Sally Magnusson Livres

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKNOW WITH A NEW CHAPTER.

From the first, it leaps from the page... I found myself absolutely persuaded by Ásta's extraordinary journey from the harsh Icelandic coast to the strange and splendid palaces of Algiers. I enjoyed and admired it in equal measure Sarah Perry, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT

Eric Liddell is famous for being the man who would not compromise his religious principles and refused to compete in the Olympics on a Sunday - despite the fact that he was the red hot favourite for the gold. Instead, he entered a different event that was not being competed on the Sabbath...and won a gold anyway. One of Scotland's finest athletes, Liddell was feted throughout the United Kingdom. At the height of his fame, however, he slipped quietly out of the limelight to become a missionary in China, where he later came to an unpleasant end in a Japanese internment camp. Eric Liddell's remarkable story was the subject of the smash 1982 film "Chariots of Fire."

1856, the Scottish Highlands. A haunting novel of a young doctor's wife, Isabel Aird, struggling to make her childless life meaningful, unaware that the sinister Robert Kirke is watching her every move when she becomes pregnant again. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Where Memories Go and The Sealwoman's Gift.

Set against the backdrop of a full moon and eerie legends, Horace the Haggis embarks on a whimsical adventure to teach Professor Nut the bagpipes at the Secret Loch. Unbeknownst to him, danger lurks in the form of the Ghost Dog and his arch-nemesis, The Cat With No Name, accompanied by her menacing allies. This continuation of the Acre Valley saga reunites beloved characters like Martha Mouse and Ferdy Fox, blending humor with lighthearted scares for an entertaining tale.

Horace the Haggis finds refuge among the animals of Acre Valley. But Angus McPhee, chief of the haggis-hunters, and his deadly cat are out to trap him. Can a flower-eating fox, a loyal mouse, a gossipy rook, two magpies on Twitter and the bumbling efforts of the Mole Patrol help Horace escape before he is caught in a net and boiled for dinner?

Horace the haggis gets a terrible shock when he visits his friends on Christmas Eve. Worse, pinned to each house is a note with the single letter V - the personal sign of the most feared gangster in Acre Valley. Introducing the scariest, wildest, funniest family in Acre Valley, and a new friend for Martha Mouse.

This stunning collection of stories, edited by Sally Magnusson, brings thirty Scottish personalities from all walks of life to their perfect place and showcases the special locations that remind them of loved ones, speak to pivotal moments in life, or simply feed the soul.

A tenement room-and-kitchen flat in Rutherglen, near Glasgow. A woman with stark injuries to her face and her mind and a man recently arrived from America spend the night together. Through facing their shared past and the brutal events of 30 years ago, they can finally glimpse a future of new possibilities.