Death in the Highlands - Blog Tour

 Review - 4 out of 5 stars:

Fliss Chester is back, with another episode of the Cressida Fawcett Mysteries, Death in the Highlands. This time, Cressida, Dotty, and Ruby are attending a house party in the Scottish Highlands, for the start of the shooting season.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I liked the setting of a castle (complete with secret passages) in the highlands. Although I didn’t relish reading about the shoot, it was only a couple of very short scenes, and so didn’t interfere with my enjoyment.

It was fun to be reading about Cressida and Dotty again, and of course Ruby. Ruby manages to be both hugely entertaining and also a good detective, leading Cressida to things she hasn’t spotted yet.

As well as the regular cast, who feel like old friends, the castle is full of suspicious characters and mysterious happenings - both in the past and the present - that make for a tantalising mystery to solve. It was delightful trying to unravel the threads alongside the characters.

If you’re looking for a fun and engaging mystery, look no further! 

I was given a copy of this book, my opinions are my own.

Book Description:

There’s a dangerous killer lurking by this loch… and only canny Cressida can track them down.

Scotland, June 1925.Socialite Cressida Fawcett has been invited to cast her interior design eye over the Stirling family’s new seat, Ayrton Castle, up in the Scottish Highlands. Thrilled to be spending the summer at the historic estate, Cressida fills her suitcase with this season’s hunting jackets – and some tartan for her little pug Ruby, of course!

But before the party is ready to tramp through the glens, shocking news puts paid to their plans. Hamish Glenkirk, former owner of Ayrton, has been found dead inside a turret room of the castle. The door was bolted from the inside, and the room is three storeys up, surrounded by impenetrable stone walls… How did the murderer get in? And out?

With Detective Andrews of Scotland Yard at least a day’s journey away, Cressida knows she needs to get to the bottom of this case – and fast. There’s no end of suspects among the hunting party. Could it be the local doctor whose wife left him for a fling with the now-dead laird? Or is the gamekeeper hiding secrets under his kilt?

Just as Cressida is closing in on the truth, a blood-curdling scream echoes through the mist. Another member of the party, and one of the suspects, has been shot. With a wee dram in hand, can Cressida find the killer before the bagpipes play for another victim?

An unputdownable and gripping cozy mystery which fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey and Lee Strauss will love.

Author Bio:

Fliss Chester lives in Surrey with her husband and writes historical cozy crime. When she is not killing people off in her 1940s whodunnits, she helps her husband, who is a wine merchant, run their business. Never far from a decent glass of something, Fliss also loves cooking (and writing up her favourite recipes on her blog), enjoying the beautiful Surrey and West Sussex countryside and having a good natter.

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