Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series # 6

Deadly Editions

By: Paige Shelton

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

It's a quiet, snowy morning at The Cracked Spine bookshop when book seller Delaney Nichols receives a mysterious visitor, a messenger. He presents her with a perplexing note: an invitation to a meeting with eccentric socialite Shelagh O'Conner, who requests Delaney's participation in an exclusive treasure hunt. Delaney is intrigued, but also cautious: Shelagh, while charming in person, has a reputation for her hijinks as a wealthy young woman in the '70s.

But Delaney is enticed by the grand prize at the end of the treasure hunt: a highly valuable first edition copy of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The winner is also to receive the contents of Shelagh's vast library, and all participants will earn a large sum of cash. The night after the first meeting of the treasure hunters, however, several homes in Edinburgh are robbed in a manner reminiscent of Shelagh's old tricks. And when a man connected to Shelagh is killed, suspicion builds. Except Shelagh herself has disappeared from her home, seemingly kidnapped by the villain.

Terror mounts throughout the city as Delaney attempts to solve the mystery, while trying to evade the killer's clutches. But it's hard to know who to trust when around every corner, a new monster could be lurking.

©2021 Paige Shelton-Ferrell (P)2021 Tantor

Super cute story

Once again Susan Boyce had me enthralled. She is absolutely the master of cozy mysteries!!

Great story

I recently found Paige's books and have listened to all of them. I enjoy her description of Edinburgh and what she sees. Paige does an excellent job of describing her characters and how she feels about them. The stories are well written, easy to follow, but you still need to listen for the clues to who done it and why. Can't wait for her next book from The Cracked Spine.

Dr Jeckle and Mr Hyde

Great story a really excellent mystery. keeps you interested and on your toes. Love Tom and Darcy's love story too.

Better than the last!

Although the author still gets a lot of the American vs. Scottish details wrong, this particular installment manages to carry you along in the story. I’d worried t
For this series after the last experience, but this one was an improvement.

For this audiobook, I do have to note that the narrator is still really off. Her Scottish accents are spotty, at best, and sometimes sound quite Irish.

f Fun Read

This was a fun read from a fun series. I liked how the story evolved though the ending came together in a bit of a rush. still, the likeable characters and good plot earn it a five star.
Note to Tartan Noir fans, of whom I big one: this series is lighter than that genre. still very enjoyable just no noir...

Best narrator ever

I just love it to listen to Susan Boyce. She brings every story to life without exaggerated voice changes. Thank you Susan!

Number 6 is great!

All the favorite characters are featured in this next in the series! It is a good clean read with lots of twists and turns. Enjoy! Great narration,

Great series!

For Scotland lovers, book and mystery lovers... great series, relatable characters set in modern day Edinburgh.

Narrator....,

The first two books were narrated by a really good narrator. The later one is horrible. A "close" is not a close.
The great narrator Davina Porter who does English and Scots very well says she reads the book through and then goes back to note words, places and people she needs to be sure she is pronouncing correctly. Anyone who has been to Scotland should know what a close is. There are a large number of things the author gets wrong. The story is good but not great. For free it is great.

Extremely complicate plot …

Too many characters to keep track of also. Did not enjoy this book at all. In a way, it made absolutely no sense!