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Interesting second in series about murder in a small town in Scotland

Scones and Scoundrels: The Highland Bookshop Mystery Series: Book 2 (Highland Bookshop Mysteries)

By: Molly MacRae

Rating: 4 of 5

This is the first book I have read by Molly MacRae. It is also the second book in this series. I felt a little lost as far as the many characters in this book and I feel that had I read the first book in the series, I might have understood who was who and why they were in the story.

After getting through that bit of a hump, I enjoyed the story. There are references to the last book but not so much that it gives away the plot line of it.

In this story, a prodigal daughter returns home again to the small town in Scotland where she was raised. She is a famous author who has been living in the wilds of Canada. Literally, the wilds. She lives in a cabin in the middle of nowhere. While she is not an appealing individual, as the story evolves, one discovers why she acts as unpleasant as she does.

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