This page lists the various fiction works by Struan Hamilton, with purchase links. Scroll down to view the titles. Links in blue will take you to the Amazon product page. (Please note that cover art may vary with new editions).
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Mrs Marchmont in Russia
A modern comedy of manners set in the expat community of St Petersburg in the recent past.
The charitable activities of Mrs Marchmont cause consternation and astonishment, yet one can't help but admire this redoubtable lady. Interwoven into the narrative are an unlikely romance rekindled and a connection to some of Thomas Hardy's lost works. And who is the poison-pen writer? It all ends satisfactorily and leaves the reader wanting more escapades.
Fine Wee Stories
Over 30 short stories, exploring various aspects of life in all its richness.
A pause for thought, a tear evoked but always leaving the reader happy.
Sample story Honestly, I'm Big for Seven:
Intertwangle
An Albert and Daisy Dolbear Mystery.
A hard-faced woman is cutting poisonous berries from the Botanical Garden, taking them home and planting them. Who are they meant for? Albert and Daisy soon find themselves embroiled in a series of events which prove almost too much to bear. But their investigations prove many things - about friendships, about closure and about the brighter side of human nature.
Intertwangle
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The Wrong Skeleton
A Gary and Hammy Adventure.Why do Gary's family act oddly when poor deaf uncle Willie, long deceased, is talked of? Shame, guilt or something else which they don't want to drag up? As 17-year-old Gary delves more and more into the past he faces truths about the family, and about himself and his relationships.
You can listen to Chapter One of The Wrong Skeleton here:
There is also a pdf of the first chapter below
Once Upon a Lost Phone
An Albert and Daisy Dolbear Mystery.Daisy finds an abandoned cellphone in a forest and discovers a nasty threatening message on it. She then discovers that the voice belongs to a sweet lady in the Cornwall village where she is on holiday. What does it all mean? The mystery deepens and soon she and her family are involved in unravelling a crime going back 60 years.
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Correih Sojourn
A Gary and Hammy Adventure.Two of Gary and Hammy's school teachers have been fired from their jobs. They later discover that one has been fired but the other resigned in protest. Just what is going on? The story takes them to a beautiful Hebridean island where they uncover some ghastly goings-on and eventually they are able to clear the names of their teachers. A slightly harrowing yet comic tale, based on real events. There are shades of coming-of-age, the de-zombifying of victims and all ends well, if a little unexpectedly.
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Daisy and Albert Dolbear's third mystery takes them to the Edinburgh Festival and under the flat they rent they find human remains, clothed but shoeless. Why? And artefacts are discovered belonging to a village of Flemish weavers whose cottages date from 1730. Are the two finds connected? Why is the neighbour, Mrs Sangster reacting so horribly to everything? What does she know? When a lady tramp is found to be lurking about the vaults things progress to another level of deceit and obfuscation. Daisy and Albert find themselves almost unable to cope and so escape from Edinburgh early. But the fascinating Flemish artefacts prove too alluring to ignore, and the second half of the book sees them over in Picardie exploring the past. Daisy's Huguenot ancestry may prove elusive but will she find some kind of closure?. What will they find there?
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Clachnacara Meade, ancient mead mixed with secret spices, is a family business in trouble. Our two investigating teenagers, Gary and Hammy, in their third adventure, are hooked in to the intrigue. More questions than answers as the twins, Adam and Heather Raeburn, soon to inherit the company, wrangle over the business. Our heroes soon find out more malevolence than first expected. Out of their depth? You bet. Enter Johnny Blue, a 'proper' private eye who soon digs up enough dirt to give the boys second thoughts. Adam soon has them inveigled and motives are complex. He is deaf. Is sympathy playing much of a role? Is Tough Tully, the octogenarian accountant really so awful? Some red herrings are there but how can we separate them out from material facts?
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