Manny Riley is a recovering alcoholic and struggling scriptwriter with a serious anger management problem. Lately, though, things have started to change for the better. A happy marriage, and a move away from Glasgow to a seaside village. He'll soon find that these things only open up a whole new world of problems he'll have to face up to.

Manny Riley is a recovering alcoholic and struggling scriptwriter with a serious anger management problem. Lately, though, things have started to change for the better. A happy marriage, a move away from Glasgow to an idyllic seaside village and the adoption of Bailey, a lurcher with epilepsy.

Takes the idea of revenge on your ex one step further as abandoned wife Caroline gathers her sisters, mum and aunt together for witchcraft and murder. Set in Irish Catholic Coatbridge, this novel is bound together by the ropes of traditional storytelling and the strength of female familial relationships.

Three men set out for Italy to find a monk reputed to possess healing powers in order to help psychiatrically disturbed Jimmy Brogan. However, when they arrive on the mountain, they find that healing isn't that easy to come by. They learn that the monastery cannot provide sanctuary from Jimmy's past and they are challenged to face their own lives.

A selection of poems written by Des Dillon, featuring his quick-fire verbal delivery.

Welcome to Dillon's world; a world where murderous poultry and evolutionary elephants make their mark. Des takes you from the darkness of 'The Illustrated Man' and 'Jiff Lemons' to the laugh out loud 'Bunch of C****'. These stories are instantly accessible and always personal.

A story of boyhood friendship and irrepressible vitality told with the speed of trains and the understanding of the awkwardness, significance and fragility of that time. This is a day in the life of two boys as told by one of them.

Greenend was rough - the roughest scheme in Coatbridge.

When Christie Devlin goes into business with a triad to take control of the Glasgow drug market, little does he know that his downfall and the destruction of his family is being plotted. As Devlin struggles with his own demons, the real fight is just beginning. Nothing is as simple as good and evil.