Modern Fiction

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See also: General Fiction

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  Secrets Of The Sea House
  Elizabeth Gifford - Paperback - Corvus
  Ruth and her husband move into a dilapidated old vicarage on a stunning island in the Outer Hebrides and set about turning the unloved house into a family home. Ruth's much-needed stability is threatened when they discover the remains of a baby buried beneath the house, its legs fused together into one limb - a mermaid child. When Ruth researches the history of the house, she uncovers the heart-breaking story of Reverend Alexander Ferguson, an amateur evolutionary scientist.
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  A Song Of Stone
  Iain Banks - Paperback - Abacus
  The war is ending. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless land, and taking to the roads seems safer than remaining in the ancient keep. But the captain of an outlaw band has other ideas.
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  The Secret Knowledge
  Andrew Crumey - Paperback - Dedalus
  A lost musical masterpiece is at the heart of this gripping intellectual mystery. In 1913, composer Pierre Klauer envisages his marriage to his sweetheart and fame for his new work. Then tragedy strikes. A century later, concert pianist David Conroy hopes the rediscovered score will revive his own flagging career.
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  Skagboys
  Irvine Welsh - Paperback - W.W. Norton & Company
  Mark Renton has it all, but there's no room for him in the 1980s. Thatcher's government is destroying working-class communities across Britian, and the post-war certainties of full employment, educational opportunity and a welfare state are gone. When his family starts to fracture, the only way out is heroin.
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  Sunshine On Scotland Street
  Alexander McCall Smith - Paperback - Abacus
  The ever-so-pleased-with himself Bruce is puzzled by a familiar face as he meets his new neighbour, Jonathan. The fact that Jonathan is his double shakes Bruce's vanity to the core, but then an idea occurs. The two young men embark on an outrageous joint venture, but will Bruce be two-faced in more senses than one?
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  San Carlos
  Neil Forsyth - Paperback - Ulverscroft
  It is 1989 and under the searing heat of the Ibizan sun two people look for answers amongst the throng of the island's holiday-makers. Over the course of a week the lives of these two strangers are pulled together with explosive consequences.
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  San Carlos
  Neil Forsyth - Paperback - Vintage Books
  It is 1989 and under the searing heat of the Ibizan sun two people look for answers amongst the throng of the island's holiday-makers. Over the course of a week the lives of these two strangers are pulled together with explosive consequences.
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  A Strange Inheritance
  Mark Neilson - Paperback - Ulverscroft
  Everybody dreams of a surprise inheritance and one comes to Meg ar her lowest ebb. A letter from an uncle she has never heard of, leaving her a derelict mill and bakery in Yorkshire. With the gift however comes a strange final request, asking her to 'help close the circle'.
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  A Sparkle Of Salt
  Evelyn Hood - Paperback - Sphere
  When James Lowrie returns to the Scottish fishing village of Buckie at the end of World War One, it can only reignite the embers of old feuds between him, his brother Innes and their sister Bethany.
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  Staying On
  Evelyn Hood - Paperback - Sphere
  When an accident forces the formidable Celia Scott to stay with her sister to recuperate, Angus and Jennet Scott decide to show their grandmother that they are more than capable of looking after Westervoe Farm for themselves.