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Anonymous letters, a years-old mystery and… a dead body? Ally McKinley is on the case!
Synopsis:
Ally McKinley might be the owner of the cosiest little guesthouse in the Scottish Highlands, but she also has a reputation as an amateur detective! So when a threatening note drops through her elderly neighbour Juliet Munro’s door, Ally is called in to investigate. But what first seems like a nasty prank soon proves lethal, when the very next day, Juliet is found murdered…
Her faithful dog Flora by her side, Ally soon learns that more than one woman in Locharran has received a poison pen letter. And though locals’ lips are sealed over coffee and cake, Ally skilfully unlocks the old Locharran mystery that connects the recipients: they were all rumoured to be involved in the death of a young woman called Marie McKay. Is someone trying to stamp out Marie’s killer? And if so, who in Locharran is not who they seem?
A faded photo of a little blond boy with pale eyes has Ally on the right track, but when a woman’s scream shatters the village’s gentle calm, can Ally sort through the secrets before the post delivers another murder?
Review:
This is Book 5 of the Series! Poor Ally has drastically increased the body count in her new home village, since she arrived. Coincidence? The locals may be starting to look at her twice, but in this case, she had been summoned by Desdemona to help her friend, who didn't want to go to the police. But she should have. When the missing threat disappears and no one knows what was on it, Ally senses there is more than a simple threat. When a second woman ends up deceased in the same way and a threatening note is found, Ally and the police realize more people may be endangered, but they don't know who or really why. This one keeps you guessing a bit longer, with a couple of red herrings. It's a reminder that sometimes we think we know those around us, when we really don't!
About the Author:
The Runaway Wife is Dee’s first (published) novel but in fact she wrote her very first book - at around seven years of age! This was a love story which she duly illustrated before sewing all the pages together up one side. Writing was what she ‘was good at’ in school and she won several essay competitions, but then life got in the way and she didn’t pick up a pen again until after retirement.
Dee left Scotland and headed for London at the beginning of the swinging sixties. After typing her way round the West End she became an air stewardess on long haul routes with BA (then BOAC) for eight years. After that she did market research at Heathrow for both the government statistics and for BA, she became a sales rep., and was the receptionist at the Thames Television Studios in Teddington when they had the franchise.
She then ran a small B&B for ten years in Cornwall, where she lives with her husband. Dee has one son and two grandsons who live locally. Dee has now written eight novels.You can find Dee on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/dee.macdonald.18659 and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DMacDonaldAuth .
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