When 30-year-old Dean Nicholson set off from Scot...

Oliver Peterkinney and Alex Glass, two friends from Glasgow's desperate fringes, become involved in one of the city's darkest and most dangerous trades: debt collection. While one rises quickly through the ranks, the other falls prey to the industry'...

The Night the Rich Men Burned

One of Sarah's daughters died. But can she be sure which one? A terrifying psychological thriller that will chill you to the bone.  A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, died in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcraft move to the ...

Sam Morpeth is left to fend for her younger sister when their mother goes to prison. But when a stranger begins to blackmail her online, she's drawn her into a trap she may not escape alive.  Reporter Jack Parlabane is indebted to a volatile source, ...

Want You Gone

It was a junket, a freebie. A 'team-building' weekend in the highlands for lawyers, advertising execs, businessmen, even the head of a charity. Oh, and a journalist, specially solicited for his renowned and voluble scepticism - Jack Parlabane.  Amid ...

Be My Enemy

Driving home from a party with his girlfriend and brother, all of them drunk and high on stolen pills, Billy Blackmore accidentally hits someone in the night. In a panic they all decide to drive off. But the next day, Billy wakes to find he has to co...

Hit and Run

Gavin is creating a unique 'holiday experience’ - every facility any tourist who hates going abroad will ever want will all be available on a converted North Sea oil rig.  To test the facilities, he's hosting a reunion for his old school friends. He ...

One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

The murder of a media moghul in his country mansion appears to be the result of him disturbing a gang of would-be thieves. The robbers are swiftly caught, but when they are unexpectedly moved to a different prison they escape.  Back in Edinburgh a yo...

Country of the Blind

Gary is a sweet and decent man. Only two things would improve his life - having children with his gorgeous wife, Pauline, and a lower golf handicap. Both are unlikely.  Pauline is wondering how she ended up living in an ugly little house, driving a s...

The Amateurs

The Quaker is watching you.... In the chilling new crime novel from award-winning author Liam McIlvanney, a serial killer stalks the streets of Glasgow and DI McCormack follows a trail of secrets to uncover the truth.... Winner of the 2018 McIlvanney...

Jack Parlabane is an investigative journalist who is not averse to breaking the law for a good story.  Scottish parliament is in catatonic shock after experiencing its first dose of Westminster sleaze, and the Catholic Church of Scotland is taking ad...

Boiling a Frog

An arresting, gripping novel of dark relationships and even darker moralities: introducing a remarkable new voice in crime fiction.  A 29-year-old man lives alone in his Glasgow flat. The telephone rings; a casual conversation, but behind this a job ...

Discover the fascinating lives of the iconic figures that have shaped Scotland from the early 19th century to the present day. Explore the rich history of Scotland's cultural, social and political landscape, with more than 100 obituaries carefully cu...

The Times Great Scottish Lives

Graeme Souness is a Glasgow Rangers icon and a Liverpool legend in the same bracket as Kenny Dalglish, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher.  He has racked up getting on for 50 years in and around the world of professional football. The game has been h...

Football: My Life, My Passion

The stunning conclusion to the Glasgow Trilogy from the celebrated author of The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter and How a Gunman Says Goodbye.  He's touching the front of his coat, feeling the shape of the gun. Should have got rid of it. On any othe...

The stunning new novel from the author of The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter How does a gunman retire? Frank MacLeod was the best at what he does. Thoughtful. Efficient. Ruthless. But is he still the best?A new job. A target. But something is about ...

Civil servant Kendra has spent her whole life struggling against the Etonian powers-that-be. So when she realises her boss is up to no good, she turns whistle-blower, calling a journalist who is looking for a way to fight back himself.  Jack Parlaban...

The Last Day of Christmas

A brand-new series from the creator of the DCI Harry McNeil and DI Frank Miller novels. Here comes DCI Sean Bracken. A killer on the loose. A killer behind bars. And a detective caught between them... Ailsa Connolly was a brilliant psychologist and a...

Starvation Lake

There's nothing so terrifying as money....  Two friends, Alex Glass and Oliver Peterkinney, look for work and for escape from their lives spent growing up on Glasgow's most desperate fringes. Soon they will become involved in one of the city's darkes...

Reading Scotland's Jesus should be like being called into the living room by your child shouting that they see a little red dot on the head of a TV newscaster, then riding the white hot bullet through the propaganda circuitry of his or her exploding ...

Scotland's Jesus: The Only Officially Non-racist Comedian

Six Scary Stories, selected by Stephen King.  Winning stories from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Hodder-Guardian competition. The number one best-selling writer Stephen King presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology: 'Wild S...

Six Scary Stories

We could tell you about the bodies. We could tell you their names, where they were found, the states they were in. We could tell you about the suspects, too, the evidence, the investigators; join a few dots, even throw you a motive.  But what would be the point? After all, you know these people. You went to school with them. We all did. So if you really knew them then, you’ll already have all the answers.... 

A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil

A woman on the run. An island of secrets. A love to defy all odds.... From the best-selling author of Watch Over Me, Daniela Sacerdoti's new novel is a romantic, heartrending, epic story that will sweep you away to the beautiful, mysterious island of...

I Will Find You

Winner of the Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award.Imagine an island, a place separated from the mainland by choppy seas. A place of myths and faith, where a headless horseman is said to stalk the woods but where the kirk is alway...

The Letters of Ivor Punch

A hundred years ago, the true story of the brutal murder of Miss Jean Milne in a small seaside town captured the imagination of the whole country. A wealthy spinster who lived alone in a crumbling mansion, Miss Milne appeared to be the very model of ...

The Secret Life and Curious Death of Miss Jean Milne

Selected and edited by David McClay.  The publishing house of John Murray was founded in Fleet Street in 1768 and remained a family firm over seven generations. Published to coincide with this 'remarkable achievement' and in the anniversary year, Dea...

Dear Mr Murray

Do we really live on in some conscious form after we die, and is that form capable of communicating with the world of the living?  “Aye, right…” was journalist Jack Parlabane’s stance on the matter. But this was before he found himself in the compromising position of being not only dead himself but dead with an exclusive still to file. One thing he knows for certain: death is not the end - it’s the ultimate undercover assignment. 

Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks

A lost girl shows a mother and her daughter their way home. Keep Me Safe is the gripping new novel from the author of the best-selling Watch Over Me, Daniela Sacerdoti. If you love Amanda Prowse, Jodi Picoult or Dorothy Koomson, you will love this. W...

Keep Me Safe

Nate Colgan: a violent man; 'smart muscle' for the Jamieson organization. Someone to be afraid of. But now, with its most powerful individuals either dead or behind bars, things within the Jamieson organization are beginning to shift. When Nate, long...

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