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Following the success of his debut volume of short stories Dickson Telfer returns with more quirky observations on everyday life.

From the glamorous, decadent resort of Marbella to the mean, dark and dangerous East End of Glasgow, The Reckoning follows the new generation of bitter enemies, the Coyles and the McClellands.

The runner-up on a TV elimination show is given a second chance, and sets out to steal the Scottish crown jewels. On top of all the official security, an ancient secret society exists to protect them, and a gripping tale develops, set in New York, Edinburgh and the Highlands. Who wins?

Four days into their Greek honeymoon , Bernice and David Dando have yet to consummate their marriage. Having accepted his almost non-existent desire for sex throughout the relationship, Bernice finally discovers the reason, he is addicted to porn.

Connor Montrose is running for his life. All that he held dear has been ripped away. Every Western intelligence agency and all the police forces of Europe are looking for him, with orders to shoot on sight. This gripping high concept thriller will delight fans of Lee Child and James Patterson.

A modern Dundee postman finds a carved box that takes him back to General Monck's 1651 sacking of Dundee, and to the ancient struggles between Picts and People of Peace. Dundee Law, Mother Law, looms over the city and the Firth of Tay, where Cromwell's treasure ships were wrecked. In a new career as a boat operator, he travels back through time.

Last Train to Waverley is set in France in World War I, during one week in March 1918. The Germans launched their final major offensive of the war and pushed the British back thirty miles. One unit of the 20 Royal Scots were cut off. This book follows the fortunes of this unit, and the personal dilemmas of Douglas Ramsay, the officer in charge.

A collection of 25 personal poems.

Newly commissioned, Selkirk is ordered to form his own unit of irregular horse and treks across Africa to forestall a dangerous enemy incursion. His farming background gives him empathy with a Boer family, one of whose daughters is actively fighting with a Boer commando, but once again he crosses the Drongans.

Pete Wilkinson was a founder member of Greenpeace UK, this is his story and contains his unabridged Greenpeace Antarctic diaries which build into a fascinating insight into the Greenpeace world as it was, but as it is no more.

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Presents the personal story of an ordinary man who went from finding a black spot on the end of his penis, to diagnosis and treatment for cancer on it. He writes about his early denials, and about the traumas, hopes, disappointments and successes that followed.

Set in 1848, Darkest Walk of Crime sees Detective Mendick sent on his first case. With the fear of civil war in Britain, he travels undercover to Manchester, the heart of the troubled area, and immediately becomes involved in a conspiracy that threatens to tear the country apart.

Set in Mary King's Close, an exciting historical adventure featuring a young boy - Tom Afflick who finds himself transported from Edinburgh in 2012 and apprenticed to a plague doctor in Edinburgh in 1645.

Charley has always known that she's different - ever since she was small, strange things have happened around her - but it isn't until she meets high school heartthrob and the most popular kid in school, Aiden Cunningham, that she finally realises she isn't alone. Charley Chambers is magic.

A boy suffering from amnesia finds himself in Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival. After a day of wandering the crowded streets, he falls asleep and is woken by the sound of bells tolling midnight - only to discover that is the night of The Calling - a magical yearly event when all the statues of the city come alive.

David Flanagan thought learning to surf would be easy, despite the fact he was scared of the ocean and fast approaching middle age. he intended to write a light-hearted account of his progress towards surfing nirvana, but instead found himself facing danger, doubt and the spectre of childhood bereavement.

Sequel to The Silence. From the dark and mean streets of Glasgow to the glamorous and decadent resort of Marbella, The Betrayal sees the continuation of a family feud spanning decades. This is a gritty novel following the fortunes of bitter enemies, the Coyles and McClellands.

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Detective Sergeant James Mendick is sent to find the Duke of Mathon's stolen yacht. Trapped aboard a mysterious ship sailing the South Atlantic, he finds himself in a world of cut-throats, criminals and a captain strangely obsessed with Greek mythology.