Book review
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Scottish Author Book review ~ A Darker Domain by Val McDermid
This is a multi layered crime / mystery, with flashbacks to the time of the tumultuous miners’ strike in Fife, as DI Karen Pirie works to solve two seemingly very different cold cases. Meanwhile Bel Richmond, a freelance journalist, finds a sinister poster and some blood stains in an abandoned villa near where she is…
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Scottish Book Review ~ CORRAG by Susan Fletcher
Although Susan Fletcher is not Scottish, this last review of 2018 is so entwined in the heart of Scottish history and tragedy, that it holds a special place in my admiration. (added to which it is well researched.) Corrag, called ‘Witch’ by some, fled Hexham in England and headed north, to avoid capture and almost…
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Scottish Author ~ Book Review ~ The Queen’s Grace by Nigel Tranter
I was introduced to the works of Nigel Tranter when discussing Scottish Literature with Alex at The Wee Shoppe in Kinghorn; if fact I borrowed several of Nigel Tranter’s books from Alex. The Queen’s Grace, is but one of those books, which I have recently reread. Tranter was proficient in the skill of weaving credible and…
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Celebrating Scottish Authors Month ~ Buddhada by Anne Donovan
This is a gem or a novel lent to me by a neighbour. Anne Donovan is an author from Glasgow and so her descriptions and characters are spot on, charming you with their down to earth sense of humour ~ well except Jimmy of course, the main character, who is going through a bit of…
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Celebrating Scottish Authors December ~ The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnell
This was a Kindle purchase although I have seen The Death of Bees in Waterstones. Wow, what a powerful beginning which hit me and intrigued me. The former emotion was not a positive one. The first chapter is intended to revolt. Fortunately I was so intrigued that I continued to get to know the characters well. The…
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Scottish Contemporary Authors Month ~ The Wrong Box by Andrew C Ferguson
The Wrong Box is the debut novel by a Fife author in his venture away from serious non fiction. It is produced by Thunderpoint, an Edinburgh based publishing company. Andrew got in touch with me himself through a mutual friend and I downloaded The Wrong Box on Kindle. Simon English, a visiting lawyer from London,…
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Celebrating Scottish Authors ~ Margaret Skea ~ The Turn of the Tide
My next Scottish writer ~ in no particular order I might add ~ is Margaret Skea who lives in the Scottish borders. I ‘met’ her on social media and hope our paths will meet in person in the not too distant future. Here is my review of ‘Turn of the Tide.‘ “After avidly reading some…
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Celebrating Scottish Authors ~ Mark Douglas Home ~ ‘The Woman who Walked into the Sea’
The first Scottish author I’ve chosen to review this December, Mark Douglas Home, had me spellbound with this novel ‘The Woman who Walked into the Sea‘, which I bought in Waterstones as a paperback. Here’s my review: “Violet Well’s travels to a small community near Ullapool in the Highlands of Scotland in search of her…