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  • Murder in the Scottish Hills

  • The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 2
  • By: Lydia Travers
  • Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
  • Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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Murder in the Scottish Hills

By: Lydia Travers
Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
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Summary

When Maud McIntyre and her lady’s maid Daisy travel into the Scottish Highlands, the last thing they expect to find is a body on the train. Will these keen amateur sleuths stop a murderer in his tracks?

Edinburgh, 1911: When Maud McIntyre receives a letter from a maid called Rose, sharing her suspicions that something strange is happening in the house where she works, she and her assistant Daisy immediately travel to the Highlands to investigate.

But as they are changing trains, the body of a man falls from the carriage right in front of them, a bullet in his head. Maud and Daisy can’t believe it–they’ve waited ages for a new case, and now one has literally landed in front of them! And when the local police rule the death as a tragic accident, the pair has no choice but to investigate what they believe is a murder.

Arriving in the Scottish village, Maud and Daisy go undercover to begin their hunt for the murderer, while also investigating the strange behavior of Rose’s employer, a local art dealer. As they begin to piece together the chain of events, Maud and Daisy wonder whether the cases might be linked. Is it possible the man on the train was killed to cover up something in the village? And if so, who would do such a thing?

When a local artist is found murdered, Maud and Daisy become convinced the two cases are connected. Searching for the link between the deaths, will Maud and Daisy solve the case before another mysterious murder takes place?

A historical whodunnit perfect for fans of the mysteries of Helena Dixon, Verity Bright, T.E. Kinsey, and Catherine Coles.

©2023 Lydia Travers (P)2023 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
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Cosy crime novel

loved this and the previous book. I hope there will be more to come.

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Love these stories

Love these cozy crimes, good characters that you get to know, interesting stories, nice bit of romance. Only thing that I don’t like is how Maud is with Daisy, she calls her previous ladies maid her friend, but still treats her in quite a superior and school ma’am’ish way, often telling her off, she is a bit uptight and not always likeable when relating to Daisy and this is getting a little annoying as it makes it harder to like Maud and I wonder how others like her.

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Another great story

Exciting, tickles the imagination and makes you think about the suspects and those murdered. Really loved the story.

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Dull

Disappointing and dull, very little investigating and few clues. Far too much historical and geographical detail that didn't add to the mystery at all.

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An Historical ‘Howdunnit’ ?

I was looking forward to a gentle murder mystery and was prepared to suspend my disbelief to some degree, however I found the anachronism of Maud driving across the Forth was a bridge too far (pun intended). The use of the Scots vernacular seemed odd at times, which also jarred and spoiled the story.

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