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The Bower Bird

The adventures of Gussie, heroine of The Burying Beetle, are continued in this dazzling sequel, category winner of the 2007 Costa Book Awards.

Right to Die

A powerful new novel exploring the human dramas and ethical dilemmas involved in dealing with a terminal illness

My Epileptic Lurcher

This witty one-angry-man-and-his-dog book will have you howling with laughter! A must for all dog-lovers.

The Mating Call of the Racket-Tailed Drongo

Golf, ethics and the Kama Sutra collide in this incredibly funny debut novel

Linmill Stories

Centenary edition of Robert McLellan's stories of his childhood on a remote Scottish farm.

Undead on Arrival

In an egotistical world of violence and deceit, even the dead can't rest in peace

Writing in the Sand B format

What you'd get if you cross Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance with Twin Peaks.

Eye for an Eye

When the sixth victim is found, DI Gilchrist must try to find The Stabber - before he strikes again.

Help Me Rhonda

Sonny Jim stands accused of murder. Trouble is, he was so drunk he can't remember what he did - or didn't do.

Monks

A madman, a mountain, and a monastery...

The English Spy

English spy and novelist-to-be Daniel Defoe finds himself embroiled in 18th century Edinburgh, while Union hangs in the balance.

Last of the Line

The third novel in the Hebridean series by John MacKay.

Writing in the Sand

What you'd get if you cross Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance with Twin Peaks.

They Scream When You Kill Them

Short stories from one of Scotland's best storytellers.

Letters from the Great Wall

Eleanor Dickinson leaves her comfortable life in Edinburgh to move to China at the height of revolution in 1989.

Cowboys for Christ

p>From the director of The Wicker Man come Cowboys for Christ a novel of religious sexuality and pagan murder.

Singin I'm No a Billy He's a Tim

What happens when you lock up a Celtic fan? What happens when you lock up a Celtic fan with a Rangers fan?

The Berlusconi Bonus

Echoing 1984, The Berlusconi Bonus satirises almost every aspect of our modern political world.

The Burying Beetle

The countryside is so much scarier than the city. It’s all life or death here.
Major new novel from Luath Press. Publishing News' Book of the Month for May 2005.

The Underground City

A new translation of a Jules Verne Classic - set underneath Loch Katrine in the Trossachs.

Selected Stories

A selection of the best short stories from Edinburgh University's Writer in Residence

Lord Of Illusions

New short stories from Dilys Rose

The Kitty Killer Cult

In Milk Treading, by Nick Smith, cat-journalist Julius Kyle writes a novel called The Kitty Killer Cult.... This is that novel

The Glasgow Dragon

Drug triads and murder in Glasgow...

The Blue Moon Book

Love, loss, memory and language are explored in this haunting new novel.

Heartland

The second novel from John MacKay. Where do you seek sanctuary when home has changed and will never be the same again?

Torch

A deadly cat-and-mouse chase for an arsonist in Edinburgh, in this second novel featuring Forensic Scientist Rhona MacLeod

The Golden Menagerie

A novel novel.

The Tar Factory

Bold, brash and unashamedly funny.

The Road Dance (b-format)

The Road Dance by John MacKay in a smaller format.

Me and Ma Gal

A tale of boyhood friendship and irrepressible vitality.

Six Black Candles

When Caroline's husband abandons her for Stacie Gracie, she and her sisters turn to witchcraft and revenge.

Outlandish Affairs

A collection of short stories about love across continents, heartbreak across the oceans, from a range of British and American writers.

Driftnet

The Debut novel from Lin Anderson, introducing forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod

The Fundamentals of New Caledonia

The debut novel from David Nicol - a fictional account of Scotland's first colony, the Darien scheme

The Road Dance

The debut novel John MacKay - a story of love and loss in a war-time Hebridean island

Milk Treading

Nick Smith in an inventive murder mystery... the hero's a cat...

The Bannockburn Years

Scotland's finest hour in its War of Independence provides a backdrop to this novel

But n Ben A-Go-Go

A science-fiction tale in modern-day Scots, as Paolo Broon discovers the truth about his family's past while trying to free his wife Nadia from the sair grip of the merciless Senga

Grave Robbers

After years of sleeping peacefully, the deceased dignitaries of Old Edinburgh are about to get a nasty surprise...

The Strange Case of RL Stevenson

Five different doctors discuss the health and life of Robert Louis Stevenson, in an inventive mix of speculative fiction

The Great Melnikov

Double cross and deception in WWI from Hugh MacLachlan

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