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When in Rome... kill me

 

Bad boy Edinburgh author Jez McCullough is more trouble than he's worth. He's loud mouthed, annoying and a possible plagiarist, but worst of all – he's out of fashion. When he goes missing during a promotional trip to Rome, it's the perfect boost to a flagging career. The question is – is his disappearance part of an elaborate PR campaign or are more sinister forces at work? From Scotland to Italy there are no shortage of people wanting to see the back of Jez McCullough... possibly coming together in the mysterious Pigneto Suicide Club. Enter Mary Dollar – Edinburgh investigator and woman of a certain age. Can she unravel the clues and crack the case before it's too late?

The Prime Minister's Wife is Missing... Presumed Dead

The Prime Minister's Wife is Missing... Presumed Dead brings together The Rachel Redemption and The Rachel Revolution in one explosive read! Thrilling, funny, sexy - the story is part blistering political satire , part breathless odyssey through a world broken by terrorism, corruption and lies where the rich and powerful conspire to resurrect the dead.

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The Rachel Revolution

The death of The death of the Prime Minister's wife shocked the world. People mourned and an illegal war was waged in her name. Three years on – the immigration crisis; terrorism; Brexit; fake news; corruption and scandal in high places threaten to tear the world apart. The image of Rachel Briars is held up as a beacon of hope. The Vatican is making her a saint. NGOs and charities are turning her into an humanitarian icon. Others see her as an object of desire – like the Russian oligarch who wants to possess her and her 'widowed' husband who wants her back. Rachel just wants to stay dead.
 

The Rachel Redemption

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When the Prime Minister’s beautiful, humanitarian and internationally adored wife, Lady Rachel Briars, apparently dies in a car crash in the centre of Rome alongside her Iranian playboy lover the world mourns her loss – but what if the whole thing is a set-up planned by the people who stand to benefit the most? A desperately unpopular Prime Minister who wants to win another term; the wife who yearns to live a life away from the paparazzi; the lover who wants to avoid an assassin’s bullet – it’s the perfect conspiracy theory, but there's a problem – in a Rome convent there is woman waking up with no memory, who happens to look very like the Prime Minister’s wife; soon everyone wants a piece of her – from the Vatican to the Russian Mafia, but is she Rachel or just destined to be part of The Rachel Redemption?

Edinburied

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2014 is a year of destiny in Scotland and the battle lines are being drawn. Everyone is being asked to pick a side. Fraser and Cath are sick of it all and just want to escape from Edinburgh but malevolent forces are on the rise - will they be able to break free or will they end up Edinburied?
Life is pretty mundane for Fraser and Cath at the start of the year. They're fed up living in Edinburgh - they're sick of the money-grabbing landlords, the annoying yahs, the snobbery and the stack of missed opportunities. Their fortunes change with an introduction to the new procurator fiscal but is this man their saviour or is there a catch?

Brexit Wounds
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The place: the former United Kingdom. The time: 2026 – ten years on from the EU Referendum result. The UK has descened into a civil war between the 'Europs' and the 'Britters'. There's open warfare on the streets of the major cities owned by the Europs and in the badlands territory, known as the 'Field', ruled by the 'Britters'. With foresight the Europs have trained their new generation to be tech-savvy soldiers ready to fight and protect. One team from Manchester Metropolitan University - lead by Scot Jenny Carstairs - is given the mission to recapture Media City in Salford and put an end to fake news broadcasting. However after they are forced off course and are left to survive in the Field they have to decide where to go and who to trust.
Pigneto Suicide Club
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Three stories, four Scottish people, one Europe. The stories within the Pigneto Suicide Club collection explore the nervy paranoia of people travelling outside their own personal comfort zones. Set against a backdrop of Brexit, suicide, madness, the churches of Rome and casual sexual exploitation – the stories are touching, unnerving and uplifting. But ultimately - they're about four individuals all cautiously looking for an adventure before it's too late.
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