Posts tagged with ‘Scotland’
October 31, 2016
A VERY SCOTTISH ZOMBIE apocalypse hits a small town. Scary and funny, with lots of local color. SOLID B
THE SHUFFLIN’ DEID
Derek Paterson
2016
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Fantasy, Horror, Novels, Scotland, Self-Publisher Sundays, Solid B Reviews
April 28, 2014
ANOTHER BRILLIANT GLASGOW noir from Christopher Brookmyre. Not to be missed by crime-fiction aficionados! A MINUS
Grade: A MINUS
BRED IN THE BONE
Atlantic Monthly Press
2014
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Scotland
April 8, 2014
MURDER IN THE HIGHLANDS once again, and a complex case to untangle for policeman Hamish Macbeth. SOLID B
DEATH OF A POLICEMAN
Grand Central Publishing
2014
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Scotland, Solid B Reviews
May 9, 2013
DELICATE AND EVOCATIVE NOVEL tells a modern fairy tale of a professor and his elusive, beautiful young wife.
Grade: B PLUS
ORKNEY
Counterpoint
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Scotland
May 7, 2013
HIGHLAND SLEUTH EXTRAORDINAIRE Hamish Macbeth solves his most complex crime yet. Wonderful Scottish detail!
Grade: B PLUS
DEATH OF YESTERDAY: A HAMISH MACBETH MYSTERY
Grand Central
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Scotland, United Kingdom
July 9, 2012
WRENCHINGLY HONEST, BRUTALLY eloquent, a novelist’s memoir of losing her sight and her way in life astounds.
Grade: A MINUS
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN WINTER: A MEMOIR IN BLINDNESS
Harper
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Addiction and Recovery, England, Health, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Scotland
April 8, 2012
ENTHRALLING NOVEL TELLS the story of a 1950s Jane Eyre type, a brave and intellectually curious Scots orphan.
Grade: A MINUS
THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY
Harper
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Scotland