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  • A Wee Bump in the Road
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    A Wee Bump in the Road
    Robin MacLeod

    Seeking family connections to a past steeped in history, tragedy and sentiment is one thing; suddenly becoming a part of that life is quite another.

     

    Frances, a retired lawyer returning to Scotland after an absence of some years, was keen to revisit the Highlands and places of significance to her family. Travelling alone for the first time meant she had as her main travelling companion her wee rental car, which she named “Etty”.

     

    It was by chance she was tasked with the delivery of a book to “Young Roddy”, who had long ago left it behind in a guesthouse in Inverness. The guesthouse owner, Mrs Stewart, had no idea who “Young Roddy” was, but “’e wasna thet young even beck then.”

    £4.99
  • Westminster Series Book 4: I Only Want to Be with You
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    Westminster Series Book 4: I Only Want to Be with You
    Fran Annaford

    Calandra Smith, an amateur ornithologist, gains the requisite exam passes with distinction to secure her place at Oxford University. In order to fulfill her ambition to work in politics, she aims to study PPE. She meets her prospective tutor, Dr. Victoria Kestrel, who encourages her to take a gap year—which she does, living for nearly a year in Germany and working for an environmental institute. Away from home and family, she discovers her sexuality, her thoughts all too often turning to the stunning tutor awaiting her at Oxford.


    The rules against fraternising are strict, and Victoria Kestrel is determined to uphold them, despite the obvious and growing attraction to her star pupil.


    Calandra’s Oxford years are full of studying, playing football, and making friends. Sam Fitzwilliam, son of Catherine Fitzwilliam and Amber Reynaud, is also an undergraduate, and Calandra is introduced to the family.


    Throughout, her emotions are dominated by her feelings for Victoria. Will this frustrating relationship ever lead to the happiness both women yearn for?


    The dreaming spires of Oxford play a leading role in this, the fourth book of the Westminster Series.

    £4.99
  • Nigel Groin’s on the Loose
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    Nigel Groin’s on the Loose
    Austin Conway

    The novel chronicles Nigel Groin’s life from growing up in a small town in Ireland in the 1960s and 70s to hitting the bright lights and beautiful women of Madrid.


    Twiggy Burns, with her long legs and short skirts, was the first girl to grab Nigel’s attention when his hormones kicked in. Their first date, however, did not go quite to plan.


    He arrived in Madrid unsure of how he would survive, but everything worked out as it always did for him. Martha and Angela were a pleasant distraction while Manuel and Serena became his close friends.


    Bagging a teaching job, Nigel shared an apartment with six female colleagues above Oxford School on Gran Vía. The Glaswegian twins had a wee temper and a strong accent, both of which they would have to learn to control in the classroom. The two Mancunians were desperate to find Spanish hunks. Maria, the Liverpudlian, had to deal with her sexuality with a little help from Claire Butcher from Cork.


    With his ex-wife’s money financing the school and his lifestyle, Patrick Garcia’s life was wonderful until things took a turn for the worse. Late one night, his ex-wife fell from their balcony under suspicious circumstances. Patrick was not one to be weighed down by adversity, though, always looking on the bright side of life. After all, he had inherited all her money.

    £4.99
  • Harriet's World
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    Harriet's World
    Celia Andrews

    Harriet, recently returned to an English village after a life spent with her widowed clergyman father in cities across Europe, where he has served in British embassies, quickly becomes involved in local life. She makes friends, including a scatty girl who is under her mother’s thumb, attends all the classiest social events and attracts many admirers. Life for her seems to have settled down, but then a local feud involving her father, the village church where he is the vicar, and several parishioners leads the two to return to Europe and more official postings for her father and friendship and romance for Harriet. Then a traumatic event changes her life dramatically.


    Celia Andrews has based the novel on Plan of a Novel, a publication of notes left by Jane Austen by Oxford University Press in their book Minor Works.

    £3.50
  • Plague Victim, and Other Stories
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    Plague Victim, and Other Stories
    Nick Fox

    An elderly woman recalls being trapped in a remote village as an adolescent. A boy goes exploring on his new tricycle, but what does he discover? Two friends attempt to visit an ancient monument, only to find their plans are disrupted. A librarian is asked to give a lecture on the cataloguing of dreams. A curate’s obsession with an Anglo-Saxon saint causes him to neglect his parish duties.


    Most of these 24 stories involve a mystery, sometimes revealed through fantasy or folklore. Memory and a sense of place are common themes of many of them. Some of the places are real and can be visited today; others are imaginary. Three of the stories are very short (about 250 words) and could be classed as flash fiction; another is long enough to be considered a novella.


    The stories were written over the last 50 years and reflect the author’s changing interests and his developing ideas of structure. Can you guess which is the earliest story and which the latest?

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  • Where Did the Vice President of the United States Go?
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    Where Did the Vice President of the United States Go?
    Rafael Webb Berman

    A new Republican president comes to power in America and declares that he will do twice over everything that Donald Trump did. As his administration hardens its stance against the transgender community, a full-scale culture war erupts between America and Europe, culminating in a mass demonstration of millions in Amsterdam.


    The vice president is sent to the Netherlands in an attempt to broker a compromise, but once there, he vanishes from the watchful eyes of the U.S. Secret Service.


    In a breathless political drama, the vice president’s secret summer romance is revealed: a tender, unexpected love affair with a long-haired Dutch schoolteacher whose sister has undergone gender transition. As American Secret Service agents struggle to protect the vice president under impossible conditions, the personal and the political collide.


    Can the love story dubbed by the global media as the “Romeo and Juliet of the 21st century” overcome hatred, fear, and the forces determined to tear it apart?

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  • Beware the Ides
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    Beware the Ides
    Tom Pierce

    At the local theatre, Shakespeare resonates under the direction of Matthew Rawlings—a retired detective superintendent now engaged to direct Julius Caesar. Then, in a small country village close by, the play becomes a bizarre reality.


    Its proud residents are taken completely off guard. The walls of the little country church shudder with the horror that suddenly confronts them. A body is found, and the village is sealed off. Soon to be followed by another death. As the lives behind that cordon begin to unravel, grief, loss, and love gone astray, glimpsed behind half closed doors. To the retired policeman’s eye something is badly wrong.


    Yet both the village and its secrets remain beyond his reach. His offers of help are declined; his instincts have nowhere to go. And as the company rehearses Caesar’s warning, Rawlings is close enough to sense the omens—yet powerless to prevent the deaths that will surely follow.

    £4.99
  • Living Under a Cloud
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    Living Under a Cloud
    Tony Smith

    A small factory on Roa Island provided work for many of the islanders, and the island’s future prosperity depended on its success. Originally set up as a private venture by Capt RN (Rtd) William Isherwood, the factory was sold to Ferranti on his retirement. The future looked settled until the workforce was taken by surprise when the business was sold to Black, Black & Blackmore’s, a company that no one had ever heard of.


    Work was not the only thing changing on the island. Eight single young women, some of whom worked in the factory, were all in pursuit of romance and their story presents an interesting alternative to industrial matters. Nevertheless, work is never far away.


    A Workington firm linked to the factory on Roa serves to introduce another northern community, many of whom struggle to navigate through life without creating drama involving both love and lust. Life, however, goes on, and in one way or another, they survive.


    When Black, Black & Blackemore’s took over the factory on Roa, it sent a representative to visit the place, which is what the workforce expected. What was not expected was the astonishing way he arrived, and it started a year of mystery and disbelief.


    The mysterious world of Black, Black & Blackmore gradually unravelled as time went by, which should have been reassuring. There is a saying that ‘seeing is believing’, but is it always true?

    £4.99
  • Codename: Bravo
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    Codename: Bravo
    Gavin Catt

    Recovering in a Paris hospital after a car bomb detonates outside the Paris Opera House is internationally famous French orchestra conductor Pierre Sharitine, who has a secret career as head of operations of the multinational intelligence agency C8. He reflects on his four-decade career as a top assassin and an operative. Boris Tarloff has been Pierre’s nemesis for decades in the KGB and, more recently, the FSB.


    Who will survive the inevitable final confrontation?

    £4.99
  • The Bureau
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    The Bureau
    Spencer Coleman

    The bureau has an adapted hiding place, known only to a possible six people. One of them, John Algarkirk, an old friend of the owner, now sadly deceased, tries to clear his name from accusations that he stole cash from this secret compartment by the others’ names, but the more he digs, the more he reveals. Who really took the money?

    £3.50
  • The Sound of Madness
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    The Sound of Madness
    Mark Gardner

    Step into the labyrinth of the mind, where reality bends and the unseen whispers louder than the world outside. The Sound of Silence is a haunting collection of poetry that explores the fragile boundary between sanity and madness. Through vivid imagery, raw emotion, and fractured rhythms, these poems navigate the chaos of inner turmoil, the beauty hidden in despair, and the relentless search for meaning amidst confusion. Each verse is a descent into the mind’s darkest corners—a journey that is unsettling, profound, and deeply human. Perfect for readers drawn to the complexities of mental struggle and the poetic expression of the soul’s most tumultuous storms.

    £3.50
  • The Mystery of the Forgotten Empire
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    The Mystery of the Forgotten Empire
    Mike Calvert

    The past was buried for a reason… now it’s waking up.


    Mike and Rick thought they’d seen it all until a cryptic signal drags them into a conspiracy older than human history. From Scotland’s windswept cliffs to vast alien cities hidden beneath the Earth, they uncover fragments of a forgotten empire whose technology once shaped civilizations, and whose return could shatter the world.


    But they’re not the only ones hunting the truth. Ruthless agencies, alien impostors, and enigmatic cabals will stop at nothing to keep the empire’s secrets locked away. From a tense desert infiltration to a running battle through the steamy streets of Bangkok, the team is pushed closer to revelations that could rewrite humanity’s place in the cosmos.

    £4.99

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