Books published by Canongate Books

1937. When handsome Viennese cake expert Viktor Linden arrives at Jinnie Hendrie's Edinburgh bakery, romance soon blossoms. But when war is declared between Britain and Germany, Viktor must return to Austria to fight alongside the enemy. Can their love survive the troubled times ahead?

An epic phantasmagoria, in which a book dealer's journey into parenthood takes a nightmarish turn

A Sir Geoffrey Mappestone mystery. Westminster, 1102. About to depart for the Holy Land, Sir Geoffrey is suddenly summoned back by the King. Geoffrey has no choice but to accept the King's commission to investigate whether this is part of a treasonous plot.

Travelling light with just her shattered pride, Jill Barton headed west. Her desperate flight took her deep into unfamiliar territory and an isolated retreat which offered sanctuary, its rough, enigmatic owner did not. For Jill, nothing was safe around Logan - not her secrets, not her intimate desires, and least of all her loving heart.

Introduced by Seamus Heaney, The People of the Sea brings to life the legend of the mythical selchies, in beautiful, poetic prose