Eileen Ramsay

"An elderly tapister keels over in Exeter Cathedral while viewing the famous embroidered rondels. A woman's body is found in Salisbury, and in London yet another woman dies from supposed "natural causes." But there are no natural causes in a Martha Grimes novel or in the world inhabited by Scotland Yard Chief Superintendent Richard Jury.". "Is there a link connecting these three women? Of course. Jury is convinced that the link is Santa Fe, New Mexico. Leaving Melrose Plant, ex-earl and amateur sleuth, to pursue inquiries in London, Jury heads over to the States, where, surrounded by turquoise jewelry and a thirteen-year-old girl with a pet coyote, he searches for and finds an astonishing web of greed, murder, and mayhem."--BOOK JACKET.

There was a fire, a scandal. A famous actor died; his lover, a famous actress, was arrested ... Now Abbots House has been rebuilt, and a mysterious woman who hides her face and talks to no one lives there. Rumours fly through the Scottish seaside village. Kate Buchanan can't leave her tragic past behind - nor can she remember what actually happened that fateful night. Now, though, snatches of her memory start to return ...

After Jamie befriends the wealthy owner of a large city house, several attempts are made on his life. Is there a connection? And can Jamie discover it before tragedy strikes? This is an adventure set in 19th-century urban Scotland.

She would, some day, remember only the joy... Fern Graham has a comfortable life in the Lake District: her husband, Max, dotes on her, Rachel and Charlie, her two bright and loving children, mean everything to her and a career as an author keeps her mind alive. But when she is invited to celebrity-filled Rome and New York to write the authorized biography of one of the world's greatest operatic tenors, Fern starts to question just how happy she really is at home. Pietro Petrungero's voice captivates millions and everyone around him is touched by his quiet sensitivity. The more time the singer and his biographer spend together, the more they realise that they are falling passionately in love. And soon the professional moves into the realm of pleasure. Fern, though, is tortured - she is torn between two worlds, torn between two men - and she knows that pain and heartache will be involved in whichever choice she makes...

Kirsty Robertson, becomes a young school teacher in Scotland. She falls in love with the local landowner's son, Hugh Granville-Baker, who dies in the trenches during World War I. Following the death of her husband, she left alone and pregnant, and she wondering if she will ever find happiness.

At the Forfar Feein Market beautiful and intelligent Rowena MacFarlane is hired by Angus Campbell to help his wife, Lizzie, with her small sons. But Rowena affects more than the running of the household. Four men love her in their different ways and she loves them in return, Angus, her employer, wild Marek, the Irish gypsy who grew up with her, Tam Laird, the horseman, and Matthew Gray, the gambler, who lives his life on the throw of a dice. Only one is the father of Rowena's daughter. Only one has Rowena's heart.

In 1886, Lucy Graham rebels against convention and attends university, followed by medical school in Edinburgh. Meanwhile, Rosie Nesbitt, born in a Dundee slum, fights to become a doctor. The lives and loves of these women are traced.

Childhood friends, Holly, Jenny and Isla plan to take the world by storm. Holly will be a first-class chef, Jenny a superb nurse, and Isla will become a great singer. Within a few weeks of settling into their new flat in Edinburgh, each girl has a foot firmly on the ladder of success. Everything is going according to plan until they meet three very different but very eligible men. Is it possible for them to continue with their career plans? Can they 'have it all'. Or, in fact, does Love Change Everything?

Mairi McGloughlin loves the land but as she is a girl the family farm will go to her brother Ian, who wants to be a poet. When Mairi leaves school to look after her widowed father and her brother, life begins to take its plotted course; her father hopes she will marry the farmer's son next door, a marriage in which Mairi can see the sense, but there is also Robin the scholar, her brother's best friend who has been a thorn in her side since they were children. However, all this is turned on its head by the bloodbath of the 1914 war. The young men are caught up in the struggle, either as soldiers or conscientious objectors and sometimes as both and Mairi remains on the farm, watching the circle of the seasons, and coming to grips with a changing world where only the land and love are constant.

The past is never forgotten - but can it ever be forgiven? When a terrible accusation ended her marriage five years ago Sophie Winter was determined she'd never be hurt again. With an exciting job at Scotland's new parliament and a fulfilling social life, she finally feels she has buried the bittersweet memories of her past. But some things aren't easily forgotten...A family wedding draws her back to Tuscany and Sophie encounters Raffaele de Nardis again. The world famous pianist is proud, passionate and devastatingly handsome. He is also her ex-husband. Sophie realises that she can only face the future if she confronts the past.

In the days between the great wars, Jamie, the son of Lord Inchmarnock, and Alejandro Medina, a Mexican orphan with a secret past and an amazing musical talent meet at school in Edinburgh. Great changes face them all when war comes and Jamie and Alejandro join the airforce. As both are shot down over France everyone pulls together to help one another.

Holly Noble believes she was the most important person in her Aunt Tony's life: summers spent as a child with the reclusive painter are some of her most precious memories. When Tony dies, Holly returns to the cottage at Torry Bay in Argyll to claim her inheritance. What she finds in the attic changes her life forever...A series of beautifully painted pictures depicting the world famous opera singer Blaise Fougere hints at a secret love affair that spanned the decades. Determined to show Tony's lost genius to the world, Holly decides to exhibit the works. Blaise's arrogant nephew, Taylor Hartman, refuses to believe that his uncle is the subject of the paintings and decides to prevent what he believes to be the deluded dreams of a frustrated artist being shown to the world. But as each canvas is hung, and the story of 'Toinette' and the man Holly only knew as 'Uncle Fire' is told, the colour, the passion and the beauty of the paintings draw Taylor and Holly ever closer.

Dumfries, Scotland in 1910. Life for Kate Kennedy, the old miner's daughter, was never easy, but for her had it tougher than most. She is just 13 when her mother dies and there after Kate takes over the running of the household and acts as a mother to her younger siblings. When Kate grows up, she decides to marry Charlie. But sometimes it seemed as if all her great plans and secret dreams had been in vain...