In this thrilling mystery, when a notorious millionaire banker hangs himself, his death attracts no sympathy—but the legacy of a lifetime of selfishness is widespread, and the carnage most acute among those he ought to be protecting: his family.Meanwhile, in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow, a young woman is found savagely murdered. The community is stunned by what appears to be a vicious, random attack. When Detective Inspector Alex Morrow, heavily pregnant with twins,...

The mesmerising secondnovel from the acclaimed author of The Bellwether Revivals: a rich and immersive story of love, obsession, creativity and disintegration.On a forested island off the coast of Istanbul stands Portmantle, a refuge for beleaguered artists. There, a curious assembly of painters, architects, writers and musicians strive to restore their faded talents. Elspeth 'Knell' Conroy is a celebrated painter who has fled the dizzying art scene of 1960s London; on the...

'A cracking read' – Susan Calman'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic – and different' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series**Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, Blood, Rust and Steel is darkly funny and gripping Scottish crime at its very best.All good things must come to an end . . .**Acting Detective Inspector Roberta Steel has never been shy, b...

**From Stuart MacBride, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Logan McRae series.Move Over Miss Marple . . .**The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the heart of the Highlands, for the wedding of the year – but they weren’t expecting Detective Sergeant Roberta Steel to crash their party. And get horribly, horribly drunk.The whole valley’s been cut off by a massive thunderstorm and the phone lines are...

Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year and the Green Carnation Prize‘More than just one of the best debuts of the year; one of the best books of the year. It should do for Aberdeen what Trainspotting did for Edinburgh’ Louise Welsh, HeraldWhen Janie Ryan is born, she is destined to be the latest in a long line of Aberdeen fishwives.

'Another fantastic addition to the Love Heart Lane series…It has drama and romance in spades!' Bella OsborneYou won’t want to miss the next spellbinding chapter in the Love Heart Lane series – where friends are there for you no matter what.When Julia Coleman meets Flynn Carter again in the cosy village of Heartcross it can only mean trouble. Flynn might be rich, brooding and sexy, but Julia knows first-hand he’s ruthless and she plans to watch his ...

WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS DEBUT BOOK AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZEHIGHLY COMMENDED BY THE SOPHIE COE PRIZE FOR FOOD WRITINGA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'I laughed and cried a little, reading the book with Pam’s voice in my head. A true inspiration on ev...

*A TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK OF THE WEEK*‘This book had a bit of everything! Suspense, intrigue, action, murder, mystery, a few crazy twists…a great whodunnit!’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐Everyone in this town has a secret. But who holds the key to the loch…?Twenty years ago, three young women disappeared, never to be found. The rumour to this day is that their bodies are still hidden deep within the murky Loch Aven.

It's the week before Christmas when a lone robber bursts into a busy Glasgow post office carrying an AK-47. An elderly man suddenly hands his young grandson to a stranger and wordlessly helps the gunman fill bags with cash, then carries them to the door. He opens the door and bows his head; the robber fires off the AK-47, tearing the grandfather in two.DS Alex Morrow arrives on the scene and finds that the alarm system had been disabled before the robbery. Yet upon investigation, n...

Alex Morrow faces her toughest opponents yet in this brilliant thriller about criminals, consequences, and convictions.Police detective Alex Morrow has met plenty of unsavory characters in her line of work, but arms dealer Michael Brown ranks among the most brutal and damaged of the criminals she's known. Morrow is serving as a witness in Brown's trial, where the case hinges on his fingerprints found on the guns he sells.When the investigation leads to a pr...

Detective Alex Morrow discovers that the darkest secrets never stay buried as she investigates the criminal underbelly of a seemingly tranquil seaside town.For reasons she can't quite explain, Alex Morrow is addicted to watching surveillance footage of Roxanna Fuentecilla -- a gorgeous Spanish mother of two, in a tempestuous relationship with her boyfriend, who recently relocated to Glasgow under mysterious circumstances. She is also Morrow's prime suspect in an in...

The beginning of a relationship is usually all about getting to know each other. Not so for Dave and Alena. He's from London, she's from Siberia. They meet in a slick Bond Street department store, where she's up to no good and it's his job to catch her. So begins an unlikely relationship between two people with pasts, with secrets. But despite everything they don't have in common, they’re still fighting for a future together.