General & Literary Fiction

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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.
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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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.