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61) Shades of Love
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
As they pose for the cover of a glossy magazine, the aristocratic Aird family appears to have the perfect life. But beneath the breeding lie dark secrets that will soon jeopardize their storybook world. Edmund Aird is the lord of Balnaird House, one of the most splendid estates in the Scottish Highlands. He and his American-born wife, Virginia, seem to have everything: wealth, beautiful children, and a thriving family business.
62) Macbeth (2015)
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Macbeth, a Scottish duke, is told by three witches that he will become king of Scotland. The thought of being king and the influence of his wife, Lady MacBeth, lead him to murder King Duncan and take the throne. Guilt and paranoia lead to more murders, a civil war, and the eventual madness and death of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The question of how many of the actions of MacBeth and Lady MacBeth are precipitated by the couple's inability to have...
64) Annika: Season 2
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed and the Marine Homicide Unit return to solve more brutal and unexplained murders that wash up in Scotland's waters. The team is challenged as their dynamics shift, pushing them to rapidly adapt as they encounter murders more complex than ever before. The crimes take them to new landsacapes showing multiple sides of Scotland from the Hebridean Isles to the vibrant capital city Edinburgh. Meanwhile, Annika balances...
65) Dog soldiers
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
A band of soldiers is on a war games expedition deep in the Scottish woods, but something deadly is waiting for them in the darkness. It becomes an army of werewolves versus an army of men and only one will survive to tell the tale.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Michael York and Jacqueline Bissett star in this TV murder mystery based on the novel by Rosamunde Pilcher. The return of the free-spirited Pandora (Bissett) to the Scottish village of Strathcoy after 20 years soon causes old wounds to re-open among the local aristocracy. As old secrets threaten to come to light, events quickly take a turn for the worse when a body is recovered from the loch.
68) The vanishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
After three lighthouse keepers arrive for work on a remote Scottish isle, they make a fateful discovery: a wrecked rowboat, with a chest full of gold. As a mysterious boat heads toward the island, the three men make a choice that will change their lives forever, ensnaring them in a web of greed, paranoia, and murder.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Movie summary:
Present day Scotland. A tale is told to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman in a pub. Angus is a lonely boy who pines for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister and mother, live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop's commander has an eye for mom, is suspicious about a mysterious handyman, Lewis, who...
73) Case Histories
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Detective Jackson Brodie takes on the case of a girl who disappeared 30 years ago, helps a crime novelist who becomes involved in a road rage incident, investigates the mystery of a novelist's holiday in Russia, and looks for another missing girl after being released from jail.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The fifth season of Outlander sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie's fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which is unwittingly marching towards Revolution, and Jamie must now defend the home they have built together at Fraser's Ridge while Claire seeks to put her own skills and medical expertise to use in keeping her family together...
75) The vanishing
Pub. Date
2018
Description
After three lighthouse keepers arrive for work on a remote Scottish isle, they make a fateful discovery: a wrecked rowboat, with a chest full of gold. As a mysterious boat heads toward the island, the three men make a choice that will change their lives forever, ensnaring them in a web of greed, paranoia, and murder.
77) Under the skin
Pub. Date
2014
Description
An alien takes on the form of a beautiful young woman and searches the streets of Scotland for men to seduce.
79) Gregory's girl
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gregory is an awkward, gangly Scottish lad who is amid the throngs of puberty. The object of his affection is Dorothy, despite or in part because she is a talented striker who took his place on the school's boys' football team, he now demoted to the distracted goalkeeper. Gregory tries to insinuate himself as much as possible in her life through her interests, such as learning Italian, without telling her that he likes her.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Based on the novel “The Distant Echo” by renowned author Val McDermid and adapted for the screen by Emer Kenny, “Karen Pirie” is a proper crime drama set in Scotland and offers everything from suspense to charm without overdoing things. And what makes the plot effective is the length of the episodes (3 in total; each of 1 hour 30 mins. approx.) and the events that are aptly woven one after another. Great performances by the cast, especially...
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