MYSTERY

Scones and Scoundrels

by Molly MacRae
Pegasus Crime. (Highland Bookshop, Bk. 2). Jan. 2018. 320p. ISBN 9781681776200. $25.95; ebk. ISBN 9781681776910. M
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Janet Marsh, the co-owner of Yon Bonnie Books in Inversgail, Scotland, having previously solved a murder in Plaid and Plagiarism, is pushed to investigate once again by the local author-in-residence when a man is killed outside the local pub. Daphne Wood, author and environmental activist, once lived in Inversgail before immigrating to Canada. Now, as she digs around, she irritates almost everyone in town, demands special treatment, and stirs up trouble. When Daphne ends up dead, poisoned by scones from the bookshop's tea room, Janet and her friends realize they may be the next targets of a killer.
VERDICT With its cast of appealing amateur sleuths and quirky town residents, this leisurely paced mystery will attract cozy fans of Paige Shelton's "Scottish Bookshop" mysteries, as well as lovers of bibliomysteries by Carolyn Hart or Vicki Delany.
Reviewed by Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN , Jan 01, 2018
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