The Loch Ness Papers by Paige Shelton

April 03, 2019

Paige Shelton’s fourth Scottish Bookshop mystery, The Loch Ness Papers, was one of my favorites in the series. Eccentric characters, a very unusual bookshop, and a wedding, all in an atmospheric setting, bring so much to this book. Bookseller Delaney Nichols has...

Death and Daisies by Amanda Flower

November 25, 2018

Before I frustrate blog readers by once again reviewing the second in a mystery series, I wanted to congratulate author Amanda Flower. Like other writer/librarians before her, such as Jenn McKinlay, Amanda is leaving her library job in Ohio to devote herself entirely...

Christmas on the Island by Jenny Colgan

November 10, 2018

There’s a list of twenty-four other novels by Jenny Colgan in the front of Christmas on the Island, but I’ve only read one, The Bookshop on the Corner. I’ve picked up, and even brought home some of the books. The titles can be appealing -Christmas at...

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

May 13, 2018

Ian Rankin is going to be the guest of honor at Poisoned Pen’s September Mystery Conference. It’s a two-day conference, and it’s a celebration of Rankin’s thirty years of publishing in the United States. Here’s the link to information....

Scones and Scoundrels by Molly MacRae

January 06, 2018

If you haven’t read Molly MacRae’s first Highland Bookshop mystery, Plaid and Plagiarism, it might take a little time to become familiar with her amateur sleuths in the second book. Scones and Scoundrels takes readers to Inversgail, Scotland, where...