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BLACK & WHITE
PUBLISHING
SPRING CATALOGUE
2019
lack & White Publishing
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Edinburgh, EH6 6NF
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Contents Fiction Where No Shadows FallPeter Ritchie 4 Our Little SecretsPeter Ritchie 5 Black WaterCormac O’Keeffe [new edition] 6 A Sinner’s PrayerM. P. Wright 7 The Manhattan ProjectPaul McNeive [new edition] 8 The Lives Before UsJuliet Conlin 9 The Good MayorAndrew Nicoll [new edition] 10 A Mother’s Gift [working title]Millie Gray 11 Bride Squad RunawayCaroline Grace-Cassidy & Lisa C. Carey 12 The Perfume Maker’s Promise [working title]Pippa James 13 Non-Fiction Whisky WarsMalcom Archibald [new edition] 14 Warriors & Witches & Damn Rebel BitchesMairi Kidd 15 Celtic’s Lost Legend: The George Connelly StoryGeorge Connelly 16 100 Great GAA MomentsJohn Scally [new edition] 17 My Name’5 DoddieDoddie Weir [paperback edition] 18 The ObsessionSean Cavanagh [paperback edition] 20 Ink Road The Year After YouNina de Pass 22 Summer Bird BlueAkemi Dawn Bowman 23 Crown of FeathersNicki Pau Preto 24 The Wrong Side of KaiEstelle Maskame 25
Where No
4 Crime Fiction
Shadows Fall
Peter Ritchie
Expose the truth or let the dead lie still?
Life is on an even keel for detective Grace Macallan – but
she’s finding a career away from the frontline difficult. So
when she’s asked to review a suicide at Barlinnie Prison it
feels like a break from her 9-to-5 deskbound days. The dead
prisoner is Tommy McMartin, once heir to one of Scotland’s
most powerful criminal families. But when he was convicted
for the murder of his gay lover, McMartin’s family disowned
him.
Grace’s review of the case drags her back into contact with an
old adversary: ‘Big’ Brenda McMartin, notorious for causing
havoc across the Glasgow underworld. But then a robbery
in Edinburgh goes badly wrong: old skeletons are uncovered
and a trail of lies threatens to expose once more the secrets
the departed took to their graves.
As Grace unearthes the truth of what befell Tommy McMartin,
she becomes aware of someone watching her from the
shadows, someone who aches for revenge. And Grace is
faced with her greatest dilemma yet: to expose the truth or let
the dead lie still.
With a rich sense of place, brilliantly drawn
characters and compelling plots, the five Grace
Macallan novels are thrilling new additions to
contemporary crime fiction.
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Popular detective series with a strong female lead Crime Fiction 5
Our Little Secrets
Peter Ritchie
At a dark place in Edinburgh’s heart, secrets
refuse to lie dormant.
Grace Macallan is struggling to see a future for herself in the
police. Working in Counter Corruption at Police Scotland,
Grace finds herself torn between the shadows cast by old
demons and the new sense of peace she finds with her family.
DI Janet Hadden, a complex mix of professional talent,
ruthless ambition and criminal risk taking in her private life,
can’t fail to escape Grace’s notice. When Janet’s desire for
promotion is thwarted, she seeks out Dominic Grainger, an
imposing presence in the Scottish underworld, to take her to
the top.
Then, in an armed incident near Tynecastle, Janet comes to
the rescue of Davy ‘Tonto’ McGill, and realises that she can
use him to get to Dominic. But Tonto is small fry, manipulated
by both sides to further their own dark ambitions. Beset by
murder, corruption and duplicity, Grace is soon embroiled
in a savage game of cat and mouse with colleagues and
criminals alike.
‘A first-rate police procedural by someone who evidently knows what he’s talking about.’
– HANIA ALLEN
‘[Shores of Death] has everything a crime novel needs, grit, betrayal, underworld crime,
a feisty main character. You can really tell Peter knows his stuff.’
– THE SECRET WORLD OF A BOOK BLOGGER
Peter Ritchieis a retired senior police officer. The real-world JUNE 2019
authenticity in his novels comes from vast experience gained 978 1 78530 241 1
working in CID, murder squads, Serious and Regional Crime £8.99 • Paperback
Squads, NCIS London and Europol.
6 Crime Fiction New paperback edition, WITH NEW COVER ART
Black Water
Cormac O’Keeffe
A masterly noir debut that exploded onto
the Irish crime fiction scene.
I killed the boy.
Jig loves football and his dog, hates school, misses his granda
and knows to lie low when his ma’s blitzed on the vodka.
He’s just an ordinary boy on the brutal streets alongside
Dublin’s Grand Canal. Streets that are ruled by Ghost and his
crew. And now Ghost – inked, vicious, unprincipled – has a
job for Jig. A job that no one can afford to go wrong – not the
gangs, the police, the locals, and least of all not Jig.
‘A raw, unflinching evocation of a community that’s
struggling to survive.’ – THE TIMES
‘A compelling work of darkest noir.’ – THE IRISH TIMES
‘Violent and gritty, this debut sings with authenticity.’
– IRISH EXAMINER
‘A book with a strong sense of empathy for the
dispossessed.’ – CRIME TIME
‘A fast read ... and like a writer playing the long game,
O’Keeffe leaves plenty up in the damp air.’ – RTÉ
‘Shocking and compulsive.’
‘Reveals the dark and desperate world of Dublin – BRIAN MCGILLOWAY
gangs in gripping detail.’
– SAM BLAKE ‘A first class, compelling and gritty debut with real heart.’
– ANDREA CARTER
‘Set in the parts of Dublin that the tourists are better
off not knowing about. A terrific debut.’ ‘Harsh, tender, steely and authentic.’
– GENE KERRIGAN – LOUISE PHILLIPS
MAY 2019 Cormac O’Keeffeis the Irish Examiner’s award-winning
978 1 78530 238 1 security correspondent; his work has given him unique access
£8.99 • Paperback to contacts in the police and the community. He lives near
Dublin’s Grand Canal, and his professional and personal
lives imbue Black Water with the authenticity, intensity and
originality of personal experience. Cormac blogs about his
writing, is a respected book reviewer and appears frequently
on national radio and television.
The fourth title in the much-loved JT Ellington series Crime Fiction 7
A Sinner’s Prayer
M. P. Wright
1970, Bristol. What’s buried doesn’t always
stay buried.
It’s a new decade and JT Ellington has taken himself out of the
investigation game. But when an old friend asks him to help a
doctor whose son disappeared hours after his wedding, JT’s
commitment to a life lived under the radar is tested. His quest
hurls him back into the underworld he’s worked so hard to
leave behind.
Gritty, tender and moving, A Sinner’s
Charred remains in a churchyard, the savage beating of a Prayer follows the adventures of
Hindu priest and a series of cold-blooded threats are stark reluctant Bajan private eye JT Ellington
warnings to JT, and to everyone he holds dear. Amid his
as he returns to 1970s Bristol, where
terrorised community, JT locks horns with the vile underbelly
of British far-right politics and a notorious gangland king. the ugly politics of the far right are
terrorising his community.
It’s not until JT uncovers a name from his own tragic past
that the pieces of the investigation slot into place. But, with
dark forces intent on destroying him, JT is pitted against an
extraordinary enemy. He must play as dirty and dangerous
as those who want him dead.
‘This is terrific crime fiction – evocative, socially aware and
gripping – and JT Ellington is a compelling protagonist.’
– MARK BILLINGHAM
‘Page-turning historical detective fiction at its finest, picks you up
and puts you right in 60s Britain, and its underbelly ... say hello
to Barbadian/Bristolian noir.’
– DERMOT O’LEARY
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M. P. Wright was born in Leicestershire in 1965. He was MAY 2019
employed in various roles within the music industry before 978 1 78530 229 9
working as a private investigator. He retrained and then spent £8.99 • Paperback
the next 20 years in the UK’s mental health and probation
services. A film, music and real ale aficionado, and father of
two daughters, Mark lives with his partner and their two dogs.
His debut, Heartman,was longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming
Steel Dagger in 2015.
8 Crime Fiction New paperback edition, WITH NEW COVER ART
The Manhattan Project
Paul McNeive
Bioterrorism. Real. Invisible. Devastating.
And it’s heading your way.
New York City is under attack. Millions may die. But the
enemy’s weapons are invisible, undetectable and creating
terror at lightning speed.
• A Hiroshima survivor turned criminal mastermind
• Pharma industry fat cats corrupted by big money
• A Libyan fast food entrepreneur coerced by threats to his
family
• A New York cop falling fast for an elusive beauty
• Visitors to Tokyo from the desolate villages of southern
Afghanistan
One terrible desire connects them all – one man’s burning
need to avenge those who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
With an audacious and devastating plot to bring America to
its knees, can anyone save New York from disaster?
‘With an extraordinary, original and well-researched plot,
contemporary themes, action, twists and turns, The Manhattan
‘A disturbingly plausible thriller that builds to an edge-of- Project has all the ingredients of an international bestseller.’
your-seat climax. Altogether a compelling read!’ – GLENN MEADE, a uthor of The Romanov Conspiracy
– ROBERT GODDARD, a uthor of The Wide World trilogy ‘A brilliant debut, starts as a slow-burn and quickly ignites into a
fast-paced biological disaster facing the citizens of New York.’
‘With a plot as fast-paced as the writing – bioterrorism
– JOHN MCALLISTER, a uthor of The Station Sergeant trilogy
meets big pharma – and a storyline stretching from Japan
through the Middle East to the USA, [this] is a cracking ‘Explosive, addictive and ultimately very satisfying. There’s a
debut thriller. Guaranteed to be read in an all-night sitting!’ new boy in town – at last an heir to Tom Clancy.’
– PAUL CARSON, a uthor of Inquest – DOREEN FINN, a uthor of My Buried Life
JUNE 2019 Paul McNeivelost his legs in a fire aged 20 and this life-
978 1 8530 240 4 changing experience and what happened on his road to
£8.99 • Paperback recovery inform his debut novel. In a brilliant career, Paul
was the managing director of Savills, Ireland, and is now a
motivational speaker and writer for the Irish Independent. He
was the world’s first double amputee helicopter pilot and is
an ambassador for the Douglas Bader Foundation. Paul also
enjoys another life as a singer-songwriter.
General Fiction 9
The Lives Before Us
Juliet Conlin
A sweeping story of survival, community
and friendship in defiance of the worst
threat to humanity the world has ever faced.
April 1939. In Berlin and Vienna, Esther and Kitty face a brutal
choice. Flee Europe, or face the ghetto, incarceration, death.
Shanghai … They’ve heard it whispered that Shanghai might
offer refuge. And so, on a crowded ocean liner, these women
encounter each other for the first time.
Kitty has been lured to the other side of the world with
promises of luxury, love and marriage. But when her Russian
fiancé reveals his hand she’s left to scratch a vulnerable living
in Shanghai’s nightclubs and dark corners. Meanwhile, Esther
and her daughter shelter in a house of widows until Aaron, a
hot-headed former lover, brings fresh hope of survival.
Then, as the Japanese army enters the fray and violence
mounts, the women are thrown together in Shanghai’s most
desperate times. Together they must fight for a future for the
lives that will follow theirs.
‘Superb storytelling! Strongly drawn characters quickly
demand attention, and empathy, and their compelling story
charts a little known aspect of the Second World War, and
of a persecution felt far beyond Europe.’
‘Alfred Warner really drives home
SARAH MAINE, author of The House Between Tides how one single moment – one
‘Opens up a captivating new world in a war I thought I knew chance meeting, can have such
about, a raucous Casablanca transposed to the East, filled a profound effect ... It’s unique,
with the intrigues of outcasts and determined survivors.’ gripping and beautifully written.’
ALEX CHRISTOFI, author of Let Us Be True – BIBLIOPHILE CHRONICLES
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Juliet Conlinwas born in London and grew up in England and MARCH 2019
Germany. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster 978 1 78530 230 5
University and a PhD in Psychology from the University of £8.99 • Paperback
Durham. She works as a writer and translator and lives with
her husband and four children in Berlin. Her novels include
The Fractured Man (Cargo, 2013) and The Uncommon Life of
Alfred Warner in Six Days (Black & White, 2017).
10 General Fiction ‘A triumph of tone, very moving, completely convincing.’ – Andrew Marr
The Good Mayor
Andrew Nicoll
cover coming soon
Sold in 23 territories, here is the new edition
of an international bestseller.
Set in the little town of Dot in a forgotten part of the Baltic,
this is the story of Tibo Krovic, the good and dishonest Mayor
of Dot, and his love for his secretary, the beautiful, lonely but
married, Mrs Agathe Stopak.
In the quiet, respectable town of Dot, there is nothing Tibo
can do about his love for Mrs Stopak, but one day when
‘The finest, most tender novel of the 21st she accidentally drops her lunch into a fountain, everything
century ... The delicious writing takes it into changes and their lives will never be the same again.
a rare league. Never has anyone written
a novel which makes you care so achingly The Good Mayor is a novel of love, loss, magic, friendship,
much for the awkward lovers ... The Good wonderful food, a brass band, an Italian witch, a large
Mayor simply makes you want to go out lawyer, an occasional dog and a car chase that takes place
and fall in love with someone.’ at walking pace.
– THE SUN
‘An exuberant, whirlwind read, with a glint of steel
beneath the frothy plot.’
– THE GUARDIAN
‘A Baltic Brief Encounter.’
– THE INDEPENDENT
‘An extraordinary achievement.
I think it a seriously original and ‘One of the best books I have ever read ... It had a
profoundly creative piece of humour and lightness of touch that hooked me from the
literature.’ first page to the last.’
– THE SCOTSMAN – DAILY TELEGRAPH
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MAY 2019 After a brief stint as a lumberjack, A
ndrew Nicollhas spent
978 1 78530 237 4 his working life as a newspaper journalist. His short stories
£8.99 • Paperback have been published in New Writing Scotland and his other
novels include The Secret Life and Curious Death of Miss Jean
Milne. His debut, The Good Mayor, won the Saltire Society
First Book Award. Andrew is married with three children.‘Crystal’s Song is a warm, humorous tale’ – The Scotsman Women's Fiction 11
A Mother’s Gift [working title]
Millie Gray
draft cover
Edinburgh, 1953. The war is over, a young
queen has been crowned and it’s a time of
great joy and unrest.
Kirsten Mowat, eighteen years old and with a spring in her
step, is glad to be out and about with her handsome, dark-
haired sweetheart Duncan Armstrong.
But there’s a secret in her heart that needs to be told – and
when Duncan insists on a shotgun wedding, in the Leith
register office of all places, it sets Kirsten’s life along a
downward path no one could have predicted. Married life
brings tragedy – the wrenching loss of two newborn triplets
– which leads Kirsten’s husband and grudging mother-in-law
to harden their hearts against the young bride.
Soon, beset by grief, Kirsten finds herself alone with her two
daughters and vulnerable baby Dixie to care for. She must
seek out a haven for her precious children among the most
unlikely of people, until the kindness of strangers and her
own strength of will, create bonds that will draw this family
together in new and unexpected ways.
A Mother’s Gift is an Edinburgh-based story of families
entwined, of sorrow and hope ... and of a young woman’s
love for her children and transforming quest for happiness.
‘Silver Linings is a compelling read and a very satisfying
one, leaving the reader with a sense of hope for the future.’
– UNDISCOVERED SCOTLAND
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Millie Grayis a writer and professional storyteller. Her APRIL 2019
humorous plays attract audiences from all over Scotland and 978 1 78530 223 7
she is much in demand to do workshops and talks about her £7.99 • Paperback
work. Millie Gray was born and raised in Leith and lives in
Edinburgh.12 Women's Fiction
Bride Squad Runaway
Caroline Grace-Cassidy & Lisa C. Carey
cover coming soon
An irresistible story of disaster averted, love
found and friendship restored, a perfect fit
for lovers of commercial women’s fiction.
‘Tu es belle ... wow! Look at you.’ It should be the perfect
moment.
Ava is twirling in the dress of her dreams at Vintage Brides –
and Stefan, her super-hot art gallery colleague, likes what he
sees ... But it won’t be Stefan standing at the altar with her. It
will be Simon, Ava’s musician fiancé who isn’t ready to grow
up just yet.
Or will it?
Simon says he loves her, but he’s got a funny way of showing
it. And when his indiscretions go public in spectacular fashion
on the big day itself, Ava finds herself making an emergency
call.
The bride-not-to-be needs her friends, Cate and Lauren – the
unlikely ladies that make up her Bride Squad – more than ever
if she’s to hold her life together.
It’s time for a runaway!
But will Ava come home? And if she does, will it be to love,
loss or something entirely different?
‘I adored this book – it’s going to be ‘Caroline Grace-Cassidy’s writing shines
huge. I urge you to read it now!’ with sparkling wit and warmth.
– CLAUDIA CARROLL An absolute treat.’
on The Week I Ruined My Life – CATHY KELLY
on The Importance of Being Me
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MAY 2019 Caroline Grace-Cassidyis an Irish writer and actress. In 2012 Caroline was a founding
978 1 78530 245 9 member of an all-female film and TV production company, for which she has written, produced
£7.99 • Paperback and directed five short films. She is a contributor for Women’s Way, U Magazine and Irish
Country Magazine and is a regular panellist for Elaine on TV3.
Lisa C. Careyhas been a copywriter, creative director, celebrity handler, Eurovision jury
member and green card lottery winner. She has also escaped a hurricane and lived without
electricity on a remote island in Fiji. Bride Squad Runaway is her first novel with Caroline; the
two have been firm friends since they were eleven years old.The Perfume
Women's Fiction 13
Maker’s Promise [working title]
Pippa James
cover coming soon
With its breath-taking Italian backdrop, this
novel is full of charm, emotion and brilliant
characters you can’t help but love.
Northern Italy, the height of summer. Bee can’t wait to seal
the biggest deal of her life. An ambitious city girl, she’s at the
top of her game as a perfumier. Her heart is set on making an
international success of her new fragrance – which means she
has lavender fields to buy.
So Bee arrives in the sleepy town of Lavandula. It’s gloriously
picturesque with its ice-cream parlours and cobbled streets
but, from the get-go, this Italian adventure doesn’t go to plan.
Muddy puddles and a twisted ankle get Bee off on the wrong
foot with Alessandro – an infuriatingly arrogant local – and
soon it feels like he’s thwarting her at every turn.
Until one day, Bee’s host, the charming Umberto, suggests
a road trip to some faraway lavender fields. A trip that
unexpectedly throws Alessandro and Bee together. As the heat
rises, so does the tension in Alessandro’s vintage sports car –
tension broken only by encounters with a racing cyclist and
a wedding party. After an impromptu night in the mountains,
Bee’s life will never be the same again … But Alessandro is an
enigma – and where does that leave Bee’s dreams of world
domination on a grand and perfumed scale?
Praise for Lucy Lovecake ‘Like a perfect glass of Buck’s Fizz: bubbly,
‘Has a flirtatious charm and incredible feel effervescent with a cool sharp tang. I loved it.’
good vibe that fizzes throughout.’ – SHAZ’S BOOK BLOG
– LITTLE BOOKNESS LANE ‘With scrumptious cakes, sexy lingerie, and
‘I have NEVER read a book as quirky, fun, characters that feel like your best friends, I
mischievous and darn right fabulous.’ completely fell in love with this story.’ 978 1 78530 091 2
– THE WRITING GARNET – BOOKS OF ALL KINDS £7.99
Pippa Jamesis a full-time writer with a love for food, fashion and all things French and Italian. JULY 2019
She is best known as Janey Louise Jones, author of the fantastically successful Princess Poppy 978 1 78530 249 7
series, with sales of over 4 million copies. Before Princess Poppy took over her life, Pippa had £7.99 • Paperback
always intended to write contemporary fiction, and The Perfume Maker’s Promise is her second
novel after the very popular Secret Life of Lucy Lovecake.14 Non-Fiction New Edition
Whisky Wars
Malcom Archibald
new cover art coming
Whisky Wars is a fascinating account of life
as it really was in the Highlands and Islands
of the 19th century.
This vivid collection shows how these remote and seemingly
peaceful parts of Scotland were in fact more violent than you
might ever have imagined.
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are full of iconic
places, glorious landscapes and flourishing wildlife, but its
past has seen horrifying and brutal crime of all sorts.
Life in the Highlands of the 19th century was not easy. Rather
than a rural idyll, the glens and moors were home to poachers
and whisky smugglers, while the towns were often ready to
explode into riot and disorder. Even the Hebridean seas had
their dangers, while the Islands seethed with discontent.
Whisky Wars goes behind the facade of romantic tartan and
vast estates. There was the usual quota of petty thefts and
assaults, but the Highlands also had a coastal town where
riots were endemic, an island rocked by a triple murder, a
mob beseiging the jail at Dornoch and religious troubles on
the Black Isle.
Not to mention the charming thief who targeted tourist hotels
and the exciseman who was hanged for forgery! Here, the
hidden history of the Highlands and Islands is unearthed in all
‘Archibald catalogues true cases while evoking its unique and terrible detail.
the geographical and historical landscapes that
provided the settings for the criminals to flourish.
History buffs and crime fans will be equally ‘Victorians looked on the Highlands and Islands as a sporting
intrigued by this atmospheric account of the law- paradise, but Archibald throws off the cloak of romance and
makers and law-breakers of past times.’ shows the land was rife with all manner of crime.’
– DAILY RECORD – THE SCOTS MAGAZINE
MAY 2019 orn in Edinburgh, and educated at Dundee University,
B
978 1 78530 239 8 Malcolm Archibaldhas had a variety of occupations from
£8.99 • Paperback postman to college lecturer. His first published article was at
the age of 17; his first book, Scottish Battles was published in
1990. In 2005 he won the Dundee Book Prize and in 2011
he won the People’s Book Prize. An eclectic writer, Malcom
works with a variety of genres.Warriors & Witches
Non-Fiction 15
& Damn Rebel Bitches
Mairi Kidd
Scottish women to live your life by: a unique
treasury of empowerment and inspiration.
Warriors & Witches & Damn Rebel Bitches is a treasury of
Scottish women from the Middle Ages to the present.
The focus is on women’s words – whether they be warriors or
witches or damn rebel bitches. In the telling of their stories,
women share their ambitions, frustrations and determination,
Where are the words of the
joys, sorrows and fears. The lives of these women offer unique women of the Middle Ages? Why
lessons for contemporary readers to live their life by today. do we remember Ruskin before
Each woman offers empowerment, inspiration – or simply the we remember Effie Gray? This
reassurance that even at the hardest and loneliest times, we book aims to right a wrong, and
are not alone.
look to our most famous women’s
Many are writers. From Mary Queen of Scots – a talented own words and deeds.
poet in her own right – to modern-day makars Liz Lochhead
and Jackie Kay and blogger Amber McNaught. Others had
little thought to honing words for an audience; they were too
busy tackling more immediate concerns. Their stories are
teased out, along with the stories of women whose words are
lost to us although their identities and actions are remembered.
The book also features larger-than-life literary characters
who speak to us as surely as if they had really existed. Chris
Guthrie, Meg Menzies, Jean Brodie and even that long-
suffering matriarch Maw Broon – hopefully the only woman
in Scotland so trauchled by her large family that she didn’t
find time to name her youngest three children.
Mairi Kiddis Interim Head of Literature, Languages and MAY 2019
Publishing at Creative Scotland. She was formerly Managing 978 1 78530 236 7
Director of Barrington Stoke. A fluent Gaelic speaker, she has £12.99 • Hardback
an MA Honours in Celtic Studies from Edinburgh University.
As CEO of Stòrlann, the National Gaelic Education Resource
Agency, Mairi worked with the Scottish Government, Bòrd
na Gàidhlig and local authorities. She is a contributor to
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal’s books coverage and writes for
broadcast, including Gaelic comedy series FUNC.16 Non-Fiction contributions from Davie Hay, Billy McNeill and Sean Fallon
Celtic’s Lost Legend:
The George Connelly Story
George Connelly with Bryan Cooney
A special 70th birthday edition of this classic
story of why George Connelly walked away
from his footballing dreams.
George Connelly was hailed as the greatest Scottish
footballing talent of his generation. He made 254
appearances for Celtic and played in the Scotland team that
qualified for the 1974 World Cup Finals but at the age of just
26 he walked away from football and a glittering career.
So what went wrong?
In Celtic’s Lost Legend, George Connelly tells the incredible
true story of his life and career. He had a rare talent, could
pass long or short with unerring accuracy, could entertain
crowds with his keepie-uppie skills and seemd to have the
world at his feet. But with a troubled private life and the
pressures of stardom weighing on his shoulders, the man
behind the laidback exterior was starting to fall apart.
George Connelly tells the incredible story of why he walked
away from his dreams and from the team he loved. He finally
answers the question that has intigued football fans for thirty
years. Whatever became of George Connelly?
JUNE 2019 George Connellymade 254 appearances for Celtic between 1968 and 1975. He was a
978 1 78530 246 6 Scotland international and hailed as the greatest Scottish talent of his generation. He walked
£8.99 • Paperback away from football at the age of 26 and has never told his story until now.
Bryan Cooney, a Fleet Street journalist of 25 years and former sports editor of the Scottish
Daily Mail works as a freelance columnist with the Sunday Herald and as a broadcaster with
BBC Radio Scotland.100 Great
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GAA Moments
John Scally
This celebration of 100 magic moments of
the GAA is a must for all sports fans.
In its long and rich history, the GAA has provided many
great moments. This book is a celebration of one hundred
of the best of them: the Thunder and Lightning Final, the Polo
Grounds Final, Séamus Darby’s goal in 1982, the epic clashes
between Dublin and Meath in 1991, Leitrim’s Connacht title
in 1994, Clare ending 81 years in the wilderness, Wexford
becoming home to ‘the Riverdance of Sport’ and the GAA
opening up Croke Park to other sports. These moments and
many more are featured in these pages.
Based on exclusive interviews with the key personalities who
shaped these moments, this book goes behind the scenes
and offers unique eyewitness accounts of the dramas on and
off the pitch that captivated, enthralled and occasionally
infuriated the nation. New light is shed on old controversies,
fresh insights into the players and personalities that linger
long in the memory are provided, and the epic contests that
turned the national games into the national soap opera are
recounted by the men and women who were there in the heat
of the battles.
With all 32 counties included, 100 Great GAA Moments is a
treasure trove of the incredible people and events that have
made the games what they are today.
‘A great book that captures the real essence of the GAA. ‘A book that will open up a treasure
Special times and memories for everyone that was involved trove of memories for GAA fans.’
in our greatest GAA moments.’ – BERNARD FLYNN,
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– CIARAN WHELAN, DUBLIN LEGEND MEATH LEGEND £8.99
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40 books with cumulative sales of over 150,000 copies. He is £8.99 • Paperback
the author of the biggest selling GAA book in Ireland, Raising
the Banner: The Biography of Ger Loughnane, and, for a few
years, his biography of Tony Ward was the biggest selling
rugby book in Ireland.Memoirs
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‘To describe it as bravery sounds far too clichéd. Let’s call it Weir’s humanity, his generosity.
He has always been renowned as a lover of life by team-mates – “never a bad party, never
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– RORY BREMNER, on My Name’5 Doddie
‘In tribute to the guest of honour, who is battling motor-neurone disease with all the dignity
and good humour we have come to know so well.’
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My Name’5 Doddie
Doddie Weir
‘You will laugh, and you will cry.’ The
extraordinary, life-affirming autobiography
of rugby legend DODDIE WEIR.
There has never been anyone quite like Doddie Weir. A giant
of the game and a rugby icon, his unique story is charged with
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and Martin Johnson to Joost van der Westhuizen, and set
stadiums alight when ‘on the charge like a mad giraffe’. Now,
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Motor Neurone Disease.
But Doddie Weir has never been one to shy away from a
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• Chosen as one of the best sports books of 2018 by The
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• Doddie was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s
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extensively in PR, and is a talkSPORT regular. Stewart and
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as one of the best sports books of 2018.
winning came from within, it roused me
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JUNE 2019 o-author Damian Lawloris an award-winning author whose books include: I Crossed the
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The Year After You
Nina de Pass
Up in the Alps, Cara’s old life feels a million
miles away. Nobody at Hope Hall knows her
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New Year’s Eve, San Francisco. The most promising party
of the year ends in tragedy. Georgina is gone and nothing
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Nine months later, Cara’s mother decides a Swiss boarding
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keeps her distance, her new friends break down the walls she
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Embracing life at Hope Hall means letting go of the past. But,
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FEBRUARY 2019 Nina de Passstarted writing The Year After You, her
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University of Edinburgh, and has lived in three other capital
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Summer Bird Blue
Akemi Dawn Bowman
A beautifully crafted novel with a diverse cast
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Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn’t have the
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Lea.
Then Lea dies in a car accident, and their mother sends Rumi
away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while she deals with her
own grief. Now, thousands of miles from home, Rumi struggles
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of the ‘boys next door’ – teenage surfer Kai, who smiles too
much and doesn’t take anything seriously, and 80-year-old
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ago – Rumi seeks her way back to her music, to write the song
she and Lea never had the chance to finish.
Aching, powerful and unflinchingly honest, Summer Bird Blue
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Crown of Feathers
Nicki Pau Preto
A lush debut fantasy novel about a girl who
disguises herself as a boy to join the Phoenix
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In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire
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Sixteen years later, Veronyka is a war orphan who dreams
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APRIL 2019 Nicki Pau Pretois a young adult fantasy author living just
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The Wrong Side of Kai
Estelle Maskame
True-to-life, honest and funny, The Wrong
Side of Kai explores the utterly contemporary • Four years • Six books
fallout from an act of revenge.
• 19 territories • 1 million
Vanessa Murphy doesn’t do relationships. • Only 21 copies
With a father who doesn’t notice her, it’s easy for her to sneak years old!
around with her latest fling, Harrison Boyd. But when an
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the morning after she ends things with him, her life is thrown ‘The Wrong Side of Kai has
into chaos. been so much fun to write – it’s
And Vanessa wants payback. Enter Kai. With his own vendetta everything I love in a book
against Harrison, Kai proposes revenge, and the two pair up and it’s just the kind of story I
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an illicit partnership. Team mates working on the same mission.
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