Fife Fiction
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The Bridge Iain Banks
A man lies in a coma, his body broken, his memory vanished. He finds himself in the surreal world of the bridge - a world free of the usual constraints of time and space, a world where dream and fantasy, past and future, fuse.
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The Distant Echo Val McDermid
St. Andrews' medical student Alex Gilbey and his three best friends stumble across the dying body of a young woman and instantly become the chief suspects. Twenty-five years later, the case is reopened and it seems that someone is taking revenge.
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Eye For An Eye Frank Muir
The idyllic University town of St. Andrews has become home to the most vicious serial killer Britain has ever known. Striking during heavy rain, choosing only victims who abuse women, 'the Stabber' has Detective Inspector Andy Gilchrist and his team baffled.
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One True Love Jessica Stirling
Susanne Thorne is an orphan of means, which is one reason why Bette Hollander carries the young English girl off to her home in far-away Scotland. Bette would be more than happy for Susanne to fall in love with her son Louis, but love cannot be delivered to order.
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The Picnic Lesley McDowell
One day in 1973, a woman mysteriously vanishes from a family picnic while on holiday in Toronto. The multilayered narrative of 'The Picnic' explores the effect this has on her daughter and granddaughter, who return home to Scotland without her.
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The Shilling Doctor Diane Cosgrove
Jeannie's return to her home town in Fife in 1921 as a newly qualified doctor is hardly the success she envisioned. Finding herself working in the city's slums, she's determined to help the women she meets there, but good intentions are no match for experience and a lack of understanding results in tragedy.
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Winterbringers Gill Arbuthnott
Josh hadn't expected the sea to start to freeze & ice to creep up the beaches . His companions are Callie & her huge dog. They find themselves thrown headlong into a storm of witches, ice creatures, magic & the Winter King. A permanent winter threatens. Can they stop the Winterbringers once & for all?
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The Book Of St Andrews
St Andrews has long played a central role in the religious, political and cultural life of Scotland. This selection of stories, poems and memoirs is a wonderful literary celebration of this venerable town which explores the multiple facets of its life and history.
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The Fife Anthology
This is the first ever anthology of writing about Fife, a part of Scotland with an immensely rich tradition of history and literature. It gathers together all of the great characters of Scottish history who have acted out their dramas within the famous Kingdom of Fife. The book is illustrated with woodcuts and photographs.