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Take a sip and enter the world of the dead... As the station
prepares to close down for good, DI Georgie Strachan is running out
of time to find out what is really going on in Burrowhead and put a
stop to it. A deadly drug appears in the small Scottish village,
best consumed with the blood of a freshly slaughtered animal. But
what does this have to do with the deaths and suicides? And who is
responsible for supplying it? As rituals and threats reach a
frantic high, no one wants to speak. It seems the drug is ingrained
in the very fabric of the village. Suspects abound as Georgie
questions who she can really trust. Praise for When the Dead Come
Calling: 'Unputdownable... Helen Sedgwick saw into the future and
that future is now!' Lemn Sissay, author of My Name Is Why 'Helen
Sedgwick is one of Scotland's finest contemporary storytellers.'
Claire Askew, author of All the Hidden Truths 'Sedgwick's writing
is minutely observational, clever and warm.' Scotsman
In the first of the Burrowhead Mysteries, an atmospheric murder
investigation unearths the brutal history of a village where no one
is innocent. When psychotherapist Alexis Cosse is found murdered in
the playground of the sleepy northern village of Burrowhead, DI
Strachan and her team of local police investigate, exposing a
maelstrom of racism, misogyny and homophobia simmering beneath the
surface of the village. Shaken by the revelations and beginning to
doubt her relationship with her husband, DI Strachan discovers
something lurking in the history of Burrowhead, while someone (or
something) equally threatening is hiding in the strange and haunted
cave beneath the cliffs...
'Unputdownable... Helen Sedgwick saw into the future and that
future is now! It's an incredible book! READ IT.' Lemn Sissay on
When the Dead Come Calling Gone but not forgotten... An
archaeological dig exposes a brutal history and a witness finally
speaks. It seems the wickedness swirling in the harsh sea air of
Burrowhead might be excised at last. But before DI Georgie Strachan
can lift the veil of evil, a black horse is slaughtered on an altar
in the woods and human remains begin to surface. Sinister rituals
connect past and present but no one wants to see, or tell, or hear,
the truth. Soon Georgie must face the question: where do the
missing souls of the village gather?
Nearly 10,000 young people in Scotland are homeless. Some we see on
the streets, thousands more are 'hidden' - sofa surfing, in
B&Bs and living in unsafe homes. Every one of them has their
own story to tell. For 30 years Rock Trust has been listening to
their stories and helping them find a home. In All the Way Home,
some of Scotland's leading authors have come together with young
people to mark this anniversary of Rock Trust's urgent, ongoing
work. Across first-hand accounts, poetry and fiction, this
anthology brings to life the visible and invisible realities of
home and homelessness, of family and belonging.
Two lives. One night sky. Roisin and Francois first meet in the
snowy white expanse of Antarctica, searching for a comet overhead.
While Roisin grew up in a tiny village in Ireland, ablaze with a
passion for science and the skies, Francois was raised by his
restless young mother, who dreamt of new worlds but was unable to
turn her back on her past. As we loop back through their lives we
see their paths cross as they come closer and closer to this
moment, brought together by the infinite possibilities of the night
sky.
'Unputdownable... Helen Sedgwick saw into the future and that
future is now! It's an incredible book! READ IT.' Lemn Sissay on
When the Dead Come Calling Gone but not forgotten... An
archaeological dig exposes a brutal history and a witness finally
speaks. It seems the wickedness swirling in the harsh sea air of
Burrowhead might be excised at last. But before DI Georgie Strachan
can lift the veil of evil, a black horse is slaughtered on an altar
in the woods and human remains begin to surface. Sinister rituals
connect past and present but no one wants to see, or tell, or hear,
the truth. Soon Georgie must face the question: where do the
missing souls of the village gather?
**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR** What if anyone could have
a baby? A boldly original and unforgettable novel from a rising
star. Now we have equality. Now we've outgrown our biology. With
FullLife's baby pouch, women are liberated and men can share the
joy of childbearing. Holly's whole family knows the benefits, but
Eva doesn't believe society has changed for the better and Piotr
has uncovered a secret behind FullLife's glossy facade. What
separates them may just bring them together, as they search for the
truth about FullLife and each face a truth of their own. 'A
compelling what-if about the female body, technology and power'
Guardian
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