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Paige Shelton

Autor de The Cracked Spine

37+ Obras 3,044 Miembros 265 Reseñas 2 Preferidas

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Obras de Paige Shelton

The Cracked Spine (2016) 421 copias
Farm Fresh Murder (2010) 219 copias
Of Books and Bagpipes (2017) 202 copias
Lost Books and Old Bones (2018) 177 copias
The Loch Ness Papers (2019) 162 copias
To Helvetica and Back (2016) 146 copias
If Fried Chicken Could Fly (2012) 143 copias
Thin Ice (2019) 127 copias
Fruit of All Evil (2011) 120 copias
The Stolen Letter (2020) 117 copias
Deadly Editions (2021) 99 copias
Crops and Robbers (2011) 96 copias
Bookman Dead Style (2017) 89 copias
Cold Wind (2020) 84 copias

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When called to the home of an old friend of Edwin's, Delaney is expecting to look at on old sword discovered on the grounds. She doesn't expect to find a body.

As Delaney investigates, she has to deal with a woman who has a problem with telling the truth, a shady lawyer, and a director of the Treasure Trove Unit who has his own agenda.

This is the ninth mystery starring Delaney who is an American transplant to Scotland who loves her job dealing with antiquities at the bookshop Edwin owns. She has a tendency to discover bodies wherever she goes. Over the course of the series, Delaney has made a number of friends who make appearances in this story including Inspector Winters who is her friend in the police.

The story is set shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth which plays into the story both because Delaney occasionally has voices in her head which offer her clues. Usually, the voices are from works of literature. In this one the voices are Elizabeth's from some of her speeches.

I enjoyed the story because I like Delaney and her circle of friends. The mystery had some nice twists and turns too.
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kmartin802 | otra reseña | Mar 17, 2024 |
mental-health-awareness, hoarding, pet-dog, family-business, family-dynamics, family, ex-pat, local-law-enforcement, Edinburgh Scotland, amateur-sleuth, bookseller, cozy-mystery, murder-investigation, series, relics, priceless, treasure-trove, suspense*****

A sword that might be of value to Scotland, a recluse who might be part of the British royal family, an abrasive and demanding lawyer, and a fresh corpse in the garden. Delaney has her hands full trying to help the recluse with a hoarding problem as well as several of her friends. And that sword is important in several ways. Thank goodness for the trust that the local law has in her!
If you are new to the series, you will read that Delaney (she's not in Kansas anymore) is a bookseller and that her new Scottish husband, Tom, is a barkeeper and that they have a lot of interesting friends and relatives. This is a nice cosy series with engaging characters, plot twists, red herrings, and SCOTLAND.
I requested and received an EARC from St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
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jetangen4571 | otra reseña | Jan 27, 2024 |
Beth doesn't have to be so circumspect in her hideout in Benedict, Alaska anymore. Her kidnapper has been caught in Missouri and awaiting trial. Her father Eddy has settled and is taking tourists on trips on his small boat, while trying to rebuild Beth's trust. A woman covered in blood on a nearby island, telling a tale of kidnapping brings Beth into yet another mystsery in Benedict. The police used their shared trauma as a tool to get more information from the reticent Sadie. There were a lot of threads and red herrings going through this story.… (más)
 
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ethel55 | 9 reseñas más. | Jan 17, 2024 |

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