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A Glasgow Kiss

Sophie Gravia

Published: 2021-04-08

Total Pages: 320

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There's nothing romantic about dating... A Glasgow Kiss [n.] A headbutt or a strike with the head to someone's sensitive area Meet Zara Smith: 29, single and muddling her way through life as a trainee nurse in Glasgow. With 30 fast approaching, she's determined to do whatever it takes to find love - or at least someone to sext! Cheered on by best friends Ashley and Raj, Zara embarks on a string of dating escapades that are as hilarious as they are disastrous. From online dating to blind dates, hometown hook-ups to flirty bartenders, nothing is off limits. But when Dr Tom Adams, aka Sugar Daddy, shows interest, it's a game-changing moment. Zara has had a crush on Tom since her very first day at the aesthetics clinic she works at part-time. As things heat up between them, Zara can't help but wonder: is this it? Or is it another disaster waiting to happen? Filthy, hilarious and painfully relatable, Zara Smith is Bridget Jones for the millennial generation, from the writer of the Sex in the Glasgow City blog. Fans of Fleabag, Girls and Lucy Vine will love A Glasgow Kiss. Readers can't get enough of A Glasgow Kiss: 'The story is relatable to at least 99% of the female population. It was heartwarming to know I'm not the only female who checks 'read' receipts and 'last active' on WhatsApp and social media platforms. I cried with laughter throughout the full book and the ending is soo fitting.' 'A group of us are all reading this at the moment as part of our newly formed and made up book club and honestly we couldn't have chosen a better book to start with... this is serious belly laugh, snort out loud material... we can't put it down!!! EVERY GIRL NEEDS TO READ THIS!!!' 'I loved this book so much, I couldn't put it down and finished it in two days. I laughed so much and it was definitely what 2020 needed! I hope hope hope there's a sequel on the cards - can't recommend enough!'

Glasgow Kiss

Alex Gray

Published: 2009-03-05

Total Pages: 368

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***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray's bestselling Scottish detective series*** Whether you've read them all or whether this is your first Lorimer novel, GLASGOW KISS is perfect if you love Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves Don't miss the latest thrilling series instalment - BEFORE THE STORM IS OUT NOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THE LORIMER SERIES: 'Warm-hearted, atmospheric' ANN CLEEVES 'Relentless and intriguing' PETER MAY 'Move over Rebus' DAILY MAIL 'Exciting, pacey, authentic' ANGELA MARSONS 'Superior writing' THE TIMES 'Immensely exciting and atmospheric' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH _______________ Eric Chalmers is one of the most popular teachers at Muirpark Secondary School in Glasgow. So when precocious teenager Julie Donaldson accuses Chalmers of rape, the school goes into shock. With some students and teachers supporting Julie, and others standing by Chalmers, life at Muirpark is far from harmonious. And then Julie Donaldson goes missing, and the police are called in. For DCI William Lorimer, this is the second missing persons case in a week. He's been having sleepless nights about a toddler who has been missing for several days. With hope fading, it becomes a breakneck race against time to find both missing girls.

The Long Glasgow Kiss

Craig Russell

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 438

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Lennox is a man balanced between the law and those who break it - a dangerous place where only the toughest and most ruthless survive. When Jimmy 'Small Change' MacFarlane is bludgeoned to death with a bronze statue of Danny Boy, his best greyhound, Lennox is drawn into hunting MacFarlane's killer and discovers that 'Small Change' was into a lot...

Paris Kiss

Maggie Ritchie

Published: 2015-02-01

Total Pages: 223

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Bohemian Paris in the 1880s. Exotic, strange and exciting – especially to young English sculptress Jessie Lipscomb, who joins her friend Camille to become a protégée of the great Auguste Rodin. Jessie and Camille enjoy a passionate friendship and explore the demi-monde of the vibrant city, meeting artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec and the boldly unconventional Rosa Bonheur. But when Rodin and Camille embark on a scandalous affair, Jessie is cast as their unwilling go-between and their friendship unravels. Years later she tracks her down to an insane asylum where Camille tells her an explosive secret – can their friendship survive the betrayal?

Red Thorn

David Baillie (Freelance writer and artist)

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

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On the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow, a girl whose drawings somehow come to life has just stumbled across her one true love. And thousands of miles below those streets, an ancient demi-god plots his escape from the prison where he's been held for nearly two thousand years. Evil forces are at play and no one is safe as the legends of Scottish mythology collide with the modern world. Fans of FABLES and THE SANDMAN won't want to miss this riveting dark fantasy epic! Collects issues #1-6.

The Swipes of My Life

Kirsten McStay

Published: 2021-08-25

Total Pages: 429

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𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘨𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘸" (𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘴). 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 "𝘔𝘳. 𝘉𝘪𝘨", 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 - 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 (𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘧*𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴.

The Young Team

Graeme Armstrong

Published: 2020-03-05

Total Pages: 380

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The Times top ten bestseller Granta Best of Young British Novelists Scots Book o the Year Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award & Betty Trask Award ‘Trainspotting for a new generation’ – Independent ‘An instant Scottish classic’ – The Skinny 2005. Glasgow is named Europe’s Murder Capital, driven by a violent territorial gang and knife culture. In the housing schemes of adjacent Lanarkshire, Scotland’s former industrial heartland, wee boys become postcode warriors. 2004. Azzy Williams joins the Young Team [YTP]. A brutal gang conflict with their deadly rivals, the Young Toi [YTB] begins. 2012. Azzy dreams of another life. He faces his toughest fight of all – the fight for a different future. Expect Buckfast. Expect bravado. Expect street philosophy. Expect rave culture. Expect anxiety. Expect addiction. Expect a serious facial injury every six hours. Expect murder. Hope for a way out. Inspired by the experiences of its author, Graeme Armstrong, The Young Team is an energetic novel, full of the loyalty, laughs, mischief, boredom, violence and threat of life on these streets. It looks beyond the tabloid stereotypes to tell a powerful story about the realities of life for young people in Britain today. ‘A swaggering, incendiary debut’ – Guardian ‘Dialect that fizzes off the page’ – Observer ‘One of the most admired young voices in British fiction’ – The Times

Girl in Pieces

Kathleen Glasgow

Published: 2018-04-10

Total Pages: 449

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book."—Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don’t have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie’s heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge. A deeply moving portrait of a girl in a world that owes her nothing, and has taken so much, and the journey she undergoes to put herself back together. Kathleen Glasgow's debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It’s a story you won’t be able to look away from. And don’t miss Kathleen Glasgow's novels You’d Be Home Now and How to Make Friends with the Dark, both raw and powerful stories of life.

The Agathas

Kathleen Glasgow

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 417

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Who killed Brooke Donovan? It’s the biggest mystery of the summer, and everyone in Castle Cove thinks they know what happened. But they're wrong. Two unlikely friends come together to solve the case in this fast-paced, fun, modern Agatha Christie inspired thriller. "Part Agatha Christie, part Veronica Mars, and completely entertaining." —Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Of Us Is Lying A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF SUMMER Last summer, Alice Ogilvie’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. She's not talking, so where she went and what happened to her is the biggest mystery in Castle Cove. Or it was, at least. But now, another one of Steve’s girlfriends has vanished: Brooke Donovan, Alice’s ex–best friend. And it doesn’t look like Brooke will be coming back. . . Enter Iris Adams, Alice’s tutor. Iris has her own reasons for wanting to disappear, though unlike Alice, she doesn’t have the money or the means. That could be changed by the hefty reward Brooke’s grandmother is offering to anyone who can share information about her granddaughter’s whereabouts. The police are convinced Steve is the culprit, but Alice isn’t so sure, and with Iris on her side, she just might be able to prove her theory. In order to get the reward and prove Steve’s innocence, they need to figure out who killed Brooke Donovan. And luckily Alice has exactly what they need—the complete works of Agatha Christie. If there’s anyone that can teach the girls how to solve a mystery it’s the master herself. But the town of Castle Cove holds many secrets, and Alice and Iris have no idea how much danger they're about to walk into.

Red Thorn Vol. 1: Glasgow Kiss

David Baillie

Published: 2016-08-02

Total Pages: 172

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RED GOD RISING Although she grew up in America, gifted artist Isla Mackintosh is a Scot at heart. Both of her parents were born in Glasgow, and 25 years ago her older sister Lauren vanished during a visit to the land of her ancestry. Now, Isla is following in her sister’s footsteps, hoping to discover the truth behind her disappearance. The secret she’s about to unearth, however, is far older and more dangerous than she ever could have guessed. Something has been waiting for Isla, deep beneath the moors. A pagan demigod has been trapped there for millennia, caged inside the bones of ancient gods. He smells of the blood of a thousand enemies and the sweat of countless lovers. His name is Thorn, and Isla’s art is the key to his freedom. Writer David Baillie and artists Meghan Hetrick and Steve Pugh bring the myths and legends of Scotland roaring back to life in RED THORN VOL. 1: GLASGOW KISS-a sweeping, supernatural saga in the classic VERTIGO tradition! Collects RED THORN #1-7.