{"product_id":"living-is-a-problem-volume-6-9781916788268","title":"Living Is a Problem: Volume 6","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrones, gangland vendettas, a missing choir singer, disturbances in the cemetery, PTSD, panpsychism, and secrets from the past ... This can ONLY mean one thing! The Skelfs are back, and things are as nail-biting, tense and warmly funny as ever!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The persistence of love in the Skelf household, no matter what fate flings at it, is reassuring and life-affirming  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The Skelfs feel like family - their joys are my joys, their pains are my pain ... Edinburgh's favourite family, bringing darkness and delight  \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Another wonderful entry in one of the finest crime series out there. I remain a happily hopeless Skelfaholic  \u003cb\u003eMark Billingham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e _______________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Skelf women are back on an even keel after everything they've been through. But when a funeral they're conducting is attacked by a drone, Jenny fears they're in the middle of an Edinburgh gangland vendetta. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e At the same time, Yana, a Ukrainian member of the refugee choir that plays with Dorothy's band, has gone missing. Searching for her leads Dorothy into strange and ominous territory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And Brodie, the newest member of the extended Skelf family, comes to Hannah with a case: Something or someone has been disturbing the grave of his stillborn son. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Everything is changing for the Skelfs ... Dorothy's boyfriend Thomas is suffering PTSD after previous violent trauma, Jenny and Archie are becoming close, and Hannah's case leads her to consider the curious concept of panpsychism, which brings new danger ... while ghosts from the family's past return to threaten their very lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Funny, shocking and profound, \u003ci\u003eLiving Is a Problem\u003c\/i\u003e is the highly anticipated sixth instalment of the unforgettable Skelfs series - shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel and Theakston Old Peculier Crime Book of the Year - where life and death become intertwined more than ever before... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e _______________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A series that keeps getting better and better. Readers have come not only to know the Skelf family but care for them too, which makes their increasingly dangerous predicaments all the more thrilling  \u003cb\u003eScots Whay Hae\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Skelfs series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Book of the Year**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Some of the best female characters in crime fiction  \u003cb\u003eSarah Hilary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  If you loved Iain Banks, you'll devour the Skelfs series  \u003cb\u003eErin Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  An addictive blend of \u003ci\u003eCase Histories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSix Feet Under\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eChris Brookmyre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Wonderful characters: flawed, funny and brave  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Underlines just how accomplished Johnstone has become  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Johnstone never fails to entertain whilst packing a serious emotional punch  \u003cb\u003eGytha Lodge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  An engrossing and beautifully written tale  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  One of the greats of Scottish crime fiction  \u003cb\u003eLuca Veste\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Gripping and blackly humorous  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A must for those seeking strong, authentic, intelligent female protagonists  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoug has taught creative writing, been writer in residence at various institutions, and has been an arts journalist for twenty years. Doug is a songwriter and musician with five albums and three EPs released, and he plays drums for the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers. He lives in Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orenda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51179967643922,"sku":"9781916788268","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_010f0bf6-cc45-48d0-b269-83d8caf1237d.jpg?v=1744380363","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/living-is-a-problem-volume-6-9781916788268","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}