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THE SHUFFLIN’ DEID by Derek Paterson

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

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BRED IN THE BONE by Christopher Brookmyre

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

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DEATH OF A POLICEMAN by M. C. Beaton

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

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ORKNEY, by Amy Sackville

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

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DEATH OF YESTERDAY, by M. C. Beaton

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

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WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN WINTER, by Candia McWilliam

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

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THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY, by Margot Livesey

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

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