Thistles and Thieves: The Highland Bookshop Mystery Series: Book 3
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Out for a bicycle ride in the hills beyond Inversgail, Janet Marsh discovers the body of Dr. Malcolm Murray. The elderly Murray and his own bicycle went off the road and down a steep slope—he's sprawled in the burn at the bottom, his damaged bike in a patch of thistles on the bank. Janet calls the Police Scotland emergency number. Tire tracks at the side of the narrow road suggest a vehicle might have been involved. But if it was an accident, the driver hasn't come forward. And if it wasn't an accident. . . . But who would want the well-loved, retired doctor dead?
A few days after the death, a box of vintage first editions is left on the doorstep of Yon Bonnie Books with a note: "Please look after these books. Thank you." Janet and her crew at the shop are at first delighted, and then mystified—what exactly does "look after" mean? Are they free to sell them? And what are the odd notes penciled in the margins? With a little digging, the women decide the books might belong to Malcolm Murray or his reclusive brother, Gerald. When Janet and Christine call at Malcolm's house, they find his confused, angry sister and evidence of a burglary. When they go to Gerald's modest croft house, they find the door ajar and Gerald dead inside, stabbed with a regimental dagger.
While the police try to determine if the Murray brothers' deaths are connected and who's responsible, Janet and the bookshop owners try to find out how and why the box of books ended up on their doorstep. The police are interested in those questions, too, and they're more than a little suspicious. Are the Yon Bonnie women as good with burglar tools as they are with books—and at finding bodies?
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Molly MacRae. (2020). Thistles and Thieves: The Highland Bookshop Mystery Series: Book 3. Pegasus Books.
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MLA Citation (style guide)Molly MacRae. Thistles and Thieves: The Highland Bookshop Mystery Series: Book 3. Pegasus Books, 2020.
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Out for a bicycle ride in the hills beyond Inversgail, Janet Marsh discovers the body of Dr. Malcolm Murray. The elderly Murray and his own bicycle went off the road and down a steep slope—he's sprawled in the burn at the bottom, his damaged bike in a patch of thistles on the bank. Janet calls the Police Scotland emergency number. Tire tracks at the side of the narrow road suggest a vehicle might have been involved. But if it was an accident, the driver hasn't come forward. And if it wasn't an accident. . . . But who would want the well-loved, retired doctor dead?
A few days after the death, a box of vintage first editions is left on the doorstep of Yon Bonnie Books with a note: "Please look after these books. Thank you." Janet and her crew at the shop are at first delighted, and then mystified—what exactly does "look after" mean? Are they free to sell them? And what are the odd notes penciled in the margins? With a little digging, the women decide the books might belong to Malcolm Murray or his reclusive brother, Gerald. When Janet and Christine call at Malcolm's house, they find his confused, angry sister and evidence of a burglary. When they go to Gerald's modest croft house, they find the door ajar and Gerald dead inside, stabbed with a regimental dagger.
While the police try to determine if the Murray brothers' deaths are connected and who's responsible, Janet and the bookshop owners try to find out how and why the box of books ended up on their doorstep. The police are interested in those questions, too, and they're more than a little suspicious. Are the Yon Bonnie women as good with burglar tools as they are with books—and at finding bodies? - seriesId
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November 11, 2019
At the start of MacRae’s enjoyable third Highland Bookshop mystery (after 2018’s Scones and Scoundrels), American expat Janet Marsh, one of the four proprietors of Yon Bonnie Books in Inversgail, Scotland, is riding her bicycle in the hills when she spots a body lying next to a damaged bicycle. Malcolm Murray, a retired doctor, appears to have had a fatal accident. Or was it foul play? A few days later, a box of first editions arrives mysteriously at Yon Bonnie with a note asking that the books be looked after. Janet and her colleagues have a hunch the books belonged to Malcolm or maybe his brother, Gerald. The stakes rise when Janet and company find Gerald stabbed to death in his cottage. The plot, which includes mistaken identities and numerous red herrings, unfolds slowly at first, but steadily gains momentum as it heads toward the satisfying ending. Well-drawn characters enhance the story line. Armchair travelers will have fun. Agent: Cynthia Manson, Cynthia Manson Literary.
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A box full of old books may hold the secret to a mysterious death in a small Scottish town. American-born Janet Marsh and Scottish-born former social worker Christine Robertson have moved from Illinois to open a book shop, bakery, and B&B in the lovely coastal town of Inversgail, where Janet had spent many vacations before her divorce. Joining them is Janet's daughter, Tallie, and Tallie's friend Summer Jacobs, whose purview is food and lodging. Janet, returning to biking after many years, is determined to finish the Haggis Half-Hundred. While she's out for a ride, she discovers a body in a stream. This is the third corpse she's discovered (Scones and Scoundrels, 2018, etc.), so she knows to call Constable Norman Hobbs to the scene. Her self-satisfied neighbor, bestselling author Ian Atkinson, identifies the dead man as Dr. Murray, a retired general practitioner whose sister, Florrie, lives with him and whose brother, Gerald, lives nearby. A visit to Florrie finds her vague and not very upset about her brother's demise. The Road Policing Unit in charge of the investigation is not at all interested in the amateur sleuths' input, and Hobbs, who does listen to their ideas, claims to know little of the investigation. Returning to Yon Bonnie Books after another bike ride, Janet finds a box at the front door with a note asking her to look after the books inside. Seeing that most of them are old and well-used, and suspecting that some may be valuable, Janet puzzles over who left them and wonders whether they could have belonged to Dr. Murray. When Janet and Christine visit Gerald Murray's home, their discovery of him dead in a pool of blood only encourages them to delve deeper into past and present motives for murder. This slow-paced look at a Scottish backwater is best for those who eschew action in favor of cerebration.COPYRIGHT(2019) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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After transplanted American Janet Marsh discovers the body of highly respected Dr. Malcolm Murray in a burn while she is on a bike ride, she and her fellow members of S.C.O.N.E. (Shadow Constabulary of Nosy Eavesdropping Snoops) decide to investigate. Janet, daughter Tallie, and friends Christine and Summer own Yon Bonnie Books and the attached tearoom and bed-and-breakfast in Inversgail, Scotland. They begin interviewing people, creating a document summarizing their questions and conclusions. Two more murders complicate matters further, as does a curious box of old books left on the doorstep of Yon Bonnie Books. Are the books a clue? Are the murders connected? A well-delineated cast, with notably strong portrayals of women business owners, and the lovingly described Scottish setting distinguish this cozy series. Suggest to those who enjoy Paige Shelton's Delaney Nichols series, also set in a bookstore in Scotland, and Elizabeth J. Duncan's Penny Brannigan series, set in a spa in Wales.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)
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