Lost Books and Old Bones: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery
By: Paige Shelton
Rating: 5 of 5
Delaney Nicohols is an American (from Kansas), who is currently living and working in Scotland. She works at an unusual bookstore which is filled with interesting items, most of which are hidden away in the “warehouse” for the use of the owner, Edwin MacAlister.
In this story, Delaney is just making friends with some women who are in medical school. When one of them turns up murdered the morning after they all had a get-together and the murder occurs in the alleyway just behind the bookstore, Delaney finds herself involved in solving the murder.
I’ve read the first book in this series and somehow missed the second one. I was able to pick up the third without really missing a step but I will want to purchase the in-between volume because I enjoy the writer’s style so much.
Many cozy mysteries are a tad cute. That is not the case with this series. The people all talk and behave as if they were individuals you could meet on the street. Except, of course, that Delaney sometimes hears what she calls “bookish voices” in her head. The voices are really bits from books she has read in the past which work with her intuition to give her clues to solving the whodunnit.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed both books I have read in the series and recommend it to anyone looking for a mystery which is personable and which has layers of plots to make solving the whodunnit a fun mental task.
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.
Delaney Nicohols is an American (from Kansas), who is currently living and working in Scotland. She works at an unusual bookstore which is filled with interesting items, most of which are hidden away in the “warehouse” for the use of the owner, Edwin MacAlister.