General & Literary Fiction

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  • Cover scan of Close Your Eyes

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    Close Your Eyes
    Ewan Morrison - Paperback - Vintage Books
    In 1981 a mother abandoned her child and drove into the night, never to return. Her disappearance was reported in the press as a fatal road accident. Her body was never found. Now Rowan has a child of her own and decides to try and unpick the past which leads to a remote commune in the Highlands.
  • Cover scan of The Uncommon Appeal Of Clouds

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    The Uncommon Appeal Of Clouds
    Alexander McCall Smith - Paperback - Abacus
    An unexpected appeal for help from a collector who has been the victim of an art theft threatens to take Isabel Dalhousie far outside her comfort zone.
  • Cover scan of The Home Corner
    The Home Corner
    Ruth Thomas - Paperback - Faber and Faber
    Edinburgh, 1991. Having flunked her exams, 18-year-old Luisa McKenzie finds herself back at school - this time working as a classroom assistant. Instead of leading a new 'sophisticated' life as a student in London, she spends her days trundling to and from her childhood home, sitting on the outside of the 'Home Corner' in a class full of five-year-olds. A chance encounter one afternoon with Stella, a former schoolfriend who has, herself, gone on to 'greater' things, wakes Luisa up to her disappointments. With a school trip and a magic show on the horizon, Luisa's hold on reality slowly begins to unravel.
  • Cover scan of Little White Lies
    Little White Lies
    Lesley Naa Norle Lokko - Hardback - Orion
    In a beachfront mansion in Martha's Vineyard, Annick and Rebecca have left their young children in the care of their life-long friend Tash. Tash has made millions from her fashion business and treating her friends to a holiday makes all the hard work worthwhile. But by the end of the afternoon, one of the children will have vanished.
  • Cover scan of Little White Lies
    Little White Lies
    Lesley Naa Norle Lokko - Paperback - Orion
    In a beachfront mansion in Martha's Vineyard, Annick and Rebecca have left their young children in the care of their life-long friend Tash. Tash has made millions from her fashion business and treating her friends to a holiday makes all the hard work worthwhile. But by the end of the afternoon, one of the children will have vanished.
  • Cover scan of The Deadman's Pedal
    The Deadman's Pedal
    Alan Warner - Paperback - Vintage Books
    It is the early 1970s and for 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there's really not much to do in the Highlands of Scotland. The only local drama and romance is the West Highland Line, so Simon joins up as a train driver. But that summer he is introduced to a world far more glamorous and strange than the railways can provide.
  • Cover scan of The Emergence Of Judy Taylor
    The Emergence Of Judy Taylor
    Angela Jackson - Hardback - Canvas
    Judy doesn't seem to have a care in the world, until the day she discovers a hard lump. Following a series of nerve-wrecking tests, Judy discovers that 'everything is absolutely normal'. But instead of the anticipated wave of relief, Judy realises that 'absolutely normal' is absolutely not what she wants. She decides to stop taking the path of least resistance and faces up to the reality of what it means to change. She leaves the dependable and heartbroken Oliver for a life of uncertainties in vibrant Edinburgh, just as it emerges into summer festival mode.
  • Cover scan of An Absolute Deception
    An Absolute Deception
    Lesley Naa Norle Lokko - Paperback - Orion
    Known as 'The Ice Queen', Anneliese Zander de St Phalle is one of the world's most celebrated fashion designers. Anneliese never talks about her past - not even to her only daughter, Callan. She's worked hard to leave it all behind her and it's a time and place to which Anneliese will never return. Or so she thinks.
  • Cover scan of The Death Of Bees
    The Death Of Bees
    Lisa O'Donnell - Paperback - Windmill Books
    Glasgow, Christmas Eve 2006, and 15-year-old Marnie and her little sister Nelly have just finished burying their parents in the back garden. Only Marnie and Nelly know how they got there. As the year ends and another one begins, the sisters' friends, their neighbours and the authorities gradually start to ask questions.
  • Cover scan of The Guilty One
    The Guilty One
    Lisa Ballantyne - Paperback - Piatkus
    A little boy is found dead in a children's playground. Daniel Hunter has spent years defending lost causes. But his life changes when he is introduced to Sebastian, an 11-year-old accused of murder. As he plunges into the muddy depths of Sebastian's troubled life, Daniel thinks back to his own childhood in foster care.

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