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.

Janet, one of the American owners of Yon Bonnie Books (likewise in the same town) is almost dragged into solving the murder of a young American man. The road to finding the whodunnit is perilous and dangerous to others as well as Janet and her three co-owners. I didn’t see the solution until close to the end but there were clues left to follow.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.