'Secret' writer Jane Duncan's work reprinted

A publisher is to reprint the first in a series of books a Scotswoman wrote in secret and hid in a cupboard before tragedy led to their publication.

Renton-born Jane Duncan sent her work to a London agent to fund medical costs after her husband fell seriously ill while they were living in Jamaica.

The unknown writer made publishing history in 1959 when Macmillan accepted seven of her novels.