Wings Over Scotland | Nicola’s Summer Reading List

Now that Nicola Sturgeon is finally free of her gruelling MSP workload, which could give her anything up to two extra hours of spare time a week, she might like to start making a proper dent in the contents of her fully-loaded bookshelves.

(At least until they’re seized and sold under the Proceeds Of Crime Act.)

So we thought we’d offer up a few suggestions.

Sturgeon was of course always keen to promote Scottish authors (well, at least one Scottish author, anyway), and we’ve always been massive fans of thriller writer and big independence supporter Chris Brookmyre.

And as luck would have it, his catalogue covers a lot of her interests.

This one might remind her of her careful scrutiny of SNP finances.

This one rather speaks for itself.

She’s probably already familiar with this one.

And this one.

This one, named after the idea of failing to notice a slowly-developing perilous situation, features a secretly gay Scottish political figure called Peter, scandal in the Scottish Parliament and one of the protagonists going to prison. Fun!

This one will remind her of the exciting period in her life from 2010 to 2026.

Although now she’s got her licence she might want to take a break and get away from it all on the open road (just not in the campervan or the Jag).

But it’s probably safe to say she’ll identify most with this one.

And as for how this one turns out, we’ll all have to wait and see.

Have a lovely summer, Nicola. Try not to sweat too much. And remember – if you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.