Six corpses have appeared in the cobbled backstreets of St. Andrews in recent times, all known spousal abusers who suffered the same gruesome fate: stabbed to death in the left eye. But with no new leads left to explore, DCI Andy Gilchrist is forced off the case. What is the sign...
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"Walking and writing have always gone together. Think of the poets who walk on a rhythm for their lines and the novelists who put their characters on a path. Beneath my feet rounds up the most memorable walker-writers from the 1300's to the modern day, from country hikers to urba...
Love is blind, fickle and true. Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged to Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies, have a slight quarrel about whether or not...
Learn the true meaning of Christmas through the misadventures of a clumpsy pedigree Afghan puppy called "What-a-Mess."
This collection focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th century but with material dating back to William Caxton (1422?-91). It gathers work from more than two hundred writers and from every English-speaking country.
The first book in a tight, action-packed new series set in Scotland. Murder. It's the only word in a note clutched by the dismembered hand found on the lush green of a golf course in St. Andrews, Scotland. When DCI Andy Gilchrist learns the note is addressed to him, he realize...
Set in the middle of winter in St. Andrews, this Scottish noir mystery is written by one of the UK's best crime writers, T. Frank Muir When a young woman's half-naked body is found on Fife's coastal path, frozen and with the remnants of a rope manacle around her wrist, DCI Gilc...
"In Nature's Allies, Larry Nielsen profiles the lives of eight pioneers--John Muir, Ding Darling, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Chico Mendes, Billy Frank Jr., Wangari Maathai, and Gro Harlem Brundtland--all individuals from modest backgrounds who have influenced the course of cons...
When Thomas Magner's business partner is found dead in his car on the outskirts of St. Andrews, all evidence points to suicide. Meanwhile Magner, a wealthy property developer, is under investigation for a series of alleged rapes almost thirty years ago. In total, eleven women are...
A collection of the best of the 'My Word!' stories, including 'You can't have your kayak and heat it' and 'Upon my word'.