Dr. Emilia McRoy
has left it all behind to move to Sea Isle, Scotland. The small town and the
countryside are beautiful and the local citizenry (for the most part), is
thrilled to have her as they have been without a local doctor for quite some
time. Moving here from Seattle, and an active ER full of violent trauma cases
and other issues, to this quiet and peaceful place where the worst that might
happen is some sort of fall or a newborn in distress is going to be a wonderful
and very much needed change. At least, that was her plan.
She did not
count on finding a body. She also did not realize she is the coroner as well.
That is her
situation as, within hours of arriving, she has found the body of a local known
to all as “Smithy.” The deceased apparently hated her family and very publicly threatened
her just two hours ago. Now she has to deal with the annoying local constable,
Laird Ewan Campbell, who is not quite treating her as a suspect, but that may
chnage as rumors blaming her for his death have already begun to circulate
among some of the locals. The good doctor and the local constable have not
gotten off to a good start and she does not see any signs of that improving.
She also does
not see what is coming as the threats increase and other folks become endangered.
Much is going in An American in Scotland: A Scottish Isle Mystery
by Lucy Connelly and the good doctor is in the middle of it.
This reader very
much enjoyed this complicated and highly entertaining mystery. I’m not much of
a cozy mystery reader, but this one worked really well in all aspects. The
characters are complicated, the scenery and the weather is a character in to
itself, and the story is one that moves forward at a steady pace with lots of
twists and turns. There is also some humor and I found myself laughing out loud
at points.
I would not have
known about it at all except for Lesa Holstine’s recent review which convinced
me to take a chance on it tough my local library. Glad I did as the read happens
to be one of my favorite books of the year so far.
My reading copy
came by way of the Prairie Creek Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2023
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2 comments:
Oh, I love it that An American in Scotland is one of your favorite books so far this year. I know it's not what you normally read. Good one, wasn't it? Terrific review, Kevin.
I very much enjoyed it. No, it is not anywhere close to what I normally read. But, your review got me interested and I got it in late April. So, I had it here, along with a ton of other library books, when the ransomware attack hit and took everything City related down.
Thanks for the review compliment. My mind is mush and writing reviews is getting harder, for some reason. Hopefully, this is just a phase again.
KRT
(WHO believes he is not a robot, but if he is, wants an upgrade asap and not to have it done by Musk as he does not want his head to explode)
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