Melissa E. (englishmaven) - , reviewed on 3/9/2020 + 31 more book reviews

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Novelist Eden Elliott travels to the Scottish Highlands for relaxing writing time. What is gets instead is mixed up in the murder of a local sheep shearer. As she learns about Scottish culture, Eden also learns that everything about the colorful locals is not as it seems. She makes new friends and a few enemies as she snoops around the village and the hills looking for clues.

Eden also meets a handsome Scot who looks really hunky in his kilt. He teaches her how to drive a stick shift and maneuver some of the differences in the two English languages. Her new friend Vicky might not be exactly who she seems either. Is she the killer?

Eden is accused of setting fire to the inn where she's staying, but the drunkard innkeeper won't believe that she's innocent and evicts her. She goes to stay with Vicky and is in arm's reach of Kirstine and John Derry--locals who will might do anything to hang on to their land.

I loved this book. It was fairly fast moving; the characters are lovely and real; the descriptions of the Highlands are vivid. There's animals in the story, which is always a plus. There were just enough red herrings to keep me guessing. I'm going to read the next one.

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