The Sandstone Vista Series
The Sandstone Vista series of books has been developed for readers who are not used to reading full length novels, or for those who simply want to enjoy a ‘quick read’ which is satisfying and well written.
LOSING IT
Lesley Glaister
When Joanne moves into the house next door to Louise and Douglas, it seems she’ll be the perfect neighbour. But before long her behaviour makes Louise suspect that she’s up to no good. Sneaky Joanne uses her wiles to make Douglas think it’s his wife who has the problem.[ READ MORE ]
THE SIN EATER
Deborah J. Miller
After being cast out from his home village, Sevim wanders through the marshes, fatally wounded and waiting for death from hunger or cold. His dying mind plays tricks on him and he imagines shapes in the mist - fantastic creatures, monsters and spirits.[ READ MORE ]
HEGARTY AND THE DOLEFUL DANCER
Leon Murphy
My name is Daniel Hegarty. I am a private detective and an alcoholic.’ Dan Hegarty has to find a priceless jade Buddha which has gone missing from the collection of a local gangster. If he can't find it in time, his new client, the pole dancer Lindi Lomax, will be in great danger.[ READ MORE ]
WINNING THROUGH
Brian Irvine
In Winning Through Brian Irvine tells the truth about his life as a footballer. From family life in Airdrie we follow him as he realises his boyhood dreams. He becomes an international player with Aberdeen and Scotland. But he has to cope with bad times, and worse, when he is told he has a serious and possibly fatal illness.[ READ MORE ]
THE HIGHWAY MEN
Ken MacLeod
The book is classic MacLeod; Jase, Euan, and Murdo are laggers, government conscripts in a war in which only the university-educated and the highly skilled are used for fighting. The three lads are working class, unskilled labour, sent to lag the pipes of Britain as the Gulf stream shifts, to mend roads and to move equipment around for those with more skills than themselves.[ READ MORE ]
WICKED!
Janet Paisley
Jas overhears his wife in bed with an Italian. His plan to retire early and spend their winters in Italy is out the window. He tries to confront Linda but it all goes wrong. Is she toying with him? She’s toying with lots of other things - Italians, sexy underwear, massage oil. Jas tries to end it all but that goes wrong too. Is his life over? Or has he got the wrong end of the stick? Just when things can’t get worse, worse is what they get.[ READ MORE ]
BLOOD RED ROSES
Lin Anderson
A hen night in Glasgow leaves the bride–to-be dead on a toilet floor, her body twisted, her face stretched in a macabre grin. With no suspect and no motive the police hit a brick wall. But the murderer has left a hidden trail of forensic evidence for Dr Rhona MacLeod to find. A trail that leads to a world of exploitation and sexual obsession.[ READ MORE ]
GATO
Margaret Elphinstone
An unusual love story set in the Middle Ages, Gato is the story of a young child brought up in a mill. The quiet hardworking lives of the people at the mill are disturbed by the arrival of a wandering Spanish Friar. What is going on between the miller and his wife, and the Friar? The child at the centre of the story tries to understand.[ READ MORE ]
THESE TIMES, THIS PLACE
Muriel Gray
Among the many things a healthy person needs is a conscience, that internal voice which lets us know when we are doing wrong. We ignore it at our peril. A society is just the same. It’s all too easy for societies to make mistakes, and worse, repeat those mistakes over and over.[ READ MORE ]
THE CHERRY SUNDAE COMPANY
Isla Dewar
You have to bide your time when you live a life of crime. You have to wait for the moment. Tina and me discovered that when we founded The Cherry Company Not that we thought that what we were doing was really against the law. We were just balancing things up a bit.[ READ MORE ]
THE BLUE HEN
Des Dillon
The closing down of the steelworks meant the end of being in work – but John and his pal don’t intend it to be the end. ‘Keep hens! That’s the answer.’ “Greenend was all four-in-a-block houses. In the late seventies it was rough. The roughest scheme in Coatbridge. Me and John up the stairs thought it couldn’t get any rougher. We were wrong[ READ MORE ]
The White Cliffs
Suhayl Saadi
Adam and Lily meet in a little seaside café in winter. It’s bleak and lonely, and they’re both looking for love. Far out to sea, they can see a dark shape that moves and shifts. It looks like an island – but no-one else seems to know what it is. In fact, no-one else admits to seeing it.[ READ MORE ]
Tutors and Learners of English as an Additional Language
IDEAS PACK
This pack has been designed for use in the ESOL classroom for groups or individual learners wishing to expand their vocabulary and knowledge of life in the UK. There are six ideas for each book preceded by a set of generic ideas on how this group of learners can be encouraged and supported to read and understand the series.[ READ MORE ]
Adult Learning in Colleges and Groups
IDEAS PACK
The teaching ideas in this Education pack will encourage readers to recognise their own learning style and how it impacts on the kind of book they enjoy. Readers participating will also be using communication skills, computing skills and problem-solving skills.[ READ MORE ]
Standard Grade, Intermediate and GCSE English
IDEAS PACK
Although principally aimed at adult emergent readers the Sandstone Vista series and its Education Packs are increasingly recognised as a valuable aid for teachers working with secondary pupils. This Teaching Pack for Standard Grade, Intermediate and GCSE English provides ideas and practical worksheet activities for use in the classroom.[ READ MORE ]