Dunfermline Reads

Out Now – A House of Scarlet Souls by Marianna Peci

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A House of Scarlet Souls by Marianna Peci

Out now: 15th Oct

Genre: Urban Fantasy, New Adult

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Rare are the Instances when reality turns into Imagination.

Veronika must have heard it many times, but somehow, she never understood its meaning. How could she? After all, there was nothing she ever deemed impossible. Nothing she ever thought impossible to achieve. She was a huntress before everything else and had been trained to be the best on every occasion. There was no space for error, not that she ever wanted to. That was the only thing Veronika could do to protect her mother. Her mother and – alas – save mere humans from the dangers of the cursed creatures. Their existence was a treat; that’s what she has always believed.

But training to take a life and actually doing it are two different things. There was no space for sentimentalism in their job. And especially no time for brooding over the consequences. But for Veronika, finding the real monster is a task far more complex than she had ever expected. And for what’s worthy, being one herself has never been specifically part of her plans.

All it takes is a single night. A single, unimaginable night to change all she ever believed and to answer a not-so-simple question: what is real, and where is the lie?

BUY LINKS

https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Scarlet-Souls-Eternals/dp/1068746319

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Dead Man Talking by Mark Stibbe

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Dead Man Talking by Mark Stibbe

2nd – 15th October

Genre: Supernatural Thriller

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Cameron Stone imagined he heard the airman’s words again and, as he did, he spoke under his breath. “I am going to find you.”

It is March 15th 1944 and Second Lieutenant George Hailey, an outstanding African American pilot, is presumed dead, along with the rest of his crew, when his Catalina seaplane disappears on its return to Lough Erne in Northern Ireland.

80 years later, a young history professor, Cameron Stone, is examining a WW2 photograph of George Hailey when the airman and his dog come alive. “Find me!” the pilot cries.

Teaming up with the missing man’s granddaughter, Maya Hailey, Stone travels to Northern Ireland only to uncover a terrifying and sinister conspiracy that puts both their lives in grave danger.

Dead Man Talking is the first in a series of supernatural thrillers involving Maya Hailey (a former pastor) and Cameron Stone (a history professor) – an unlikely duo whose synergy is as powerful as their growing chemistry.

REVIEW:

A Dead Man Talking by Mark Stibbe is the second of the authors books I have read. As with the previous book, this one has a supernatural element to it.

The story is set across 2 time periods with the main scenes taking place in 2024 and others through letters providing flashbacks take place in 1944. Cameron Stone is examining a photograph taken during World War 2 and is of George Hailey, who was an airman during the war, and his dog. Both George and his dog come alive and George asks Cameron to find him. Cameron teams up with Maya Hailey, Georges granddaughter, and the pair begin an investigation that has a hidden conspiracy putting everyone’s lives in danger.

As a fan of the first book I read, House Of Dreams, I definitely wanted to read this new novel. I love how Mark mixes thriller, mystery, and the supernatural together to make for exhilarating stories that you can’t put down. The character development was brilliant throughout and knowing that this is the start of a series I really hope some of the side characters join Cameron and Maya in the future books as some of them, such as Siobhan, help add something special to the overall story. I also liked how Mark has blended Segregation into the overall story in a way that is respectful while showing the potential impact this had during the war and also its impact across different countries, specifically America and Ireland.

This is a series I will definitely be continuing and is a must for lovers of thrillers. I’m sure it won’t disappoint.

Publication Day – Armored Hours by Stephanie Hansen

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Armored Hours by Stephanie Hansen

Publication Day: 14th Oct

Genre: Historical Mystery with Romance & Magic

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Cable Girls meets Peaky Blinders meets Titanic

Beautiful friends Claudia, Kiersten, Lina, and Florian rule the next suffragette move. Or so it appears. When the girls go missing it’s hard to decipher who could be the perpetrator. A bootlegger named Alexander won’t stop at anything to find them. Not only have they partnered with him to move feminist contraband alongside illegal booze, but Claudia has captured his heart. He’ll stop at nothing to find them.

Unfortunately for him, things are not always what they seem. For a working-class citizen who has never understood the elite societal shenanigans, Alex is about to discover just how cruel and deeply embedded in everyday life they can be. Set in the 1920s Paris of the Plains, Armored Hours is a story of love and mystery with a thread of magic sewn through the pages.

BUY LINKS

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Armored-Hours-Stephanie-Hansen/dp/B0DJG681BH

https://www.amazon.com/Armored-Hours-Stephanie-Hansen/dp/B0DJG681BH

Spotlight – In The Stillness by CC Gilmartin

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In The Stillness by CC Gilmartin

Campaign Date: 10th Oct

Genre: Crime Thriller Mystery

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Winter 1984. When Colin Buxton hitchhikes from Glasgow to London with his troubled best friend, little does he know their lives will change forever before they reach their destination. Along the busy motorways of the North, Colin is led into a world of casual pick-ups and easy money. Though intrigued, he looks the other way—until a line is crossed…

In the Stillness is a prequel to PC Colin Buxton’s story, available exclusively for free to CC Gilmartin Readers Club members. Signing up will also get you updates on new releases!

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https://www.ccgilmartin.com/book-club

Out Now – Koftas and Yellow Rice by Warren Chapman

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Koftas and Yellow Rice by Warren Chapman

Out Now: 10th October

Genre: Historical

Themes: Coming of Age / Found Family

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Seventeen-year-old, reluctant A level student, Stephen, loses his domineering father, Ronnie, to cancer. He discovers Ronnie concealed an Indian childhood, his mixed-race ethnicity and his brother Lenny. Stephen uses his new freedom to explore a social life with his British Asian friend, Jay, and Mimi, a left-wing revolutionary, with whom Stephen becomes obsessed. He also, with Lenny’s help, discovers more family secrets, including a gold watch that was taken from Yasmin, a refugee of the Indian Partition violence. In trying to retrieve and return the watch, Stephen has to learn to confront challenges and make his own choices about where his life should go.

Out Now – Monarch by John Arnett

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Monarch by John Arnett

7th Oct – Out Now

Genre: Sci-fi/ Humour/ Adventure

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When a reclusive, anxiety-ridden tech worker is visited by a pair of enigmatic aliens and given a mission to change the fate of an entire planet, his life will never be the same.

For software support analyst Danny Kerrigan, life was simple—work from home, live alone, and have as little human interaction as possible. The last thing he expected (or thought he wanted) was for aliens to invade his living room.

But just as Danny is faced with a crisis that threatens to shatter his cocooned existence, he is recruited by two legendary interstellar investigators, the charismatic Kingsley Vortex and the wisecracking Shey Gabink.

Their mission: stop a powerful amulet from falling into the hands of the dreaded Dank Nebitol, a rebel leader hell-bent on ending the long-standing Quilicant monarchy of the planet Yoobatar, dramatically changing the course of the planet’s idyllic civilization.

In a thrilling, hilarious, and heartwarming multiplanetary race against and through time, Danny must find the strength within himself to take control of his future and transform into the person he was meant to be.

AUTHOR BIO

John Arnett was born and raised in northwestern Ohio. A veteran of the software industry, his lifelong love of science fiction inspired him to write his first novel, Monarch. He resides with his wife in central Ohio.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monarch-John-Arnett-ebook/dp/B0DD4DT8MV

https://www.amazon.com/Monarch-John-Arnett-ebook/dp/B0DD4DT8MV

GOODREADS

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216295300-monarch

Out Now – The Night Sky Lined with Silver by Yvonne David

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The Night Sky Lined with Silver by Yvonne David

Out Now: 7th Oct

Genre: Children’s Fiction

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In the blustery winter of 1938, the Bieman Buddies’ sled- ding adventure abruptly ends, due to a horrible storm. They huddle in the train station with Major Morris, the local war- time hero, and his golden retriever, Honey. Uncle Morrie captivates the children with one more engaging life story before they rush home to escape the winter wipeout.

Eliot’s father, Adam Bieman, has become the town doctor, but Eliot is a boy who hates to take chances. When Honey drops his master’s hat by their back door and bolts off bark- ing, Eliot and his younger sister, Abbie, realize Uncle Morrie is missing. Yet the rescue team cannot look for him in the treacherous snowy conditions.

The Bieman Buddies pray for their own Hanukkah miracle. At first light, the villagers join in the intense search, includ- ing Eliot’s uncle, whose family recently arrived from Ger- many after Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass.” Eliot leads the rescue effort and discovers that his sister becomes his best ally. What Doc Bieman reveals will shock everyone to the core.

This charming American tale references the winter hotel business in the Catskill Mountains and captures the essence of Hanukkah, a story of miracles and survival. Through the beautiful descriptions and extraordinary illustrations, Eliot and Abbie will tug at your heartstrings.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Night-Sky-Lined-Silver-ebook/dp/B0CKK7B7HW

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Out Now – All the Broken Angels by Pat Black-Gould and Steve Hardiman

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All the Broken Angels by Pat Black-Gould and Steve Hardiman

Out Now: 5th Oct

Genre: Historical Fiction, Women’s Fiction, LGBTQI+

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He’s in Paradise. She’s in Hell. Paradise is a military base along the South China Sea in Vietnam, and Hell is the Hell’s Kitchen district of New York. 

But life didn’t start that way for Cate and Albie, cousins and best friends who grew up together in 1960s New Jersey. Raised under the watchful eye of their family and the nuns in their Catholic school, they drift apart as the war rages. Albie is gung-ho for God and country, while Cate rebels against her religious upbringing, protests the war, and yearns for the tie-dye and bell-bottoms counterculture of New York’s Greenwich Village.

Tragedy strikes, and her world turns upside down, but an eclectic group of newfound friends rally to her side. Cate’s quest for purpose and meaning becomes one of encouragement, resilience, and transformation.

Travel back to when Barbie dolls and G.I. Joe were all the rage, Gloria Steinem rose to fame, and women burned bras as men marched off to war. History unfolds as women’s rights, faith, patriotism, the dawn of gay liberation, and the treatment of Vietnam veterans take center stage in this captivating journey through a pivotal era that resonates with today’s troubling times.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Broken-Angels-Pat-Black-Gould/dp/B0DD8WD5CT

https://www.amazon.com/All-Broken-Angels-Pat-Black-Gould/dp/B0DD8WD5CT

Cover Reveal – The Michaelmas Daisy by Paul Marriner

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The Michaelmas Daisy by Paul Marriner

Genre: Contemporary

Cover Reveal: 3rd October

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The Michaelmas Daisy: a contemporary story of loneliness, loyalty, love, finding new friends, and hope.

Beverley may be dead, but that doesn’t make it any easier to let go. She watches over her husband and daughter, sharing their pain, laughter, fears and dreams. As she watches, memories of her own life and love for her husband bring comfort and tears in equal measure.

Her daughter, Philippa (58, divorced), looks after her ailing father. She does so willingly, but caring for him 24/7 takes great patience and compassion, and such devotion is isolating.

Into their home comes Kaska (39). She provides respite care, brings kindness and energy, and helps Philippa realise it’s ok to still want some life of her own.

As her father’s condition worsens, Philippa’s dedication is tested to the full and difficult choices are necessary.

The Michaelmas Daisy: written in honour of those in need of care, and those who care for them.

BUY LINKS

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Michaelmas-Diary-Paul-Marriner/dp/1999620070

Out Now – The Box of Life: A Guide to Living With Purpose and Preserving What Matters Most by Orit Ramler

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The Box of Life: A Guide to Living With Purpose and Preserving What Matters Most by Orit Ramler

Out Now: 3rd Oct

Genre: Memoir/Motivational Self Help 16+

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Intergenerational friendship with her friend Charles, Orit Ramler developed a philosophy and methodology for creating a Box of Life—a collection of curated remembrances that reflect the richness of lived experiences.

Through exploring Charles’s life story, coaching others, and creating her own Box of Life, Orit developed a series of questions to help readers curate meaning in their lives, connect with their true selves, and leave a lasting legacy. She invites readers to answer the following: Who am I? How am I living my life? What is most important to me? How do I want to be remembered? What do I want to pass on to future generations?

The Box of Life is not just a guide to the collection of memories but also a way to ground oneself in purpose. By exploring the highs, lows, pivotal moments, and essential relationships that shape our experiences, readers can create a legacy that reflects their life narrative and inspires others to do the same.

Inspiring and full of practical advice, this book will help you uncover the rich tapestry of your life and create a Box of Life that represents your unique story.