Leila Aboulela – Tale of culture shock told in disjointed fashion. The disconnected manner may have been meant to help create the feeling of displacement but I found it hard to follow. I kept checking back story to be sure I was sure of which character I was reading about.

Katie Agnew – Extreme opposites attract so need extreme help admitting their love. ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’

Abigail Bosanko – Diabolical & appropriate revenge against philandering husband.

Jenny Coglan – Dippy city girl like a half baked Brigit Jones goes to Glasgow for Fringe Festival, makes a friend after many stupid situations she works herself into. ‘Amanda’s Wedding’, ‘Talking to Addison’, ‘Working Wonders’, ‘Looking for Andrew McCarthey’

Carol Ann Davis – Serious - psychology of why people murder, dark novels & nonfiction ‘Women Who Kill’ 14 profiled female serial killers

Isla Dewar - ‘Dancing in a Distant Place’, ‘Keeping up With Magda’ This is my favorite author in this collection!

Muriel Gray – Vicious revenge implied for her child being victimized by neighborhood bully. She is international hit man not just an average ‘working mother’ so she leaves a set up to disclose all the bullies dirty secrets.

Jean Ross Ewing - Flowers Under Ice is not well written & is another overly sexed romance but she threw in a lot of interesting Scottish history.

Julia Hamilton – Coming of age with empathy for many things in the nature of becoming adult. ’Forbidden Fruits’ is another kind of coming of age even if it isn’t until middleage for the sons of the family patriarch however they do as do most of the people around them, Other People’s Rules’ this one was a darker story of corrupt power abusing children. Scottish aristocracy close class and a blind eye to the family the Earl Gatehouse. Murder mystery solved by daughter’s friend Lucy Diamond.

Morag Joss – Mother has a last lucid day with daughter. Good story but difficult style. Perhaps also to close to having lost my own mother.

Tania Kindersley – to weird so I skipped this author.
Helen Lamb – Odd incomplete tale of differences between two girls but only one girl is explained the other is left unfinished.

Miller Lau – Great vernacular. Ghost story. Dead bank robber still haunting the vault find the computers now being used in the room respond to its abilities. He ‘pays’ his favorite data typist extra by adjusting her paycheck. One good act and maybe he could rest now. ‘Last Clansmen’ series: ‘Talisker’, ‘Dark Thane’, ‘Yiska’

Shari Low – Well told tale with the male female roles reversed. She wants freedom he wants commitment. ‘What If?’

Lennox Morrison – Old friends get together for a brief reunion. Compete, backbite, but for a moment reconnect once more. ‘Re-inventing Tara’, ‘Second Chance Tuesday’,

Sain Preece – Short story about revenge for ancient juvenile insults delivered in juvenile fashion.

Carmen Reid – ‘Friends Revisited.com’ Faithless husband expects deserted wife to remain rearing the near grown children and just as boring. Instead she seeks old friends and starts anew by insisting husband share the children while she sets up for herself. Very good! ‘Three in a Bed’, Did the Earth Move?’

Manda Scott – Slightly disjointed. Lesbian friend reintroduces old acquaintances so they can be lovers.

Sara Sheridan – Two fat friends agree to diet one summer only to find the stress leads to nasty tricks played by each on the other. But all works out well and friends find they can survive even the traumas of shared dieting. ‘Truth or Dare’

Aline Templeton – Good mystery, ‘Night and Silence’, The Trumpet Shall Sound’, Past Praying For’, ‘Last Act of All’, ‘Shades of Death’ was very dark and oppressive to read since the villain was like John Fowles' ‘The Collector’