Nigel Bird

• Oct-2023
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Rosa Santiago, a healer who relies on the natural resources of her island, is helping yet another army deserter to escape, only this time things are different. She cares for the soldier, for a start, and he has news of a mysterious plague that is dev...

• Nov-2021
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This year, the fireworks will be red hot... Skates Farrington is a changed man. Gone are the smart suits, the dull meetings and the extra pounds. Nowadays, he gets his thrills at the skate park and from whatever substances his dealers send his way. T...

• Nov-2020
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Double Dutch loves playing Cupid and for one lucky lady his arrow will be painfully sharp. Only the police can prevent him from hitting his target before Valentine's Day comes to a close. It's almost twenty years since the last Double Dutch killing a...

• Nov-2019
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Police Constable Ernie Shavers is murdered while trying to save the life of a suicidal teenager and everyone wants a piece of the killer. Some are happy to play it by the book, others don't give a damn whether the rules are smashed to pieces. Whether...

• Nov-2017
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With the death toll at the Phoenix Festival rising, Jesse is one of the lucky ones. Unfortunately he can't see things that way. As soon as he regains consciousness, there's only one thing on his mind -- REVENGE. He enlists Danny's help to find the ...

• Sep-2017
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Two Edinburgh PhD students head to the Phoenix Festival to sell legal highs. When a friend discovers that their Horn-E pills are poison, he faces a race against the clock to make sure that nobody comes to any harm. To complicate matters, the drugs we...

• Aug-2017
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Geoff isn't having a good day. He wakes up to find his dream has turned into a grey cloud. The grey cloud starts to rain and to follow him everywhere he goes. Nobody seems to want to have anything to do with him and then he finds himself in the park ...

• May-2017
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It doesn't take long for Ray Spalding to discover that prison is nothing like an Elvis Presley movie. The warden has no intention of throwing a party and the only bands Ray encounters are gangs of hard men. When an old adversary seeks him out, Ray de...

• May-2017
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Ray Spalding's had enough of his wife, Paula. He's left his home in Edinburgh's Southside and headed for Belfast. It's safer there. Unknown to Ray, Paula's also had enough of him. She's not going back home. Not now, not ever. Jesse Spalding wakes up ...

• Jun-2016
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Doing the right thing can land you in a whole heap of trouble, or so Natalie Swift discovers on her Florence vacation. When she interferes with the soul collection of a child, she inadvertently opens the gates to Heaven and Hell and finds herself in ...

• Feb-2016
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Lieutenant Bradley Heap has gone AWOL and taken along his wife and son. They’re managing to cope until a chance encounter turns their world upside down. With no money and no contacts, the Heaps are forced underground. It’s a tough path they’ve ...

• Nov-2014
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Book OneRay Spalding's had enough of his wife, Paula. He's left his home in Edinburgh's Southside and headed for Belfast. It's safer there.Unknown to Ray, Paula's also had enough of him. She's not going back home. Not now, not ever.Jesse Spalding wak...

• Oct-2013
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Nigel Bird and his stories have appeared in so many places that it’s about time the best of them were brought together in one collection.

His work has also received so much praise that this collection should be a must for the fan of the short st...

• Aug-2013
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Awarded the CROWNED HEART OF EXCELLENCE by InD'tale magazine. Single mother Cath is the ray of sunshine Max has been looking for to brighten up his life. When she pins up an advert in his bookstore seeking a piano teacher for her daughter, Alice, Max...

• Mar-2013
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When Sam hears that the storms along Scotland's east coast, there's only one thing he wants to do - catch the surf. Missing out is not an option. Taking his board out to sea is full of risk. The storms are even heavier than Sam expects and he doesn't...

• Feb-2013
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"Grim, but really good" Ian Rankin

Carlo Salvino returns home missing an arm and a leg. He's keen to win back the affections of his teenage girlfriend and mother of his child. If he can take his revenge on the Ramsays, so much the better.

The R...

• Nov-2012
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• Nov-2012
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ARCHIE works for MR SUIT, or at least he did until he was shot in the head after a botched kidnapping.

Now, he's a victim of Locked-In Syndrome who relies on his wife LIZA for everything and who can only communicate with her by blinking.

The ti...

• Jun-2012
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SMOKE - 'Grim, but really good.' Ian Rankin

DIRTY OLD TOWN - 'A rare talent.' Allan Guthrie

IN LOCO PARENTIS - 'In Local Parentis is terrific, start to finish.' Charlie Stella

IN LOCO PARENTIS is the debut novel of the prize-winning author o...

• Nov-2011
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• Mar-2011
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George has been in Copenhagen for months and has failed to make any real friends. His dreamy images of Europe shattered and all desire to discover his true-self gone, the only way he sees to make a name for himself is as an eccentric outsider.Distrac...

• Feb-2011
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