Edinburgh Fiction and Poetry

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  Starlight - Hardback - Anne Douglas
  Jess Raeburn is hired to work in the box office at the Princes Street cinema in Edinburgh and thinks her dreams have come true when she marries Rusty MacVail. But with the Second World War looming, her happiness is short-lived.
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  What To Do About Holly - Paperback - Joan Lingard
  When Holly's mother puts her on the Edinburgh train, in the care of a complete stranger, neither of them have any idea of what is going to happen. Holly spends the next two weeks in the company of her favourite author Nina Nightingale, a life totally unlike anything Holly has known before.
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  The Tale Of Greyfriars Bobby - Paperback - Lavinia Derwent
  This is the remarkable true story of Bobby, an energetic little Skye terrier who is devoted to his master, Auld Jock. Even when the old man dies Bobby refuses to leave him & every night for 14 years Bobby returns faithfully to sleep by his master's grave.
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  In A Class Of Their Own - Paperback - Millie Gray
  This novel tells the story of one family's life in Leith through the dark and difficult years of the Second World War. Rachel Campbell wants a better life for herself and her four children but her husband Johnny isn't helping. When he finally deserts her, Rachel is left to fend for herself and her children through the dangers of wartime.
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  The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones - Paperback - Alexander McCall Smith
  To the casual observer, the city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense philosophers and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions. But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky enterprise of married love, the raffish portrait painter Angus Lordie has a premonition of disaster.
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  Breaker - Paperback - Annemarie Allan
  Tom and Beth are not happy when they move to North Berwick and find themselves facing a rainy, windswept beach, a house that's falling to pieces and a school full of strangers. When they meet Professor Macblain, with his weird and wonderful inventions, little do they know that he has a secret.
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  Between Ourselves - Paperback - Donald Smith
  'Between Ourselves' reads between the lines of historical fact, exposing the life of Robert Burns during the intense six months he spent in Edinburgh in 1788
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  One Sweet Moment - Hardback - Maggie Craig
  Worked all day for no pay by her strict aunt and preyed on at night by her merciless uncle in Regency Edinburgh's South Bridge, Kate has little time to daydream about the future. One day she meets Richard, an upper-class student studying medicine at Edinburgh University, and her life changes forever.
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  The Last Watch - Hardback - Sergeĭ Lukʹi͡anenko
  When a Russian tourist is murdered while visiting the Edinburgh Dungeons, the Watches are immediately aware that there is a renegade vampire on the loose. Anton is detailed to the investigation, but on arriving in Scotland begins to realise that there is much more to this story than a wildcat vampire and a single murder.
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  The Night Sessions - Hardback - Ken MacLeod
  The first Enlightenment separated church from state - now the second Enlightenment has separated religion from politics. In this enlightened age there's no persecution. But the millions who still believe and worship are a marginal and mistrusted minority - and now someone is killing them.

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  Leaving The Nest - Paperback - Dorothy Baird
  This collection of poetry represents a woman's journey into adulthood, through childbirth and motherhood and then on, as her children grow up, and passes into menopause and beyond.