Seal King Murders – Alannah Knight – £7.99 P
NYP 28.03.12
1861. Constable Faro is heading home to Orkney, pursuing a private investigation into the mysterious drowning of an ex-colleague’s relative, champion swimmer Dave Claydon. Was this an accident or does Claydon’s death have a sinister connection with missing artifacts recovered from the Armada galleon sunk off Spanish Cove? At Scarthbreck his mother is determined to find him a wife and this Lammastide the legend of the seal king’s annual claim of a human bride becomes reality. Faro’s holiday and his original secret mission turn into a nightmare. With himself as the prime suspect in the girl’s disappearance, he is in deadly danger.
Deadly Legacy – Alannah Knight – £19.99 H
NYP 26.02.12
Rose McQuinn has agreed to help her neighbour, Mrs Lawer, by delivering what she claims to be a family legacy to her only living relative. But Rose’s journey takes a turn towards the dangerous when she herself is attacked on a train and Mrs Lawer and her maid are found dead upon her return to Edinburgh. Investigating further, Rose finds links to Royal history, the theatre world, and her own home in Solomon’s Tower. Balancing the murder investigation along with her obligations to family and friends, Rose discovers ties that seem to reveal that the past has not completely left the present.
Death of a Kingfisher – M C Beaton – £18.99 H
NYP 15.03.12
PC Hamish Macbeth admires the resourcefulness of the Highlanders during the Recession – in tough times they have to lure tourists to their sleepy towns and the quaint village of Braikie has come up with a novel solution. It really doesn’t have that much to offer apart from a place of rare beauty called Buchan’s Wood. It isn’t long before coach tours begin to arrive but just as the town’s luck starts to turn, a kingfisher is found hanging from a branch in the woods with a noose around its neck. As a wave of vandalism threatens to ruin Braikie forever it is up to Hamish to get involved… and his investigation quickly turns from mistreatment of birds to murder…
Pound of Flesh – Alex Gray – £19.99 H
NYP 01.03.12
Detective Inspector Lorimer’s worst nightmage is a serial killer loose in his city. But two serial killers operating at once in Glasgow is a nightmare come to life. Is there any link between the brutal slaying of prostitutes in the backstreets of the city and the methodical killing of several unconnected businessmen? Lorimer is never one to jump to conclusions but something about these cases just doesn’t add up. When the latest murder is that of a prominent politican, Lorimer finds the media’s relentless scrutiny turned on his investigation…
Trouble with Keeping Mum – Rosie Wallace – £12.99 P
NYP 01.03.12
Annie Cochrane has it all up in the air: a demanding job in the Scottish Government, a teenage son and a Mum whose behaviour is getting increasingly erratic. There just aren’t enough hours in the day, especially when there are two men vying for her affections and a devious First Minister plotting to end her career. As the tabloid press pursue her and life changing decisions have to be made, it is only the advice and support of a couple of best friends that can save Annie from dropping everything.
Death of Bees – Lisa O’Donnell – £12.99 P
NYP 01.03.12
Hazelburst housing estate, Glasgow, Christmas Eve 2006. 15-year-old Marnie and her little sister Nelly have just finished burying their parents in the back garden. Only Marnie and Nelly know how they got there. Lennie, the old guy next door, has taken a sudden interest in his two young neighbours and soon realises that the girls are all alone, and need his help – or does he need theirs? As another year begins, the sisters’ friends, neighbours, and the authorities – not to mention the local drug dealer, who’s been sniffing around for their father – gradually start to ask questions… An enchanting and grimly comic tale written with fierce sympathy and beautiful precision.
Once Upon A Crime – Jimmy Cryans – £7.99 P
NYP 05.03.12
This is the true story of Jimmy Cryans, a story of growing up in Glasgow’s east end during the fifties and sixties and how he became involved in a life of crime. Jimmy speaks about the various characters he met and his dealings with some of Britain’s major criminals. He reveals how petty theft and shoplifting quickly snowballed into armed robbery with raids on banks, jewelers and security vehicles. But Jimmy’s story also explains his lifelong quest to find himself and how it eventually led to triumph over adversity.
Shoes Were for Sunday – Molly Weir – £6.99 P
NYP 29.03.12
The post-war urban jungle of the Glasgow tenements was the setting for Molly Weir’s childhood. Despite the crippling poverty, there was a vivacity to the tenements that kept sprits high. Whether Molly was brushing the hair of her wizened neighbour Mrs MacKay, running to Jimmy’s chip shop for a ha’penny of crimps or dancing at the annual fair, there wasn’t a moment to spare for self-pity. Molly never let it get her down as she and the other urchins knew how to make do with nothing. The royalties from this book will go to the Springburn area of Glasgow where this story is set.
Scots A Genetic Journey – Alistair Moffat – £9.99 PB
NYP 01.03.12
History has always mattered to Scots, and rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century, with a new census appearing in 2011 and after more than ten years of a new parliament. An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies and we carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us. The mushrooming of genetic studies, of DNA analysis, is rewriting our history in spectacular fashion. In Scotland: A Genetic Journey, Alistair Moffat explores the history that is printed on our genes, and in a remarkable new approach, uncovers the detail of where we are from, who we are and in so doing colour vividly a DNA map of Scotland
Steel & Tartan – Patrick Watt – £16.99 H
NYP 00.03.12
The 4th Cameron Highlanders in the Great War.
Hadrians Wall – Clifford Jones – £14.99 P
NYP 20.03.12
