North Wind

Author: JD Kirk Page Count: 333 Date Finished: 22/1/23 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Synopsis Former soldier. Ex-copper. Current man on the edge. Shunned by his old colleagues, and dividing his time between a dead-end job and the bottom of a whisky bottle, former Police Scotland Detective Superintendent Bob Hoon’s life is a mess. Then an old face …

Anxious People

Author: Fredrik Blackman Page Count: 400 Date Finished: 20/1/23 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Synopsis It’s New Year’s Eve and House Tricks estate agents are hosting an open viewing in an up-market apartment when an incompetent bank robber rushes in and politely takes everyone hostage. For Anna-Lena and Roger, busy buying-up apartments to fill the hole in their …

The Santa Klaus Murder

Author: Mavis Doriel Hay Page Count: 282 Date Finished: 8/1/23 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Synopsis Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country residence Flaxmere. So when Sir Osmond Melbury, the family patriarch, is discovered – by a guest dressed as Santa Klaus – with a bullet in …

Ginger And Me

Author: Elissa Soave Page Count: 367 Date Finished: 02/12/22 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Synopsis Wendy is lonely but coping after the death of her mum. At nineteen, all she wants is to drive the 255 bus around Uddingston with her regulars on board, remember to buy milk when it runs out and just to be okay. To …

Young Mungo

Author: Douglas Stuart Page Count: 391 Date Finished: 7/8/22 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Synopsis Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow’s housing estates where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should …

The Count Of Monte Cristo

Author: Alexandre Dumas Page Count: 1312 Date Finished: 17/7/22 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Synopsis Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to …