Murder at a Scottish Wedding
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4.3 • 21 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
USA Today bestselling author Traci Hall returns with the latest novel in a new cozy mystery series set in a charming seaside town in Scotland and featuring busy single mom Paislee Shaw, owner of a specialty sweater shop, knitting enthusiast, and reluctant sleuth who must untangle another murderous yarn!
As her friend’s matron of honor, Paislee Shaw vows to solve the mystery of a missing brooch and a dying wedding guest . . .
Paislee’s specialty sweater shop and yarn business Cashmere Crush, in the charming Scottish village of Nairn, is closed today for a special occasion. Her bonnie bestie Lydia is moments away from walking down the aisle of the church at Old Nairn Kirk to wed Corbin Smythe. Gramps and Paislee’s eleven-year-old son Brody are seated in the pews with the other guests—the only family not in attendance is their black Scottish terrier Wallace. As matron of honor, Paislee is at her friend’s side when Lydia lets out a frantic cry. The Luckenbooth brooch her betrothed gave her is missing. A traditional Scottish love token, the gold heirloom has been in his family for generations and not wearing it could bring bad luck—according to the superstitious Smythes.
But the real misfortune falls on a distraught cousin who suddenly disrupts the ceremony and dies with the brooch in her hand. The Smythes insist it’s the curse. But Paislee must broach the subject of…murder. And was the intended victim the guest—or the bride? Only Paislee can determine who to pin the murder on . . .
Praise for Murder at a Scottish Social
“Our heroine solves her mysteries with aplomb against a delightful Scottish background replete with good friends and a loyal dog.” —Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hall's intriguing fourth Scottish Shire mystery (after 2022's Murder at a Scottish Social) opens at Old Nairn Kirk, where Lydia Barron, the best friend of Paislee Shaw, the owner of a sweater and yarn shop in Nairn, Scotland, is about to marry her old-money love, Corbin Smythe. In the church's dressing room, Lydia panics when she can't find the box containing the heirloom Luckenbooth brooch, a traditional Scottish love token that Corbin has given her. Matron of honor Paislee helps her search to no avail. Shortly before the ceremony, Felice, a Smythe cousin, rushes out of the church and takes a fatal fall down the stairs to the street. Inside Felice's hand is the missing brooch. Intuitive Paislee, an experienced amateur sleuth, thinks Felice's death was no accident and neither is Corbin's subsequent disappearance. Hall expertly juggles multiple story lines, of which the one involving the fraught Shaw family saga will most engage readers. That Detective Inspector Zeffer may have pertinent new details on Paislee's long-lost uncle, Craigh Shaw, lends counterpoint to the murder inquiry. Fans of all things Scottish will have fun.
