Literature
Newton Mearns recently appeared as the setting for the thriller novel Aztec Love Song (Weathervane Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-9562193-2-9) by Marty Ross, a Scottish author best known for his BBC radio plays who grew up in the town and studied at Mearns Castle High School.
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