Books
The Jessica Stirling books are listed in order of first publication, with the most recent at the top. All were originally published in hardback in English by Hodder & Stoughton. Other versions, including paperback may also be available and the links below should help you to find and order them online through Amazon
The Fields of Fortune
High life and low in 18th Century Edinburgh and Ayrshire, as Lord Craigiehall’s wilful daughters kick against his authority and become involved with an ambitious young advocate and his unscrupulous brothers who will stop at nothing to lay hands on the Craigiehall estates.
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Blessings in Disguise
When the impoverished McKennas arrive on Clydeside in the 1870s, they find a city expanding outward and a community ready to welcome their shady talents and carry them forward on a tide of prosperity that only jealousy and murder can stem.
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One True Love
Little Suzanne Thorne, orphan and heiress, is brought to a remote fishing village in Fifeshire by her unscrupulous aunt but love cannot be delivered to order and headstrong Suzanne has a mind, and a heart, of her own. Mid-19th century.
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The Piper’s Tune : Shamrock Green : The Captive Heart
Three linked novels, the first and last set amid the shipyards of Clydeside; the central novel in Dublin, and the Trenches, during the First World War.
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Prized Possessions : Sisters Three : Wives at War
Three novels set on Clydeside between the world wars, in which Polly and her sisters drag themselves out of the slums and become involved with Glasgow’s shady underside, until the war brings them down to earth with a bump.
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The Island Wife : The Wind from the Hills : The Strawberry Season
Three novels set on the Isle of Mull in the 19th century, following the fortunes of Biddy and her sisters from impoverished crofters to land-owners of wealth and power.
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The Workhouse Girl
A powerful novel set in Victorian Renfrewshire when a respectable marriage hides a multitude of sins that lead eventually to murder and self-sacrifice.
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The Penny Wedding : The Marrying Kind
Two novels set in Glasgow’s respectable new suburbs between the world wars. Alison Burnside’s working-class family sacrifice everything to put her through medical school.
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A Lantern for the Dark : Shadows on the Shore
Two novels set in Glasgow and Ayrshire in the late 18th century, a story of betrayal, murder and the pursuit of revenge.
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The Good Provider : The Asking Price
The Wise Child : The Welcome Light
Four novels following the fortunes of Kirsty Nicholson and her dour policeman husband in Glasgow’s tough dockside at the beginning the 20th century.
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Treasures on Earth : Creature Comforts : Hearts of Gold
Three novels set in the rough-and-tumble world of cattle drovers, land-owners and coal miners in late 18th century Scotland.
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The Deep Well at Noon : The Blue Evening Gone : The Gates of Midnight
Three novels set mainly in London between WW1 and the Battle of Britain, following antique dealer Holly Beckman through two marrriages and one passionate love affair.
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The Spoiled Earth : The Hiring Fair : The Dark Pasture
Three novels set in late 19th century Scotland following the struggles of Mirren Stalker and her family in the wake of a terrible mining disaster.
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