This is Book 6 in this author’s “Liss MacCrimmon Scottish
Mystery” series. However, this is only the second book I’ve read by this author
and I think a reader would still be able to enjoy it without having read the
previous books. The events in this mystery take place as the sleuth and main
character, Liss, is preparing to soon marry her longtime love. A major
character in this story is Liss’s micro-managing mother, Violet. Given that she
wasn’t in the other book I’ve read, I’m hoping she doesn’t appear in all the
books. I had a lot of sympathy for Liss and her father. While Liss is more
relaxed about her wedding preparations, her mother is a “mother-of-the-bride-zilla”.
Being a scotophile, she arranges for Liss’s wedding to share time with the
upcoming Western Maine Highland Games. There is just one snag. Due to a history
scholar’s divisive re-enactment, the wedding site promises to be flooded with
protesters for one reason or another. One problem is traded for another when
that same scholar is murdered. No more protesters to worry about, but the
police are looking to Liss’s dad as a potential suspect. I thought there was a
very reasonable justification to the main character to act as a detective –
clearing her father. I enjoyed the mystery, in spite of the obnoxious mom. I
thought the murder location was interesting with the almost “locked room”
aspect. I look forward to reading more books in this cozy mystery series.
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