John of JOhn
Douglas Stuart
Paper Thistle Book Reviews
At Paper Thistle, we write a review for every book we sell, specialising in Scottish fiction. Each review considers character, writing style, tone, and overall reading experience, offering a thoughtful introduction to what awaits on the page.
Book Review: Witch Light
Condemned as a witch, Corrag speaks her truth from a cold Highland cell - of storms, mountains[...]
Book Review: Where the Missing Gather
In Burrowhead’s windswept fields the past stirs: bones are unearthed, a horse is ritually killed[...]
Book Review: When the Dead Come Calling
On Burrowhead’s blasted coast a playground murder forces a detective to confront hidden prejudice, ancient[...]
Book Review: The Winter Sea
At Slains Castle, where wind and sea meet, a writer finds herself dreaming someone else’s[...]
Book Review: What Doesn’t Break Us
In the village’s midnight hush, a new poison circulates wrapped in ritual and blood, while[...]
Book Review: The Whistling
Elspeth arrives on Skelthsea to care for a mute girl, but the house murmurs with[...]
Book Review: The Second Cut
In the glint-lit corridors of Glasgow, an auctioneer revisits a house clearance that hides a[...]
Book Review: The Space Between Us
When a meteor flashes above Edinburgh and three unlikely strangers awaken from strokes whole, their[...]
Book Review: The Pharmacist
Deep underground, Wolfe dispenses pills and calm while the world above lies ruined. But inside[...]
Book Review: The Hollow Sea
On the remote islands of St Hía, Scottie seeks refuge from grief and the ache[...]