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A Whisper of Sorrows by J.D. Kirk
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe hunter has become the hunted.Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan caught the twisted child killer known as Mister Whisper.Two days ago, Mister Whisper escaped.Now, Jack must track down the most ruthless enemy he has ever faced before he can strike again. But, after ten years behind bars, it isn't just murder that Mister Whisper has in mind.It's revenge... -
![A Snowball's Chance in Hell by J.D. Kirk]()
A Snowball's Chance in Hell by J.D. Kirk
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a young man is found frozen to death on a Highland street in mid-December, DCI Jack Logan initially puts it down to a Christmas night out gone tragically wrong.But, when a post mortem reveals something more sinister, Jack discovers he is dealing with a cold, calculating killer with a long line of victims, a talent for torture, and a perverse sense of justice... -
![The Big Man Upstairs by J.D. Kirk]()
The Big Man Upstairs by J.D. Kirk
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJust when he thought he was out...Burdened by guilt over the trauma recently inflicted on his friends and colleagues, former-Detective Chief Inspector Jack Logan has spent the past nine months living in self-imposed exile... -
![The Mask Revealed by Julia Brannan]()
The Mask Revealed by Julia Brannan
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second in the fascinating series about the lives of the beautiful Beth Cunningham, her family and friends. Britain moves ever closer to the 1745 rebellion and the impending attempt to restore the Stuarts to the British throne. With no other options available to her, Beth marries the effete and tedious social butterfly Sir Anthony Peters... -
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![Stranger at the Hall by Mary Kingswood]()
Stranger at the Hall by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe newly discovered heir to the barony arrives to claim his inheritance.Cameron Saxby is contented in his life as a bank clerk in Edinburgh, knowing that if he works hard, he has a good career in front of him. But fate has a different plan for him - as heir to the late Lord Saxby... -
![Urban by L.L. Muir]()
Urban by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe love, we lose, we must let them go. But we must also love again.Everly has her life all arranged. She just needs to put the right people into the appropriate slots. And one person out of place is her sister, at Oxford, whom she plans to bring home... -
![Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris]()
Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe gruesome murder of a young French physician draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his pregnant wife, Hero, into a dangerous, decades-old mystery as a wrenching piece of Sebastian’s past puts him to the ultimate test. Regency England, January 1813: When a badly injured Frenchwoman is found beside the mutilated body of Dr... -
![The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey]()
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick'What if we decided to try and find him?''What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are we going to catch the Yorkshire Ripper, when the police haven't even managed to?'I sighed. Her questioning my ideas was a recent and unwelcome element to our friendship. But it was a valid point...Categorized as:
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![Dead Man's Stone by T.G. Reid]()
Dead Man's Stone by T.G. Reid
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome secrets are worth killling for...When DCI Duncan Bone is contacted by a terminally-ill psychiatric patient and given clues linking a thirty-year-old unsolved murder to high-profile public figures, he finds himself locked into a conspiracy at the very heart of the Scottish criminal and political establishment...Categorized as:
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![Singing To The Dead by Caro Ramsay]()
Singing To The Dead by Caro Ramsay
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's Christmas, and half the Partickhill police squad is down with flu. Not good timing, with a series of cyanide poisonings in the area, plus two small boys reported missing in the space of a few days. And then there's the monumental task of providing concert security for rock legend Rogan O'Neill . . -
![The Whole Truth by Cara Hunter]()
The Whole Truth by Cara Hunter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen an Oxford student accuses one of the university's professors of sexual assault, DI Adam Fawley's team think they've heard it all before. But they couldn't be more wrong.Because this time, the predator is a woman and the shining star of the department, and the student a six-foot male rugby player.Soon DI Fawley and his team are up against the clock to figure out the truth... -
![Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers by Alexander McCall Smith]()
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt's not that poor Bertie Pollock is wishing his life away, but having anticipated his 7th birthday for so long he's now longing to be 18. But there's a lot of living to do and Bertie isn't alone amongst the residents of Scotland Street in trying to do just that - with mixed fortunes... -
![Picture You Dead by Peter James]()
Picture You Dead by Peter James
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDiscover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of Peter James’s award-winning detective series, which is now a major BritBox series starring John Simm as Roy Grace.Harry and Freya, an ordinary couple, dreamed for years of finding something priceless buried amongst the tat in a car boot sale... -
![The Rogue's Redemption by Cecelia Mecca]()
The Rogue's Redemption by Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis eighth installment of the bestselling Border Series can be read as a standalone novel. He thought himself irredeemable. She showed him the truth. The Rogue Reid Kerr has always known his place. He’s the brother no one can depend on, the rogue who’s determined never to marry...Categorized as:
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![Highland Raider by Amy Jarecki]()
Highland Raider by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Angus Og MacDonald, Lord of Islay agrees to harbor Robert the Bruce from the clutches of King Edward, he becomes an outlaw of the English crown. They sail to Ireland, seeking support from kin but are forced to flee for their lives. As Angus escapes, it is not a man he finds hidden in his birlinn. A wee wisp of a lass attacks like a screaming banshee with a battle axe in her hands... -
![Little Pink Taxi by Marie Laval]()
Little Pink Taxi by Marie Laval
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTake a ride with Love Taxis, the cab company with a heart—in a contemporary Scottish romance that will transport you. Rosalie Heart is a well-known face in Irlwick—well, if you drive a bright pink taxi and your signature style is a pink anorak, you’re going to draw a bit of attention. But Rosalie’s company Love Taxis is more than just a gimmick... -
![Seductive Surrender by Collette Cameron]()
Seductive Surrender by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDalliances, flirtations, liaisons? Aye. But marriage? Nae. Spies dinna wed. Betrothed four times.Gwendolyn McClintock has resolutely slammed the door on romance and marriage. Intent on beginning a new life, she sells her beloved familial home in America and totes her orphaned niece and nephew to Scotland’s Highlands...Categorized as:
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![Caelen's Wife: A Whisper of Fate by Suzan Tisdale]()
Caelen's Wife: A Whisper of Fate by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill Clan McPherson ever know peace again? Long ago, Fiona McPherson made a sacred vow to never let her clan fall or be absorbed into another. Honor will not allow her to break her oath. Devastated she leaves Caelen McDunnah heartbroken on the stairs of his keep — turning away from the only man she has ever truly loved. Still, she is determined to prove that Caelen is not behind the attacks... -
![A Highland Werewolf Wedding by Terry Spear]()
A Highland Werewolf Wedding by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsElaine Hawthorn is a gray American werewolf, currently out of work, and on a mission to share in a family treasure. When she arrives in Scotland, she nearly has a head-on collision with one hot, kilt-garbed Highlander, and runs him off the road...Categorized as:
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![To Love A Highlander by Donna Fletcher]()
To Love A Highlander by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHis hate runs deep for her. Will his love run just as deep? Craven of the Clan MacCara is a fierce Highland warrior, fighting endless battles and conquering his foe, but there is nothing the mighty warrior can do to save his wife and unborn child. He can, however, make the person responsible for their deaths suffer for it... -
![A Secret Scottish Escape by Julie Shackman]()
A Secret Scottish Escape by Julie Shackman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Scotland’s sleepiest hamlet becomes the centre of hot gossip, Layla Devlin finds herself caught in a mystery…When Layla’s fiancée has an unexpected heart attack and dies – in another woman’s arms, no less – Layla is determined to pack up and leave Loch Harris, the village she’s always called home... -
![Forgetting the Scot by Jennifer Trethewey]()
Forgetting the Scot by Jennifer Trethewey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVirginia Whitebridge is trapped in a loveless, abusive marriage. The law says her husband can have whatever he wants from her—so he's taken her inheritance. And he tried to kill her. After a close escape, Virginia feels protected for the first time in forever, thanks to the Scottish Highlands and the Highlander Magnus Sinclair... -
![The Highlander's Enchantment by Eliza Knight]()
The Highlander's Enchantment by Eliza Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Stolen Bride Series comes a brand new and exciting family saga! For fans of Scottish historical romance, the Sutherland Legacy propels you into the Highlands with tales of daring adventure, irresistible heroes and passion! Lady Blair Sutherland has always followed the rules... -
![Waking Innis Bree: Highland Legacy Romance by Linda Hughes]()
Waking Innis Bree: Highland Legacy Romance by Linda Hughes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnthralling History ~ Captivating Mystery ~ Epic RomanceForsaken and forlorn, Innis Bree MacIntyre finds herself alone in Scotland on her honeymoon after being dumped at the altar. So she's flattered when three men vie for her affections - a debonair billionaire, a grumpy sheep farmer, and a swarthy ghost. (Never mind that one of them is dead...Categorized as:
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![Picture Her Dead by Lin Anderson]()
Picture Her Dead by Lin Anderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe began to scrape at the mortar. A few minutes later she was able to prise the edge of the brick loose. The resulting rush of foetid air made her gag, but she focussed her torch beam on the enlarged hole and peered inside. Her eyes widened in horror... -
![KIDNAPPED BY A ROGUE by Margaret Mallory]()
KIDNAPPED BY A ROGUE by Margaret Mallory
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE DOUGLAS LEGACY The Douglas sisters, beauties all, are used as pawns in their family’s bitter struggle to control the Scottish Crown. But when a Douglas lass is in danger, she’ll find she’s been left to face it alone. KIDNAPPED BY A ROGUE After her brother’s dramatic fall from power and banishment for treason, Lady Margaret’s husband threw her out to save himself... -
![A Howl for a Highlander by Terry Spear]()
A Howl for a Highlander by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 2 in Terry Spear's Highland Wolf SeriesA Highland Wolf on a Mission...Meets a Dangerous DistractionDuncan MacNeill is hell-bent on catching the thief who's stolen the clan's fortune and run off to Grand Cayman Island. Duncan has rarely left his homeland and he couldn't care less about an island paradise...Categorized as:
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![The Dangerous Protector by Janet Chapman]()
The Dangerous Protector by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe desires he ignites in her made him the most dangerous man in the world.Janet Chapman returns to the breathtaking Maine coast in the second novel featuring two passionate sisters . . . and the men who have what it takes to love them.Willow Foster is committed to protecting Maine's precious coastline... -
![The Lady's Protector by Emma Prince]()
The Lady's Protector by Emma Prince
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Battle of Bannockburn may be over, but the war is far from won. Her Protector… Ansel Sutherland is charged with a mission from King Robert the Bruce to protect the illegitimate son of a powerful English Earl. Though Ansel bristles at aiding an Englishman, the nature of the war for Scottish independence is changing, and he is honor-bound to serve as a bodyguard...Categorized as:
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![A Time of Love and Tartan by Alexander McCall Smith]()
A Time of Love and Tartan by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's perennially popular and irresistibly charming 44 Scotland Street series.When Pat accepts her narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce's invitation for coffee, she has no idea of the complications in her romantic and professional life that will follow... -
![The Bertie Project by Alexander McCall Smith]()
The Bertie Project by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOnce more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith . . .Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned from the middle-east, only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst evils of cartoons, movies and Irn Bru, and her wrath falls upon her unfortunate husband, Stuart... -
![The Peppermint Tea Chronicles by Alexander McCall Smith]()
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe latest adventures from Bertie and his family and friends in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series. An Anchor Original.Changes are coming to 44 Scotland Street, what with Bertie and his friends getting older, and the neighbors gossiping about Irene's latest drama... -
![Going Underground by Michael Leese]()
Going Underground by Michael Leese
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe alternate cover edition of this book can be found here.BIG CITIES HIDE THE DIRTIEST SECRETSPoking around in dark corners can be bad for your health. But Jonathan Roper has never let that sort of thing get in the way, and once he’s got the bit between his teeth there’s no stopping him - even when his own safety comes under threat. It makes him a wonderful detective and an impossible colleague... -
![The Scent of Death by Simon Beckett]()
The Scent of Death by Simon Beckett
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt has been a good summer for forensics expert Dr David Hunter. His relationship is going well and he's in demand again as a police consultant. His life seems to be on an even keel.But not for long. The call comes from an old associate: a body has been found, and she’d like Hunter to take a look . . .St Jude’s Hospital now stands empty... -
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![One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre]()
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe occasion: high school reunion.The place: an oil rig converted into a tourist resort.The outcome: carnage.Gavin is creating a unique ‘holiday experience’; every facility any tourist who hates abroad will ever want will all be available on a converted North Sea oil rig... -
![How to Train Your Baron (What Happens in the Ballroom) by Diana Lloyd]()
How to Train Your Baron (What Happens in the Ballroom) by Diana Lloyd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Elsinore Cosgrove escapes a ballroom in search of adventure, she has no idea it will lead to a hasty marriage. The youngest daughter of a duke, all she wants is to make her own choices... -
![A Song of Isolation by Michael J. Malone]()
A Song of Isolation by Michael J. Malone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this breathtakingly brutal and intensely topical psychological thriller, a man is accused of child sexual abuse, and his life and that of his actress girlfriend are thrown into turmoil... Film star Amelie Hart is the darling of the silver screen, appearing on the front pages of every newspaper. But at the peak of her fame she throws it all away for a regular guy with an ordinary job... -
![Palabra de McKenzie by Tessa C. Martín]()
Palabra de McKenzie by Tessa C. Martín
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings¿Puede el amor comprometer la palabra de un hombre? ¿Puede el deseo romper las férreas cadenas de la lealtad? Niall McKenzie es un guerrero frío y autoritario que no está acostumbrado a ser cuestionado por nadie y solo rinde vasallaje a Robert Bruce. Una noche de tormenta se ve obligado a resguardarse en el hogar de los Campbell, aliados de los enemigos de su señor... -
![Master of Torment by Karin Tabke]()
Master of Torment by Karin Tabke
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWulfson of Trevelyn, trusted knight of William the Conqueror, has never met a man he could not master. But in the tempestuous young widow Tarian of Trent, known as the Lady Warrior, Wulf may finally have met his match. Ordered by the king to curb an armed dispute between Tarian and her dead husband's uncle, Wulf captures the lady but falls captive himself to her seductive dark beauty... -
![Brodrick: A Dark Romance with the Notorious Scot by T.C. Clark]()
Brodrick: A Dark Romance with the Notorious Scot by T.C. Clark
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrodrick: A Dark Romance with the Notorious Scot! 2nd Edition A dark tale about a killer looking for his runaway bride and a Scot who will do anything to protect her. This is a new series that features everlasting love with a sensual bite! The Campbell brothers are the most sought after bachelors in Northern Scotland and Brodrick was the leader of the pack... -
![Biding Their Time by Emmy Ellis]()
Biding Their Time by Emmy Ellis
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a woman is murdered in the seaside town of Scudderton on the east coast, DI Carol Wren is thrown into a case that turns into a complex, confusing one. A second person is found, so what is the link, and who would want them dead?A menacing duo know the answer to that, and they’ve been biding their time before putting their plan into action... -
![The Murderer's Tale by Margaret Frazer]()
The Murderer's Tale by Margaret Frazer
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHROUGH A MURDERER'S EYES...Caught under the tyrannical thumb of her new prioress, Dame Frevisse finds welcome relief in leaving St. Frideswide nunnery on pilgrimage. But the road brings with it unwelcome company: The wealthy Lionel Knyvet has been possessed by a foul demon...Categorized as:
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![The Boy's Tale by Margaret Frazer]()
The Boy's Tale by Margaret Frazer
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN..."Sanctuary! In God's name you must give it!"A dark lady rides back into the life of Dame Frevisse, bearing with her two small boys haunted by the touch of death and scandal. Nine men lie dead on the road behind them, victims of the grim fate which relentlessly pursues them...Categorized as:
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![Die Last by Tony Parsons]()
Die Last by Tony Parsons
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings‘Story-telling as hard-hitting as a leather sap, dialogue that packs all the punch of Wolfe’s favourite triple expresso … and an affection for London that makes this crime writing to die for’ - GQ“Tony Parsons puts you right there in every scene he writes. I love that kind of storytelling and I’m a D.C. Max Wolfe fan... -
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![A Promise of Ankles by Alexander McCall Smith]()
A Promise of Ankles by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series comes the latest adventures of Bertie and his family and friends. The winds of change are blowing through Scotland Street. Though Bertie is getting older, he can't resist an adventure to escape his domineering mother, and Bruce, ever the navel-gazer, will have to bring his best self to navigate the complexities of the pas de deux... -
![Strange Affair by Peter Robinson]()
Strange Affair by Peter Robinson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA bullet to the brain abruptly halted a terrified young woman's desperate flight. In her pocket is the name of a policeman whose own life was brutally invaded, mercilessly shaken, and very nearly erased—a policeman who has since gone missing.The dead woman in the car had been running from something—but she didn't run far or fast enough... -
![Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith]()
Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom the phenomenon Alexander McCall Smith comes the third book in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.Domenica Macdonald has left for the Malacca Straits to research the domestic economy of contemporary pirate households. Meanwhile, back in Edinburgh, painter Angus Lordie’s dog, Cyril, has been dog-napped, and Pat gets herself caught up in a potential love triangle... -
![The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas]()
The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThree missing girls. A twenty year mystery. A woman on the verge of discovering the truth . . .In a rural Wilshire town lies The Devil's Corridor. A road which has witnessed eerie happenings from unexplained deaths to the sounds of a child crying at night.But nothing more puzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls drove home but after their car crashed only Olivia was found... -
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Final Account by Peter Robinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“Impressive. . . . A dark, unsettling story.”—New York Times Book ReviewThere’s more than blood and bone beneath the skin. . . . The victim, a nondescript number cruncher, was murdered just yards away from his wife and daughter. And the crime scene is one that could chill the blood of even the most seasoned police officer... -
![Deadly Intent by Lynda La Plante]()
Deadly Intent by Lynda La Plante
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnna Travis is back in a new gripping mystery from Lynda La Plante, featuring the female detective every bit as intelligent, ambitious, and flawed as Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison.Ruthless drug trafficker Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men in the Western Hemisphere. But for ten years, there's been no sign of him...
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