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Add to BasketThe Outline Of Love
£11.89
- Paperback - Tinder
Persephone Triebold has grown up in the strange desolation of the Scottish Highlands. Inexperienced in the rules of friendship, sex and love, she leaves to study for a degree in London. Parties and new friends intoxicate Persephone at first, but when she meets Leo Ford, she finds someone she can love. Persephone enters Leo's circle of friends but finds him as elusive as he is sought after - and she becomes increasingly curious about the incident in his past of which no one ever speaks. -
Out Of Bounds: Legendary Tales From The 19th Hole
£6.79
- Paperback - Simon & Schuster
Sam Torrance is British golf's greatest personality. Well known and loved for his insights and anecdotes in his commentary, he divulges tall tales from the great, the good and the not-so-good in the world of golf, from Ryder Cup clinching moments to what really goes on in the clubhouse bar. -
Add to BasketThe Papers Of Tony Veitch
£6.79
- Paperback - Canongate
Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, summons Jack Laidlaw to his deathbed. Probably the only policeman in Glasgow who would bother to respond, Laidlaw sees in Eck's cryptic last message a clue to the murder of a gangland thug and the disappearance of a student. With stubborn integrity, Laidlaw tracks a seam of corruption that runs from the top to the bottom of society. -
Play Time!
£5.09
- Paperback - Canongate
This is a pocket-sized collection of play-themed Simon's Cat cartoons selected from the first three Simon's Cat books. In full colour and featuring a selection of brand new cartoons, Simon's Cat is back, smaller, cheaper, and cuter, but still up to his usual tricks. -
The Red Road
£11.04
- Hardback - Orion
31st August, 1997. Rose Wilson is 14, but looks 16. Pimped out by her 'boyfriend' and let down by a person she thought she loved, she has seen more of the darkness in life than someone twice her age. On the night of Princess Diana's death - a night everyone will remember - Rose snaps and commits two terrible crimes. Her life seems effectively over. But then a defence lawyer takes pity and sets out to do what he can to save her, regardless of the consequences. -
Requiem
£6.79
- Paperback - Pan Books
Glen Ishard, the idyllic Scottish home of ex-rock star Nick MacKenzie, is a haven of peace and security until the day a plane with a deadly chemical cargo flies off course. Daisy Field, environmental campaigner, picks up the trail. -
Ring Of Death: Famous Kerry Murders
£11.04
- Paperback - Mainstream
Some of the most notorious murders in the history of Ireland have taken place in Kerry, including a two-day orgy of slaughter perpetrated by state forces during the Civil War, the case of two farmers fighting over a patch of land not big enough to accommodate a picnic blanket, and a baby stabbed to death on a beach. These and many other fascinating Kerry murder cases of the past century are scrutinised in 'Ring of Death'. -
Safe As Houses
£6.79
- Paperback - Canongate
A single mother stands in the garden of her isolated house, hanging out the washing, when suddenly a man appears. When he grabs at her, Lisa runs, but she is not quick enough. Suddenly Lisa and her young daughter find themselves held hostage in their own home. In the following hours and days, Lisa will do the unimaginable to protect her child - all the time wondering why the only witness has not come back to help her. -
Scotland Revisited
£15.30
- Paperback - Ian Allan Publishing
Nigel Welbourn heads north for a second exploration of the many interesting closed railways of Scotland. A host of fascinating railway remains can be found, from urbanised city centres to the remotest Highlands, from the earliest tramways to the most spectacular viaducts. -
Sea Legs
£16.14
- Hardback - Bloomsbury
Guy Grieve, after years of exploring and adventuring around the world, has been living quietly on the grey-skied Isle of Mull with his wife Juliet and two small sons. For some time though, the wild has been beckoning to him more and more insistently. At last, the lure of freedom and adventure become too much - he and Juliet pack in the school run, re-mortgage the house and buy a yacht.
