Blog Tour - A Very Bookish Murder

 


Review - 5 out of 5 stars:


I very much enjoyed the previous two books in this series, Murder in the Scottish Highlands, and Murder at the Loch. So I was excited to start A Very Bookish Murder.


This time around, there’s a literary group in Locharran for a writer’s retreat, and the speaker is found dead. Ally just can’t help getting involved in solving the case.


I really enjoyed reading this mystery. There was a fine collection of characters attending the writer’s retreat, and they made excellent suspects. 


The mystery itself was a fascinating one, and I really enjoyed trying to puzzle it out, as each character turned out to have a motive, and more and more secrets were revealed.


As always, I loved the location of Locharran. The scenery is beautiful, and Ally’s B&B charming. It was fun to spend time with Ally and her friends again.


Overall, this was another excellent mystery in what is fast becoming a favourite series.


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


Book Description:


Welcome back to the tiny Highland village of Locharran, where Ally McKinley – guesthouse owner and accidental detective – is about to stumble upon another dead body… and her next case.


When Ally McKinley hears that well-known novelist Jodi Jones is going to host a writers’ retreat at the hotel just down the road, she’s delighted to offer rooms at her little guesthouse for some of the attendees. Ally is thrilled to join the group for one of their first sessions – but the retreat has barely begun before she finds the famous writer strangled in the ladies’ bathroom!


The cake tin and teapot come out at the little guesthouse in the Highlands as Ally begins to question her bookish guests. Accusations of plagiarism and infidelity start flying and it’s clear that more than one of the retreat attendees had a grudge against Jodi. But could any of them have resorted to murder?


When Ally discovers a diary in Jodi’s bedroom at the guesthouse with several pages ripped out of it, she thinks she’s close to cracking the case. But the plot thickens when another of the aspiring writers is found dead, only hours after she said she knew the identity of Jodi’s killer.


Not only is the murderer still in Locharran, they’re desperate to stop Ally getting to the truth. With her faithful puppy Flora by her side, can Ally unravel the clues and solve the mystery before she’s written out of the story for good?


A totally gripping and bookish cozy mystery set in the Scottish Highlands from bestselling author Dee MacDonald. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and Clare Chase.



Author Bio:


Aged 18, Dee arrived in London from Scotland and typed her way round the West End for a couple of years before joining BOAC (forerunner of British Airways) in Passenger Services for 2 years and then as a stewardess for 8 years.


She has worked in Market Research, Sales and at the Thames TV Studios when they had the franchise.


Dee has since relocated to Cornwall, where she spent 10 years running B&Bs, and only began writing when she was over 70!


Married twice, she has one son and two grandsons.


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