Death at a Scottish Christmas is book 3 in Lucy Connelly’s A Scottish Isle Mystery series, another fun mystery and easily read as a standalone. And despite its Christmas setting, it would be a great read at any time of year.
Emilia (or Em as she’s known) is back, still settling into her role as doctor to the population of the small Scottish town of Sea Isle. This time a relatively well known rock band is performing in the village pub and the next morning the body of the lead singer is found on the beach. Is it murder or suicide? Em must investigate in her role as coroner, to figure out what happened, and also clear the name of the local constable, Ewan Campbell.
I have not read book one in this series but I did read book two, and I was happy to see many of the locals return for book three. I enjoyed getting to know their characters better, and to see the relationship (if you can call it that at this point) between Ewan and Emilia soften a bit as they become a little more familiar with each other.
In addition to the familiar characters of Sea Isle, we also got to meet new characters from the band, and an investigator who came in to supervise and take part in the investigation since Ewan knew (and had problems with) the victim.
I’m always happy when I pick up a mystery and haven’t figured out the culprit by the end. In the case of this book the reveal actually made me a bit sad, as I was hoping it was someone else, but even so I enjoyed the story.
If you love a good mystery then you’ll want to give Death at a Scottish Christmas a try. I know I’ll be looking for book four in the series.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Death at a Scottish Christmas will be published on October 22 2024.
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