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Allie Burns volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for over three decades. In her new novel 1979, she returns to the past with the story of an investigative journalist whose work leads her into a world of corruption, terror, and murder. It's only January, and the year has already brought blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest. But for journalist Allie Burns, bad news provides an opportunity to escape...
2) Wives at war
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English
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As Glasgow waits for enemy bombers to reach Clydeside and the German invasion to begin, Lizzie Conway's daughters throw themselves wholeheartedly into the war effort and eagerly accept their roles as working wives in Jessica Stirling's enthralling new novel set in the darkest days of the Second World War.
With her husband in the army, mother-of-four Babs sends three of her darlings to the country and goes back to work long hours in an office. Her...
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Anderson and Costello volume 12
Language
English
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The body is found in the early hours of the morning, drifting lifelessly on the outgoing tide. Twenty-three-year-old medical student Aasha Ariti had been enjoying a night out to celebrate the end of lockdown. Anthony Poole, the last person to have seen her alive, is the prime suspect. Before detectives Anderson and Costello can make further headway, they are pulled off the case to investigate the murder of a pensioner in his own home. The body of...
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English
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"Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's war on heavy industry has put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light but a burden for his artistic brother and practical sister. She dreams of...
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English
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"Move over, Ove (in Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove)--there's a new curmudgeon to love."--Booklist (starred review).
"Eleanor Oliphant is a truly original literary creation: funny, touching, and unpredictable. Her journey out of dark shadows is absolutely gripping."--Jojo Moyes, #1New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You.
"Deft, compassionate and deeply moving -- Honeyman's debut will have you rooting for Eleanor with every turning...
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Series
Glasgow P Division procedurals volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
12) American cousins
Series
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Two men in an American mob hide at their cousin Roberto's bar in Glasgow and realize he's not as tough as they hoped. When they run off a debt collector for Roberto, he finds they aren't as innocent as they pretend to be.
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Series
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The murder of high-level Scottish gangster, Stevie Fullerton, shot dead in a car wash leads to unexpected consequences for private investigator, Jasmine Sharp.
Jasmine Sharp's father was murdered before she was born, and her mother went to self-sacrificing lengths in order to shield her from the world in which he moved. Since her mother's death, all she has been able to learn is his first name-- and that only through a strange bond she has forged...
14) Smoke and fire
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Series
Dark Kings volume 9
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Dragon shapeshifter and computer expert Ryder must fight his attraction to Kinsey if he is to fulfill his mission and guard Glasgow after a catastrophic Dark attack.
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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"What if loving means letting go? Scottish widower Ian MacLean is plagued by a mischievous grannie, bitter regrets, and an ache for something he'll never have again. His only hope for freedom is to bring his grannie's sister home from America. But first, he'll have to convince her young companion, Emily Chapman, to let the woman go. Emily devotes herself to foster youth and her beloved Aunt Grace. Caring for others quiets a secret fear she keeps close...
16) The Melody Girls
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Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The new novel from the well-loved Scottish storyteller - When attractive redhead Lorna Fernie is taken on to play saxophone in a postwar Glasgow dance band, she is at first over the moon – especially when she and likeable trumpet player, Rod Warren, fall in love. But then disaster strikes. Rod leaves her, she loses her job, and it is only when she forms her own band – the Melody Girls – that the future gradually brightens. Fate, however, still...
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Series
Witches of Scotland series Glasgow volume 1
Publisher
CYT Media, LTD
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It’s one thing to read about witches, it’s another thing to discover you are one. Glasgow law student, David Hunter is drifting through life and feels something is missing. When on a night out someone tries to kill him he discovers he is from a long line of witches known as Dream Dancers, his life is turned upside down. Now David has unwittingly exposed himself to a world of powerful witches, clandestine government agencies, and a fight...
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Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Oliver Peterkinney and Alex Glass, two friends from Glasgow's desperate fringes, become involved in one of the city's darkest and most dangerous trades: debt collection. While one rises quickly through the ranks, the other falls prey to the industry's addictive lifestyle, accumulating steep debts of his own. Meanwhile, the three most powerful rivals in the business--Marty Jones, ruthless pimp; Potty Cruickshank, member of the old guard; and Billy...