Fiction

As the Second World War nears its end, a man is stabbed to death on the shoreline of...

So it was done. The link was made between the people from under the sea and those of...

This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the...

When the body of journalist Jerry Markham is found in a traditional Shetland boat,...

For many years Andrew Greig saw the poet Norman MacCaig as a father figure. Months...

1771: the Colony of North Carolina stands in an uneasy balance, with the rich, colonial...

Thomas Maggs, the son of the local publican, lives with his parents and sister in a...

Its Belfast, 1975. The city lies under the dark cloud of the Troubles, and hatred fills...

John Gregorson Campbell (1834-91) was one of the most outstanding folklorists working...

Bring back the lynx? Over my dead body! A mutter passed through the crowd of...

Inspector Daniel Kohi of the Zimbabwean police force returns home one night to find his...

Hamish Henderson, scholar, poet, folk song collector, was a major figure in Scottish...