Death in a Scottish Tower - Blog Tour


 

Review - 5 out of 5 Stars:


I very much enjoyed the previous books in this series, and Lydia Travers’ previous series, The Scottish Ladies Detective Agency, so I was thrilled to get my hands on Death in a Scottish Tower.


This time, Poppy is at Glasgow University for a commemoration ceremony, when she is consulted by a former student about an old mystery. Before she knows it, she’s tripping over bodies again.


I had a wonderful time reading this book. Poppy is as entertaining and full of determination as ever. I like her, she’s lighthearted, but also gets on with the job of solving the crime.


The mystery was an intriguing and slightly confusing one. I really had no idea of what was going on (in terms of motive) until right at the end. The quantity of deaths began to seem slightly excessive by the end.


As well as the mystery, I enjoyed seeing some progress in the relationship between Poppy and the inspector. 


Overall, this was another entertaining and intriguing murder mystery. I can’t wait for the next one!


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



About the Author:


Lydia Travers was born in London. She moved progressively north until settling with her husband in a village on the edge of the Scottish Highlands. She has raised children, bred dogs and kept chickens; and for as long as she can remember has written for pleasure. A former legal academic and practitioner with a PhD in criminology, she now runs self-catering holiday accommodation, sings in a local choir and is walked daily by the family dog.


Lydia also writes as Linda Tyler and her first novel under that name, Revenge of the Spanish Princess,  won a 2018 Romance Writers of America competition for the beginning of an historical romance. Her second novel  The Laird’s Secret  was Commended in the 2021 Scottish Association of Writers’ Pitlochry Quaich competition for the beginning of a romantic novel. The Scottish Ladies’ Detective Agency  won the 2022 Scottish Association of Writers’ Constable Silver Stag trophy. She has had a number of short stories published in magazines, journals and anthologies in the UK, the USA and Australia.



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Blurb:


One body falling from a tower could be considered an accident, but two is definitely murder… And Lady Poppy Proudfoot is determined to find the culprit!


Scotland, 1924: When Lady Poppy Proudfoot is invited to Glasgow University to celebrate a scholarship she generously established, she’s excited to return to her old stomping grounds. But the delightful champagne reception is interrupted by screams when a body plunges from the tower to the ground below…


While everyone exclaims at the tragic death of the young student, Poppy is instantly suspicious. Just moments before the body fell, tutor Mary Christietold her a student died falling from the very same tower eighteen years ago. Convinced another death is no accident, Poppy and the distractingly handsome Inspector MacKenzie begin to investigate.

As they do, they discover the murderer left behind clues – a threatening note referring to the death eighteen years ago, and a replica of the previous victim’s dress. Could it be Malcolm Kennedy, the porter with a grudge against privileged students? Or Mrs Lorimer, the jealous wife of a professor, who has a deft hand with a needle and thread? Or perhaps Mary Christie, who told Poppy about the first death, and might know more than she’s letting on?


When another young female student is found dead, Poppy knows that time is running out. And when she receives an anonymous note, asking her to climb the tower at midnight, she is terrified of what she might find. Can Poppy unveil the murderer before she, too, plunges to her certain death?


A gripping and page-turning whodunnit, this historical cozy crime novel is perfect for fans of the mysteries of Helena Dixon, Verity Bright, T.E. Kinsey and Catherine Coles.


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