CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PROLOGUE

1 I AM A SCOTTISH TRAVELLER

2 A VERY LONG DRIVE

3 MANCHESTER • SAVING JEANNIE

4 I CAN FLY!

5 JOEY’S BRAINWORK

6 MURDER IN CLOVER

7 THE HUNTRESS

8 OUR PRAYER

9 BUS-BOOT BED

10 THE MIXI RABBIT

11 LOCHGILPHEAD MONKEY

12 MOUDIE’S FATE

13 THE PIPER

14 GLENCOE

15 TINY

16 JAMIE’S REST

17 BALQUHIDDER VISIT

18 THE BABYSITTER

19 THE LIVING NIGHTMARE

20 NEEP HEID

21 A FALLEN MAN

22 A NATURAL LOVE

23 GUNFIGHT AT ‘OK, YER A’ DEED NOO!’

24 THE SHEPHERDESS AND HER WEE DUG

25 KIRKCALDY

26 ONE COLD NIGHT

27 ARRAN SUMMER

28 SCHOOL BULLIES

29 MAGGIE-ELLEN

30 ARMADALE MARY

31 THE BEST TABLET IN THE WORLD

32 SCOTIA’S BAIRN

GLOSSARY OF UNFAMILIAR WORDS