Careless
by Deborah Robertson
Eight-year-old Pearl tries very hard to get things right. In their cramped apartment, she watches over her small brother and manages her mother's happiness, while carefully guarding her private passions. But the events of a summer's day are about to change Pearl's world, and nothing may ever be right again.
Suggested by David Kenvyn
On the Trail of the Real Macbeth, King of Alba
by Cameron Taylor
So Birnam Wood didn't come to Dunsinane, there weren't any witches and Lady MacBeth did not have trouble with her washing. This is still a fascinating story of a real man.
Suggested by David Kenvyn
Crimelord: The True Story of Tam McGraw
by David Leslie
Caught up in Glasgow's notorious 'ice cream wars' of the early 1980s, Tam McGraw was the leader of the Barlanark Team, a gang of robbers who caused havoc in central Scotland over a period of some 15 years. Told through friends, fellow crooks and occasional rivals, this is a true gangster story.
Suggested by David Kenvyn