Showing posts with label scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scotland. Show all posts
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Garnethill - Denise Mina
Summary: On returning home in a drunken state after discovering her boyfriend has been married for twelve years, Maureen O'Donnell finds the body of her boyfriend tied to her kitchen chair with his throat cut, and becomes the prime suspect in his murder - (Baker & Taylor)
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Maureen O'Donnell wakes up hung over and finds her married boyfriend tied to a chair with his throat cut. Sexually abused as a child and unstable as an adult, Maureen, a prime suspect and on the verge of a second breakdown, isn't sure where to turn for support. Her mother is an alcoholic, and her brother peddles dope. Between sessions with the Glasgow police, off-the-wall friends, and dysfunctional relatives, she embarks on some desperate sleuthing of her own and uncovers frightening information about people she thought she knew and happenings at the psychiatric clinic where she'd been a patient. This debut novel from an author who has worked in health care and taught criminology and criminal law provides a fascinating look at the seamier side of life in Glasgow. It also provides insights into some who treat mental illness and some of the treated. ((Reviewed April 15, 1999)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews
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Oct 1, 2014
The Falconer - Elizabeth May
The Falconer - May, ElizabethSummary: In 1844 Edinburgh, eighteen-year-old Lady Aileana Kameron is neither an ordinary debutante, nor a murderess--she is a Falconer, a female warrior born with the gift for hunting and killing the faeries who prey on mankind and who killed her mother.
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Brandishing a deadly knife and a steampunk lightning pistol loaded with deadly thistle, Scottish noblewoman Aileana takes tea by day and her revenge by night in this new fantasy series. Aileana, daughter of the Marquess of Douglas and the last in a line of female warriors, lost her mother at the hands of evil faeries, and now she is out to kill those who did her wrong. Unfortunately, she has to do so while mingling in polite Victorian society, which means "blasted, impractical, smothering" dresses, not at all fit for physical combat. Sneaking out of high-society functions and coming home in shredded gowns, Aileana is an amazing, brave hero in an age that values ladies only for marriage and homemaking and never for their brutal combat skills. The writing crackles with wit, and the steampunk atmosphere and gadgets are a lively component. The gorgeous cover art will likely reel in many readers, and they will stick around for the intense and at times funny story, the first in a planned trilogy.
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