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Matt Sloan is an average student. He shares a flat in Edinburgh, attends lectures and seminars, and at the weekends he parties to excess. Without any responsibilities, Matt's life is free and a whole lot of fun.That is until one Monday morning when he wakes up after a particularly heavy weekend and can't remember who he is. He doesn't know where he is, he doesn't recognise anyone, his best friend has disappeared, and he's now sporting a six-inch scar on his back.As Matt recuperates he tries to remember what happened but his life begins to unravel and fall apart around him. Out of control and out of luck, Matt starts to learn that some stories and people from his past are best left there. But Matt keeps digging and ends up embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse.When you can't remember who you are, how do you know who you can trust?

It's midnight in London during the summer of 1995 and JACKIE McCANN is on the run.With only the clothes on his back and a letter from Scotland, he is determined to make his way north to find his true identity. Behind him, he leaves his Aunt and Uncle, who for years told him he was the sole survivor of the car crash that had wiped out his biological family. But now his life has turned upside down upon finding a letter from his father — hidden by his new family.In Glasgow things aren't what they seem. Jackie discovers the infamous Ice-Cream Wars of 1984 provide the violent backdrop to his family history, and a mysterious man in black makes his bloody presence felt.On the run and with his options slowly running out, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival opens up more links to his past and options for his future.Does Jackie find his true identity?Will he be reunited with his family?Will he wish he'd never found that letter in the first place?Some secrets are best left buried.

The last place exiled MI5 agent, Randolph Lowe, or Stella, once the world's most wanted assassin, want to be seen, is back on British soil.Hiding out in Italy one year after their encounter with satanic demon, Ferris, Randolph and Stella are persuaded into travelling to Edinburgh in Scotland to solve a series of horrific and unexplained murders.And when news leaks that Ferris is back on the move and MI5 are closing in, Stella and Randolph begin to wonder if there are any moves left they can make.What will it take to rid Edinburgh of the evil of a 17th Century curse? Only Stella knows the answer.This title is the sequel to the popular 2009 novella, STELLA.

Two years after returning to the UK, Ronnie Glover has the perfect life: his own company, a luxury penthouse overlooking the Thames, and a girlfriend most men would give their right arm to be with.But history has a way of not forgetting, and without realising it, Ronnie has become one of the most hunted men in the country.When his company office is burnt to the ground and his girlfriend murdered, Ronnie starts to suspect his past may have caught up with him. The police want to charge him with arson and murder, but only Ronnie knows the truth; he knows who is after him - and why.Ronnie fakes a chilling death and flees to Edinburgh fearing for his life. He takes a new identity that affords him none of the luxuries he once took for granted. But ghosts from the past are waiting for him in Scotland, too - a part of his past he knew nothing about.Ronnie's worlds come clashing together, and when they do he faces some tough decisions. Can he survive a life on the run? Can he get his old life back? Does he even want to?Sometimes, you're better off dead.

Following a public altercation with a young girl at the luxury hotel in Greece where Jamie Tosh works as a holiday rep, he seeks the friendly voice of his fiancée back in Scotland - who promptly dumps him.Jamie drowns his sorrows in a nearby beach bar, but when he wakes up on the beach the next morning covered in scratches and bruises around his face, and unable to remember what he did, he knows his life has changed forever.When he discovers the same young girl was murdered overnight, he knows he's become public enemy number one, and his idea of paradise has turned into the worst type of hell. With the Greek police on his tail, Jamie attempts to trace back the night before and ends up on a journey of fear and self-discovery.But nobody can hide forever, and sooner or later he has to face up to the life he has made for himself. With no way off the island, and almost nobody to turn to, Jamie discovers that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

Donald Watson was a seminal figure in the wildlife art and ornithological world from the late 1950s onwards. Since his death in 2005, his work has lived on through active public demand for his outstanding paintings of birds and the continued reading of his books. This is the first time his status and standing in the world of bird art and ornithology has been assessed.This definitive book is a series of biographical essays written by those who knew him and his outstanding contributions. There are so many perceptive insights about him and his work, and many previously untold stories that enliven the text. Reading the stories will bring back memories for all who knew him and hopefully inspire those who didn’t but who follow in his footsteps.Readers will find detailed accounts of his life, his character, his work ethic, his link with his ornithologist son Jeff, his high standing in the world of raptor workers written by his daughter Louise, his daughter-in-law Vanessa and by his close friend and neighbour Chris Rollie. His high standing in raptor protection and especially his outstanding Hen Harrier work is updated by Des Thompson and Colin Galbraith. The author reviews his writing skills and describes how his conservation campaigns are still relevant today. They will also learn so much about his art from the perceptive in-depth account by John Threlfall, himself a very successful wildlife artist.Beautifully illustrated with his outstanding paintings, examples of his exquisite scraper board sketches and family photographs, readers will want this book for its images alone.