BLACK & WHITE PUBLISHING
Spring/Summer 2015 Including eBooks
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Contents
Black Wood SJI Holliday Set Me Free Daniela Sacerdoti Liverpool: Gangs,Vice and Packet Rats: 19th-Century Crime and Punishment Malcolm Archibald Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens: War and Peace in the Denburn Valley Diane Morgan Dundee: But not as we know it! Susan McMullan Telling Tales: Growing Up on a Highland farm Jane Yeadon Whit the Clockleddy Heard Julia Donaldson, translated into Scots by James Robertson Calvin Harris: The $100 Million DJ Douglas Wight
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The Photographer’s Wife Nick Alexander Lullaby Girl Aly Sidgwick The Ballroom Café Ann O’Loughlin Did I Mention I Love You? Estelle Maskame Last Mango in Paris Posy Jones The Secret Life and Curious Death of Miss Jean Milne Andrew Nicoll Mr Mingin David Walliams, translated into Scots by Matthew Fitt A Taste of Ashes Tony Black Safe Hands in Paradise: My Autobiography John Fallon Bestselling Backlist
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Introduction
2015 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Black & White Publishing, with cracking debuts from first-time authors and eagerly anticipated new books from established favourites. Our fiction line-up includes debut novels such as Aly Sidgwick’s Lullaby Girl, a taut, tense and mesmerising thriller in which a mysterious girl is taken into the care of a psychiatric home and forced to confront her fears to discover her identity. We’ve also got the debut novel from Irish journalist Ann O’Loughlin, The Ballroom Café, a powerful and poignant story of love lost and found, and the adult fiction debut from Posy Jones, Last Mango in Paris, a story of romance and competing career interests. Seventeen-year-old Internet sensation Estelle Maskame’s first book Did I Mention I Love You?, the first part of the DIMILY trilogy, will be released in July. With over 4 million hits on Wattpad and 125,000 followers on Twitter, the trilogy is sure to find a new army of fans on its release in paperback. Also appearing in paperback for the first time is Nick Alexander’s eBook No.1 bestseller The Photographer’s Wife. Topped up by the latest novels from bestselling author Daniela Sacerdoti with Set Me Free and Andrew Nicoll’s The Secret Life and Curious Death of Miss Jean Milne, our line-up of original fiction is bold and captivating. Crime-fiction fans are treated to the debut novel from SJI Holliday, Black Wood. This fast-paced and chilling psychological thriller is sure to keep readers on their toes. DI Bob Valentine returns to the Ayrshire coast in Tony Black’s A Taste of Ashes. Fear begins to grip the town as the near-eviscerated corpse of a man is discovered on his kitchen table. Amidst a frenzied media storm, can Valentine piece together the family’s past before the body count increases? Herein lie just some of our titles for the first half of 2015. For more information on any of our books or authors, please visit our website: www.blackandwhitepublishing.com. Happy reading! Best wishes, BLACK & WHITE PUBLISHING
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Black Wood SJI HOLLIDAY “A fast-paced and chilling psychological thriller from an exciting new talent. If you liked Broadchurch, you’ll love this.” MARK EDWARDS and LOUISE VOSS, authors of From the Cradle
ABOUT THE BOOK He spots the two girls through the cracked screen of beech, sycamore and leg-scratching gorse: a flash of red skirt and a unison of giggles... The smaller girl sees him first and she lets out a strange little squeak and jumps back, grabbing onto the other girl’s T-shirt, revealing a flash of milky white shoulder. He grins. Something happened to Claire and Jo in Black Wood: something that left Claire paralysed and Jo with deep mental scars. But with Claire suffering memory loss and no evidence to be found, nobody believes Jo’s story. Twenty-three years later, a familiar face walks into the bookshop where Jo works, dredging up painful memories and rekindling her desire for vengeance. And at the same time, Sergeant Davie Gray is investigating a balaclava-clad man who is attacking women on a disused railway, shocking the sleepy village of Banktoun. But what is the connection between Jo’s visitor and the masked man? To catch the assailant, and to give Jo her long-awaited justice, Gray must unravel a tangled web of past secrets, broken friendships and tainted love. But can he crack the case before Jo finds herself with blood on her hands?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR SJI Holliday grew up in East Lothian. A life-long fan of crime and horror, she was shortlisted for the inaugural CWA Margery Allingham competition and her short stories have been published in many places. She is married and lives in London.
REVIEWS “A hugely enjoyable page-turner. A must-read for crime fans.” STEVE CAVANAGH, author of The Defence “Hugely satisfying twists and great characterisation, creepy and astute. I think it’s going to be a hit.” SARAH HILARY, author of Someone Else’s Skin “A superb debut.” DAVID JACKSON, author of Pariah
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • March 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 953 1 Crime Fiction • £7.99 256pp • 198 x 129 mm eBook available
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Set Me Free DANIELA SACERDOTI From the bestselling author of Watch Over Me and Take Me Home
ABOUT THE BOOK Margherita’s marriage is slowly falling apart. Getting pregnant after trying for so long may have been a fabulous surprise for her, but for her husband it is the last straw. When she needs him most, her husband is just not there for her or their children and she realises that they need time apart to figure out where their marriage is going. As she struggles to come to terms with her new life, Margherita decides to leave London and spend the summer in Glen Avich, where her mum and stepdad have just opened a new coffee shop. She needs time away to reconnect with her daughter Lara and sort out her life. But Glen Avich can have a strange effect on people, and when she and Lara start working for Torcuil Ramsay at a rundown local mansion, everything begins to change. Margherita finds her heart awakened in a way she never thought possible and Lara begins a new friendship with a mysterious local boy, Mal, which makes her mother feel increasingly uneasy. And just when Margherita is finally beginning to discover who she really is, she finds out how quickly things can change and how hard it can be to make brave choices.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Daniela Sacerdoti is the bestselling author of Watch Over Me and the YA Sarah Midnight trilogy. She was born and raised in Italy but has lived in Scotland for the past ten years. Daniela holds a degree in Classics from the University of Turin and has taught Italian, Latin and Greek. Her great-uncle was the renowned Italian writer Carlo Levi. She lives in Glasgow.
PRAISE FOR DANIELA SACERDOTI “One of my favourite reads of the year so far. If there’s such a thing as book heaven, this wonderfully original, poignant read deserves a place there.” SHARI LOW, DAILY RECORD on Watch Over Me “Another extraordinary and beautiful story.” THE SUN on Take Me Home
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • April 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 951 7 Fiction • £7.99 256pp • 198 x 129 mm EBook available
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Liverpool Gangs,Vice and Packet Rats: 19th-Century Crime and Punishment MALCOLM ARCHIBALD From the bestselling author of Whisky Wars, Riots and Murder, Bloody Scotland and Glasgow: The Real Mean City ABOUT THE BOOK Now world famous for football and music, in the nineteenth century Liverpool had a very different reputation. One of the greatest ports in the world and Europe’s western gateway to the Atlantic, Liverpool’s emerging wealth and prosperity brought with it a huge influx of crime to the streets, and a new breed of men whose job it was to try to enforce law and order in the increasingly unruly city. Much of Liverpool’s crime was based around the docks and the sea. Crimps and runners waited to lure the homecoming seamen to dens of immorality where rot-gut spirits and over 2,000 known prostitutes would separate them from their money and their liberty. Tough, hardcore sailors – known as Packet Rats – caused mayhem at sea while in the stinking alleys around Scotland Road the High Rip gang wielded vicious power. Liverpool in the nineteenth century was a place full of stories of assault, robbery and murder as well as poachers, footpads and highwaymen who preyed on the unwary. Against this tide of lawlessness stood men like Constable Casey of the Liverpool police, who disarmed two pistol-wielding terrorists, and his police colleagues who not only dealt with the day-today crimes but more unusual offences such as bombs in the town hall and redcoats rioting in the streets. Liverpool was, without doubt, a challenging and exciting place to live and work in the nineteenth century as the battle for the streets between the criminals and the lawmen raged on. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Malcolm Archibald achieved a Masters degree in Urban and Cultural History as a mature student from Dundee University in 2011. Archibald also writes crime fiction, and his Whales for the Wizard won the 2005 Dundee Book Prize. He lives near Elgin, in northern Scotland.
PRAISE FOR MALCOLM ARCHIBALD “Archibald’s knowledge and insight into the crimes of this era makes for compulsive reading.” THE SCOTS MAGAZINE on Glasgow:The Real Mean City “History buffs and crime fans will be equally intrigued by this atmospheric account of the law-makers and law-breakers of past times.” SHARI LOW, DAILY RECORD on Whisky Wars, Riots and Murder
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • April 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 962 3 True Crime • £9.99 256pp • 234 x 156 mm eBook available
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Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens War and Peace in the Denburn Valley DIANE MORGAN
The definitive account of the history of Union Terrace Gardens and the battle for its future ABOUT THE BOOK At the heart of Aberdeen lies Union Terrace Gardens, opened to the public in 1879. Surrounded by some of the best architecture in the Granite City, the Gardens occupy a special place both in the history and the culture of Aberdeen. But in 2010, radical plans were unveiled to turn this quiet oasis in the heart of the city into a vibrant, modern civic space, and since then, the battle for the future of the Gardens has been raging. More than any other issue in recent times, the battle for Union Terrace Gardens has divided the people of Aberdeen. There have been various different proposals, promises of private and public funding and intense argument about what is best for this important space. As the twists and turns unfolded in the story, oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood pledged up to £85m of his own fortune to his modern City Garden Project and on 2nd March 2012 a referendum narrowly backed his plans after a massive turnout. This classic battle of traditionalists vs modernisers has been bitterly fought, but although the battle is over for now, the traditionalists have vowed that the war is still to be won. In Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens: War and Peace in the Denburn Valley, Diane Morgan tells the story of the Gardens from their early days right up to the present and details the inside story of the battle for the future of this green jewel in the heart of the Granite City. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Diane Morgan was educated at Aberdeen and Cambridge universities. She has worked as a journalist and was founding editor of Leopard Magazine. Diane has written many successful books, including The Villages of Aberdeen, Lost Aberdeen, Aberdeen & Beyond and Lost Aberdeen: The Outskirts and lives in Aberdeen.
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • April 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 494 9 Local History • £14.99 160pp • 234 x 156 mm eBook available
APRIL 2015
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Dundee But Not As We Know It! SUSAN McMULLAN Discover the hidden history of Scotland’s City of Discovery
ABOUT THE BOOK Dundee is renowned worldwide for being the City of Discovery. There’s the famous Antarctic exploration ship, jute, jam and journalism, as well as a long history of pioneering scientific innovations. It is home to historic ruins and haunting monuments – as well as Desperate Dan and Oor Wullie!. Situated on the east coast of Scotland, Scotland’s sunniest city boasts a breathtaking coastline with award-winning beaches and outstanding natural beauty. But alongside all of this fascinating yet familiar heritage, there are lots more hidden treasures lurking in the wynds and alleyways, just waiting to be discovered. And what better place to explore than the city famous for its discoveries? Dundee, But Not As We Know It takes the reader on a journey through the city like no other, revealing the forgotten and abandoned past that lies on our doorstep and under our feet, bringing to life Dundee’s unique charm and unmistakable character. It’s the perfect companion guide for realtime and armchair visitors alike – ideal as a handbook to help the intrepid explorer uncover the city’s hidden gems or as a gift and keepsake for those with fond memories of bonnie Dundee!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Susan McMullan is a communications executive for Scottish Development International, the international arm of Scottish Enterprise. She works with Scotland’s leading journalists and most successful businesses on a daily basis. She is also a freelance writer, specialising in news, business and current affairs. A keen sportswoman and travel enthusiast, Susan has lived in St Andrews for the last seven years.
PUBLICATION DETAILS Hardback • April 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 960 9 Local History • £9.99 128pp • 150 x 202 mm
APRIL 2015
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Telling Tales
Growing Up on a Highland farm JANE YEADON From the bestselling author of It Won’t Hurt a Bit, It Shouldn’t Happen to a Midwife and Call Me Sister
ABOUT THE BOOK Growing up on a farm in the north of Scotland could be both rewarding and challenging. Now, bestselling author Jane Yeadon recounts her childhood before her nursing adventures started, in her own unique and entertaining style. Jane and her little sister Elizabeth never have it easy, especially on Mondays. As their mother shuts herself away to write her popular newspaper articles on the everyday life of a tenant crofter, the girls are given tasks around the farm by Dod, the farm grieve. On a farm where money is tight the extra income means a lot, especially with their father dead after a tragic motorbike accident. As they grow up, the girls start to see life on the farm in very different ways but both know that running a farm demands hard, physical toil. And it’s often from them. In a world where you should either be useful or keep out of the way, Jane finds herself divided between hearing the freedom call of the winds that blow over the moorland farm and those of its ceaseless demands for attention. Telling Tales recounts how Jane learns about her place in the scheme of things the hard way. Poignant and touching, this nostalgic account of life on the farm recalls a way of life which was so recent but is now all but forgotten. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jane Yeadon was born in Forres in 1944 and trained in Aberdeen as a nurse. Following further training in Belfast and Edinburgh, she went on to become a district nurse, eventually returning to Forres, where she now lives with her husband. She has a grown-up son and daughter.
PRAISE FOR JANE YEADON “Plenty of laughs and tears along the way.” CHOICE MAGAZINE on Call Me Sister “Written with much humour and candour.” THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH on It Shouldn’t Happen to a Midwife
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • April 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 954 8 Biography • £7.99 224pp • 198 x 129 mm eBook available
MAY 2015
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Whit the Clockleddy Heard
JULIA DONALDSON, translated into Scots by JAMES ROBERTSON A new Scots translation of bestselling children’s author Julia Donaldson’s What the Ladybird Heard ABOUT THE BOOK Yince upon a ferm steyed a sonsie reid hen, A deauk in a dub and a goose in a pen, A hairy grumphie, a yowe like a rug, A big strang cuddy and a jimp wee dug, Twa cats that miaowed and purred aw day, A braw prize coo… and a clockleddy tae. Now available in Scots for the very first time, What the Ladybird Heard is the latest addition to Itchy Coo’s fantastic range of books for children, now translated as Whit the Clockleddy Heard. In this new book, meet two crafty robbers, a tiny ladybird and a whole farmyard of fun. Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of all. And she has a plan of her own. Join the ladybird as she has a new adventure in Scots that Itchy Coo readers will love.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR James Robertson is the General Editor of Itchy Coo and a contributing author to many Itchy Coo books. He has translated classics by Roald Dahl and A.A. Milne into Scots. He also writes for adults and has published four novels, including the bestselling The Testament of Gideon Mack.
PRAISE FOR ITCHY COO “It’s fascinating and educational to see this familiar text written in such an unfamiliar way, and a great reminder of our cultural heritage for those reading it in Scotland.” THE LIST on The Gruffalo in Scots “James’s version of my story is a gem and I chuckled away to myself when I read the first draft. The witch and her crew all lend themselves well to Scots.” JULIA DONALDSON on Room on the Broom in Scots “This translation into the ‘mither tongue’ will have you chucking out loud.” THE SCOTS MAGAZINE on Asterix and the Pechts
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • May 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 957 9 Children’s Fiction • £6.99 32pp • 248 x 250 mm
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Calvin Harris The $100 Million DJ DOUGLAS WIGHT
He’s worth $100 million, is the richest DJ in the world and has worked with all of the top names in pop. But just who is Calvin Harris?
ABOUT THE BOOK Calvin Harris has come a long way since the days when he was simply humble Adam Wiles, stacking shelves in a supermarket in his native Dumfries. Since bursting onto the music scene with ‘Acceptable in the 80s’ in 2007, he has broken Michael Jackson’s record for most hits from one album, become the first British artist to have one billion plays on Spotify and turned hit-maker for stars like Kylie Minogue, Rihanna, Cheryl Cole and Dizzee Rascal. In 2014, Forbes listed Calvin Harris as the world’s highest-paid DJ for the second year running and he has just scored his fifth number one hit – and his third in 2014 alone. From where does he draw his inspiration and what makes him the globe’s most desirable DJ? Calvin Harris: The $100 Million DJ is the first definitive biography of the chart-topping sensation, following Harris’s astonishing journey from struggling musician to international superstar. Looking closely at the singer’s background and his remarkable rise to fame, it promises to reveal a side to the star never seen before.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Douglas Wight has been a journalist for 20 years, covering news, features, politics and investigations. He is the author, ghost- or co-writer of seven books, including Leonardo DiCaprio: The Biography and Unforgivable by Collette Elliott, which became a Sunday Times top ten bestseller in May this year.
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • May 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 967 8 Biography • £9.99 256pp • 234 x 156 mm eBook available
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The Photographer’s Wife NICK ALEXANDER
From the author of the eBook bestsellers The Half-Life of Hannah and Other Halves ABOUT THE BOOK Barbara – a child of the Blitz – has devoted her life to raising a family. She has protected her children from many of the harsh realities of life and kept more than a few secrets about her marriage to famous photographer Tony Marsden. But with such an incomplete picture of the past, her children have struggled to understand who their parents really are and, in turn, she sometimes worries, to build their own lives and identities. When daughter Sophie decides to organise a vast retrospective exhibition of her adored father’s work, old photos are pulled from dusty boxes. And with them tumble stories from the past, stories and secrets that will challenge every aspect of how Sophie sees her family and who her father really was. And as the story unravels, Sophie begins to find out that there is more to her family than she could ever have suspected.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nick Alexander is the author of ten novels, including The Case of the Missing Boyfriend, The French House and the runaway eBook bestseller The Half Life of Hannah, which has sold over a quarter of a million copies. Born in Margate, he has lived in France now for twenty years, where he divides his time between Nice and a chalet in the Southern French Alps.
PRAISE FOR NICK ALEXANDER “Honest, moving, witty and really rather wise.” TIME OUT “Endearingly funny, bang up to date and spot on the truth.” RED
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • May 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 955 5 Fiction • £7.99 288pp • 198 x 129 mm
JUNE 2015
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Lullaby Girl ALY SIDGWICK Taut, tense and mesmerising, Lullaby Girl is a shining debut from an exciting and very talented new author.
ABOUT THE BOOK Who is the Lullaby Girl? Found washed up on the banks of a remote loch, a mysterious girl is taken into the care of a psychiatric home in the Highlands of Scotland. Mute and covered in bruises, she has no memory of who she is or how she got there. The only clue to her identity is the Danish lullaby she sings... Inside the care home, she should be safe. But, harassed by the media and treated as a nuisance by under-pressure staff, she finds the home is far from a haven. And as her memories slowly surface, the Lullaby Girl does her best to submerge them again. Some things are too terrible to remember... but unless she confronts her fear, how can she find out who she really is? ‘Lullaby . . .’ ‘It’s a lullaby. The song you sing. Don’t you know that?’ She stares me out. Tears come to my eyes. ‘No,’ I say. Rhona holds her head. She keeps lookin’, but her eyes have gone tired. ‘Well,’ she says, softly. ‘You’re the only one in Britain who doesn’t.’
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Aly Sidgwick spent many years in Oslo as a tattoo artist and comic-strip artist before turning to writing. She became obsessed and didn’t tell anyone she was writing for six months. She has lived in North Yorkshire, Norway, Sweden and Edinburgh. Her spare time is devoted to reading, painting, travelling and drinking lots of black coffee.
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • June 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 950 0 Fiction • £7.99 256pp • 198 x 129 mm eBook available
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The Ballroom Café ANN O’LOUGHLIN A powerful and poignant debut, The Ballroom Café is a moving story of love lost and found.
ABOUT THE BOOK The Ballroom Café is the first work of fiction to come out of Ireland that concentrates on the forced illegal adoption of young children in Irish orphanages to the US. Sisters Ella and Roberta O’Callaghan haven’t spoken for decades, torn apart by a dark family secret from their past. They both still live in the family’s crumbling Irish mansion, communicating only through the terse and bitter notes they leave for each other in the hallway. But when their way of life is suddenly threatened by bankruptcy, Ella tries to save their home by opening a café in the ballroom – much to Roberta’s disgust. As the café begins to thrive, the sisters are drawn into a new battle when Debbie, an American woman searching for her birth mother, starts working at the Ballroom Café. Debbie has little time left to live, but as she sets out to discover who she really is and what happened to her mother, she is met by silence and lies at the local convent. Determined to discover the truth, she begins to uncover an adoption scandal that will rock both the community and the warring sisters.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A leading journalist in Ireland for nearly thirty years, Ann O’Loughlin has covered all major news events of the last three decades. She was a senior journalist on the Irish Independent and Evening Herald, and is currently a senior journalist with the Irish Examiner Ann has also lived and worked in India. Originally from the west of Ireland, she now lives on the east coast with her husband and two children.
REVIEWS “A warm and engaging story in a unique and original setting. I loved journeying through the lives of these fascinating characters. A beautifully drawn, skilfully written, wellresearched novel.” KATE KERRIGAN, New York Times bestselling author of The Ellis Island Trilogy “A lovely story of two women with the courage to confront the injustices of the past, bringing light to a dark corner of Ireland’s recent history.” KATHLEEN MACMAHON, bestselling author of This Is How It Ends PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • June 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 952 4 Fiction • £7.99 256pp • 198 x 129 mm eBook available
JULY 2015
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Did I Mention I Love You? ESTELLE MASKAME Book 1 in the phenomenal DIMILY trilogy. 4 million hits online. 125,000 Twitter followers. ABOUT THE BOOK When sixteen-year-old Eden Munro agrees to spend the summer with her estranged father in the beachfront city of Santa Monica, California, she has no idea what she’s letting herself in for. Eden’s parents are divorced and have gone their separate ways, and now her father has a brand-new family. For Eden, this means she’s about to meet three new stepbrothers. The eldest of the three is Tyler Bruce, a troubled teenager with a short temper and a huge ego: Eden’s complete polar opposite. She quickly finds herself thrust into a world full of new experiences as Tyler’s group of friends take her under their wing. But the one thing she just can’t understand is Tyler, and the more she presses to figure out the truth about him, the more she finds herself falling for the one person she shouldn’t – her stepbrother. Throw in Tyler’s clingy girlfriend and a guy who has his eyes set on Eden and there’s secrets, lies and a whole lot of drama. But how can Eden keep her feelings under control? And can she ever work out the truth about Tyler? Did I Mention I Love You is the first book in the phenomenal DIMILY trilogy, following the lives of Eden Munro and Tyler Bruce as they try to find their way in an increasingly confusing world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Estelle Maskame started writing at the age of thirteen and completed her DIMILY trilogy when she was sixteen. She has already built an extensive and loyal fanbase for her writing around the world by sharing her work in instalments on the digital platform Wattpad. Estelle’s trilogy will now be available for the first time in book and eBook formats. Her fans are eagerly anticipating publication.
DIMILY IN THE PRESS “Maskame’s followers are voracious readers and the Scot has had to grow accustomed to every plot twist being feverishly discussed.” THE HERALD “It’s a safe bet the films will be out by 2017.” THE OBSERVER
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • July 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 984 5 Fiction • £7.99 256pp • 198 x 129 mm eBook available
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Last Mango in Paris POSY JONES Debut novel for adults from the bestselling author of the Princess Poppy series
ABOUT THE BOOK V&A fashion researcher Lily Nightingale is working on a new exhibition: The Legacy of Lingerie. She collects beautiful underwear as a hobby, but is unlucky in love – until she meets a famous French author-chef, Charles Amiel, while researching lingerie in Paris. It’s not just the Channel that divides them. His career is, of course, more important than hers. He’s so unsuitable. Older than her. Drinks a bit. Pedantic. Set in his ways. Old School. And so infuriatingly... French! But his series of classic cookbooks are revered across the globe. And he’s equally famous for making rude remarks about frothy, untrained celebrity cooks. Charles is well versed in avoiding romantic commitment – but when Lily serves him roast lamb while wearing beautiful vintage lingerie in her little London flat, it seems she has found the perfect combination... and he is besotted! But when she then turns her idea into a book, Last Mango in Paris – a simple guide about how to impress men through the power of food and underwear – tagline: ‘it really is that easy!’ – she soon finds she’s outselling the great Charles Amiel. As she falls more and more in love with Charles, Lily is desperate to keep her identity as the upstart author (whose book he detests) a secret – but when her publishers want to send her on tour, what can she do? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Posy Jones is a full-time writer with a love for food, fashion and all things French. She is best known as Janey Louise Jones, author of the fantastically successful Princess Poppy series, with sales of 4m+ copies to date. Before Princess Poppy took over her life, Posy Jones had always intended to write contemporary fiction, and this debut novel is the start of a brand-new series. Posy Jones is mother to three sons.
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • July 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 956 2 Fiction • £7.99 256pp • 198 x 129 mm eBook available
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The Secret Life and Curious Death of Miss Jean Milne ANDREW NICOLL From the author of international bestselling novel The Good Mayor ABOUT THE BOOK A woman murdered A crime unsolved A mystery that has lasted a century The brutal murder of wealthy spinster Miss Jean Milne a hundred years ago shocked the country to its core. But for a century, the case has gone unsolved. Why was she tied up, tortured and brutally murdered? And who could have committed such a heinous crime? To all appearances, Miss Jean Milne was the model of respectibility, living a quiet life alone in her seaside mansion. But behind the façade, she had a secret life, her frequent trips to London masking a very different lifestyle. Now, using newly released evidence from police files and eyewitness testimony hidden for a century, Andrew Nicoll has brought the case back from the dead to reveal what really happened. It’s a shocking tale of class division, money, sex, lies, betrayal and murder. And, at last, after a hundred years, the curious death of Miss Jean Milne may finally have found a solution.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR After a brief stint as a lumberjack, Andrew Nicoll has spent his working life as a newspaper journalist. His first novel, The Good Mayor, was an international bestseller. Andrew is married with three children.
PRAISE FOR ANDREW NICOLL “A triumph of tone, very moving, completely convincing.” ANDREW MARR on The Good Mayor “An exuberant, whirlwind read, with a glint of steel beneath the frothy plot.” THE GUARDIAN on The Good Mayor
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • July 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 982 1 Crime Fiction • £8.99 352pp • 198 x 129 mm eBook available
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Mr Mingin DAVID WALLIAMS, translated into Scots by MATTHEW FITT A new Scots translation of bestselling children’s author David Walliams’ Mr Stink
ABOUT THE BOOK Mr Mingin minged. He monged tae. And if it is guid Scots tae say he mingit, then he mingit as weel. He was the mingiest mingin minger that ever lived. Mingin is the warst kin o smell. Mingin is warse than honkin. Honkin is warse than bowfin. Bowfin is worse than a guff. And a guff can be eneuch tae make yer neb runkle. It wisnae Mr Mingin’s faut that he wis mingin He wis a gaberlunzie, efter aw. He didnae hae a hame and sae he never had the chaunce tae hae a richt guid wash like ye and me. Efter a while the mingin-ness jist got warse and warse. Chloe is the loneliest girl in the world. But then she meets Mr Stink (Mr Mingin), the local tramp. Yes, he smells a bit – but he’s the only person who’s ever been nice to her. So when Mr Stink needs somewhere to live, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed! But Chloe’s about to learn that some secrets have a way of leading to disaster. And speaking of secrets, there just might be more to Mr Stink than meets the nose...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Walliams is one of the world’s most successful children’s authors, with sales in excess of 4 million copies and books translated into more than 25 languages, the latest of which is Scots in this exciting new translation by Matthew Fitt.
PRAISE FOR ITCHY COO “It’s fascinating and educational to see this familiar text written in such an unfamiliar way, and a great reminder of our cultural heritage for those reading it in Scotland.” THE LIST on The Gruffalo in Scots “This translation into the ‘mither tongue’ will have you chucking out loud.” THE SCOTS MAGAZINE on Asterix and the Pechts
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • July 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 958 6 Children’s Fiction • £6.99 272pp • 198 x 129 mm
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A Taste of Ashes A DI Bob Valentine Story TONY BLACK
“Tony Black is my favourite British crime writer.” (Irvine Welsh)
ABOUT THE BOOK Following the harrowing case that nearly finished him off, DI Bob Valentine returns to normal duties in the heart of Burns Country on Scotland’s wind-scarred west coast. But all is not well in the town of Ayr, a place ravaged by austerity and slipping closer to the abyss every day. As the near-eviscerated corpse of a man is discovered on his kitchen table, fear grips the area and a murder investigation, probing a series of new lows for the town, gets underway. To add to Valentine’s woes, the victim’s partner is missing – as is her daughter. When a son with a violent past is added to the mix and the crime tally mounts, a tragic family drama starts to unfold. Drawn to uncover the truth, and haunted by his own nagging doubts about the case, the detective pushes himself ever harder, stretching his own fragile health and delicate home life. Valentine is still battling a post-traumatic stress that initially led to terrifying visions but now threatens to reveal the horrors of the victim’s last moments and an afterlife that seems to be calling to him with increasing regularity. Amidst a frenzied media storm, and a ticking clock adding fears for the missing, the investigator must work fast to piece together the illicit secrets of the family’s past before the body count increases.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tony Black is the author of seven previous novels, including Artefacts of the Dead and His Father’s Son. An award-winning journalist, he was born in Australia and grew up in Scotland and Ireland. Tony has been described by Irvine Welsh as his ‘favourite British crime writer’.
PRAISE FOR TONY BLACK “Dark. Relentless. Harrowing. Set in the shadows of evil, it’s a gripping tome that’s as chilling as the waves that lap Ayr’s shore in the dead of night.” DAILY RECORD on Artefacts of the Dead “You’re taken into a world filled with emotion, mystery and suspense. Twisty crime fiction at its best.” SHORTLIST MAGAZINE on Artefacts of the Dead
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • August 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 964 7 Crime Fiction • £7.99 320pp • 198 x 129 mm eBook available
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Safe Hands in Paradise My Autobiohraphy JOHN FALLON
A Celtic legend tells the fascinating inside story of his career in football and his years with the club. ABOUT THE BOOK John Fallon remains one of Celtic’s great characters and is a lifelong supporter of the club. Now, for the first time, this Celtic legend tells the fascinating inside story of his career in football and his years with the club. Fallon joined Celtic in the late 1950s when the club was struggling and saw a fair amount of the desperate days of 1963 and 1964 but was there at the start of the glory years when Celtic won the Scottish Cup in 1965. He shared in good and bad times with the club, was the substitute goalkeeper at the European Cup final in Lisbon in 1967 and was suddenly called into action in South America when Ronnie Simpson was felled by a missile – and performed brilliantly. He hit a low point in 1968 after one bad game against Rangers at the New Year, but fought back gloriously to play his part in the incredible month of April 1969 when Celtic won all three Scottish domestic trophies in one calendar month. It is a career he is rightly proud of, and now John Fallon reveals the inside story and some brand-new insights into his relationship with Jock Stein and other members of the Lisbon Lions, which were not always straightforward. There are accounts of his dealings with opponents and the clashes with Rangers and European opposition in what was a fantastic era for the game in Scotland. He also shares his opinions on the art of goalkeeping, the state of Celtic at the moment and the future of the game in Scotland. John Fallon ended his career with Motherwell and Morton, but his finest playing years were with Celtic Football Club, and Safe Hands in Paradise is a fascinating account of a fantastic football career from the golden years of Scottish football.
PUBLICATION DETAILS Paperback • August 2015 ISBN 978 1 84502 959 3 Biography • £9.99 256pp • 234 x 156 mm eBook available
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Watch Over Me DANIELA SACERDOTI £7.99 / 978 1 84502 528 1
Take Me Home DANIELA SACERDOTI £7.99 / 978 1 84502 746 9
His Father’s Son TONY BLACK £7.99 / 978 1 84502 736 0
The Half-Life of Hannah NICK ALEXANDER £7.99 / 978 1 84502 719 3
No.1 KINDLE BESTSELLER Over 400,000 copies sold as an eBook.
Heartbreaking and uplifting, Take Me Home is a beautiful story of love, loss and never forgetting who you really are.
His Father’s Son is a touching and beautiful story of a family struggling to come to terms with their past, their present and an uncertain future.
No. 1 KINDLE BESTSELLER Over 300,000 downloads sold as an eBook.
An ethereal and beautifully written debut novel, Watch Over Me is a poignant story about letting go and moving on – with a little bit of help from beyond the grave.
“Soulful and stunningly written, this reads like a future classic.” LISA JEWELL
If your first love came back to offer you everything you ever dreamed of, what would you do?
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Other Halves £7.99 / 978 1 84502 764 3
When Sorry is Not Enough £7.99 / 978 1 84502 778 0
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Dragon Land £7.99 / 978 1 84502 743 8
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Call Me Sister £9.99 / 978 1 84502 639 4
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I Love You, Goodbye £7.99 / 978 1 84502 435 2
I’ll No Tell You Again £14.99 / 978 1 84502 889 3
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There’s Been A Life! £15.99 / 978 1 84502 949 4
The Youngs £14.99 / 978 1 84502 938 8
Paradise & Beyond £7.99 / 978 1 84502 469 7
Gordon Smith £7.99 / 978 1 84502 439 0
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Heartman £7.99 / 978 1 84502 775 9
Lawless £7.99 / 978 1 84502 745 2
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Knit Your Own Scotland £9.99 / 978 1 84502 505 2
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Bloody Scotland £9.99 / 978 1 84502 789 6
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Room on the Broom in Scots £6.99 / 978 1 84502 753 7 The Gruffalo in Scots £6.99 / 978 1 84502 503 8
The Gruffalo’s Wean £6.99 / 978 1 84502 695 0 The Eejits £4.99 / 978 1 84502 097 2
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Precious and the Mischief at Meerkat Brae £9.99 / 978 1 84502 546 5
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