High above the shore of Loch Ness over 1,000ft above sea level lies a small community of scattered house, each with their own little croft. Blackfold and this is the place I was brought up in. A mystical place, miles from nowhere and full of ghostly tales and mysterious goings on. Each house had it’s own unique, very special, very strange characters and as you read on you will meet them all. Each character had their own peculiar way of living on the crofts, a way of life long forgotten and faded away into the misty heathery hillsides. There are all sorts of revelations in this book from Ghosts to the Lochness monster. The hardships of living on the croft and I’ll take you right up to the present day through all the changes that have taken place.

High above the shore of Loch Ness over 1,000ft above sea level lies a small community of scattered house, each with their own little croft. Blackfold and this is the place I was brought up in. A mystical place, miles from nowhere and full of ghostly tales and mysterious goings on. Each house had it's own unique, very special, very strange characters and as you read on you will meet them all. Each character had their own peculiar way of living on the crofts, a way of life long forgotten and faded away into the misty heathery hillsides. There are all sorts of revelations in this book from Ghosts to the Lochness monster. The hardships of living on the croft and I'll take you right up to the present day through all the changes that have taken place.

From the author of The Sound of Things Falling, a "brilliant new novel" (New York Times Book Review) and one of the most buzzed about books of the year! "One of the most original new voices of Latin American literature." -- Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature When Gabriel Santoro's book is scathingly reviewed by his own father, a famous Bogotá rhetorician, Gabriel is devastated. Cataloguing the life of longtime family friend Sara Guterman, a Jewish German immigrant who escaped to Colombia during the 1930s, Gabriel's book seemed an innocent attempt to preserve a piece of his country's rapidly vanishing past. But as Gabriel pours over his research looking for clues to his father's anger, he discovers a sinister secret locked in the pages. After his father's death, and with the help of Sara Guterman and his father's girlfriend, Angelina, Gabriel peels back layer after shocking layer of family history-from the streets of 1940s Bogotá to a stranger's doorstep in 1990s Medellín-to reveal a hidden portrait of their past-dark, complex, and inescapable. Juan Gabriel Vásquez has been hailed as one of the leading writers of his generation, compared to Borges, John Le Carre, Joseph Conrad and W. G. Sebald.

Omnibus Edition Charcoal Notes, Crimson Melodies and Raven Acoustics Follow the lives of the owners of Red & Black record label as they navigate their way through the music industry. The nine-book series is now complete. Charcoal Notes: It starts with Sebastian Wild and Tara Adkins in Charcoal Notes. Their friendship turned to a business partnership, and now Seb wants more. So does Tara, but she is worried that he won’t see her as more than a friend. When Seb senses that all is not well at home with her flatmate, his protective side comes out. Sebastian and Tara embark on a passionate journey, attempting to prove to each other that it only matters what they think about their relationship, not the public or his parents. Sebastian thought he had won her heart until Valentino, the devious, handsome Italian man, tries to lure Tara away. Game on, may the best man win Tara’s heart forever. Crimson Melodies: Donovan Dreamboat Carter's ambition in life wasn't to become the lead singer of the band Maverick. His plan to move to Brighton to assist his aunt run a halfway house was to get away from his past. He'd finished his degree, had the skills to help his aunt. Life for him would be settled. When he saw Alex Devlin, lead singer of the globally successful rock band, Fragile, peeling carrots at his aunt’s kitchen sink, he faltered on the threshold. His knew with certainty that his life would change forever. Raven Acoustics: Errol is out of rehab and is set on world domination. His record label is only too happy to pull his puppet strings to get him to the top of the soul music charts. But it comes at a price, a price Errol doesn't find out until it is too late. He seeks solace in a local candle maker's shop where Jane, the owner listens to tales of woe. When Ivory walks into the shop that has been his home away from home for over ten years, he is knocked sideways. It's only when he meets Ivory that he vows to keep his sobriety promise.

Can you imagine deciding to surprise your husband one winter night while he is having to work late on a new business contract? Deciding you will give him your own personal version of 'dictation'. You have thought long and hard on the right 'take me over the desk now' outfit, an outfit albeit in your opinion oozes class and sophistication; yet, still - somehow, tantalisingly contradicts itself the way the length of the dress doesn't seem to meet the standards your mother would approve of the way it falls a whole dare I say it, 3ins above the knee, and the hide and peek a boo plunging neckline would have her shaking her head in utter disgust. However, regardless of this minor paradox, you feel sexy - a vixen; so, can you imagine the horror, of arriving at his office, quietly opening his office door to be confronted by more than you bargained for? Four Women follows the story of thirty-five year old Nickola as she embarks on a personal journey of self discovery with her three best friends after surviving the hell of surprising her husband.

2 great reads in 1 value-priced boxed set! 900 pages in print. The Pieces of the Puzzle - While in Munich conducting a rendition of a known terrorist, Scott's cover is blown. Before Scott can get away, his entire operations team is wiped out, and he alone escapes into the night. When he returns to the U.S., Scott finds himself a wanted man, and must go on the run from the agency that is trying to convict him of high treason. Now Scott conducts secret surveillance of those he thinks can give him a way out while slowly getting drawn into a web of deceit. The Cards in the Deck - In the heart of the Mediterranean, Scott Evers is drawn into a harrowing world centered around one of history's most elite military warrior forces: the Navy SEALs. Facing a chilling, relentless adversary, Scott is pulled into a landscape of Navy strike groups, tactical response teams, and killers willing to do anything it takes to get the job done. Drawing from his past experiences as an analyst and operative, Scott races to find answers and decide whom to trust... before the world becomes a place we no longer recognize.