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At the Wild Haggis Bookshop, the murder mysteries aren't just on the shelves!
SYNOPSIS:
Beth Cunningham thought she'd closed the book on her troubled past when she opened The Wild Haggis Bookshop in the charming Scottish town of Oban. But when her inaugural book club evening ends in real murder – the body dramatically posed amongst the party decorations – her fresh start ends in a twist she definitely didn’t see coming.
With local police detective Logan Hunter eyeing her as his prime suspect, Beth must fight to clear her name. Still, she can't help but notice his warm brown eyes and dedication to justice… even as he builds a case against her.
Determined to find the truth, Beth is shocked to discover a web of lies among her book club attendees, each one hiding secrets worthy of a bestseller. With time running out before she lands in jail, can Beth uncover the secret worth killing for?
REVIEW:
This is a very modern cozy mystery! Beth leaves her past behind after her mother's death and moved to Scotland to take over a bookshop. She inherits the employees, for good and bad-she needs their expertise in running the shop, but she also needs to bring it into the modern world, but with all the squabbling, they aren't making any headway. Until they decide on the book club idea and it seems to be bringing attention to the store. only it ends up being the wrong type of attention- notariety. Someone had a secret they didn't want the report to publish, but who? It seems the more she talks to those in the club, she realizes they ALL have secrets they want to keep, and with Beth looking like the only suspect due to the secrets in her past, time is running out for her and her employees to find the real killer, before they strike again. A super fast read, I am definitely looking forward to the future of the Wild Haggis Bookshop and more adventures of all the employees!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jackie Baldwin grew up in a small, rural town in southwest Scotland. She went off to study law at Edinburgh which proved something of a culture shock and returned to Dumfries to practice family and criminal law. Much later, she retrained as a hypnotherapist and discovered a passion for the inner workings of the human mind. Her first novel was published in 2016 and featured former priest, Detective Inspector Frank Farrell. Murder by the Seaside is her fourth novel and the first in her Detective Grace McKenna series. It is set in Portobello, the seaside suburb of Edinburgh. Married, with two grown-up children and a little grandson, Jackie loves roaming about the East Lothian countryside with her golden retriever, Lucy, or taking her for long walks on one of the many beaches. If you come across her in the wild she will likely be a combination of windswept, muddy, or soggy with twigs in her hair. She also loves to swim in the sea, but is only brave enough to do it in the summer.
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