"Charming Glenkillen serves up a great cozy mystery"
Reviewed by Diana Troldahl
Posted September 11, 2016
Mystery Cozy
Eden Elliot is in the midst of writing her second romance
novel when her duties as Special Constable in the small
Scottish town of Glenkillen complicate her life once
again. A mysterious invitation to a whiskey tasting at
the locally owned distillery sparks events that reveal
personal discoveries that will change what she has always
thought was true. I enjoyed books one and two in Hannah Reed's Scottish
Highlands Mysteries, but the third, DRESSED TO KILT is
the best of the bunch. The tension is deeper (without
tipping past the cozy scale) the surprises are, well,
more surprising and the conclusion (and the events
leading up to it) kept my eyes on the page long after I
should have been in bed. As often happens in cozy mystery series, the people and
location are almost as compelling as the mystery, but in
this case they feel real, not caricatured for effect as
sometimes happens. By the time I read the last page of
DRESSED TO KILT I was as bound to them and Glenkillen as
to Eden herself. Eden's budding career as a romance novelist is also
intriguing. The bits of modern Scottish information that
we from the States find odd (like volunteers staffing the
police force) add interest, and the descriptions of
traditional Scottish food had me reaching for Google to
find recipes. On top of all that, there is a crafty tie
in with the yarn and Scottish woolen shop Sheepish
Expressions belonging to the family of Eden's good friend
Vicki. Although there is enough information provided to read
DRESSED TO KILT as a stand-alone mystery, I highly
recommend reading books one and two: OFF
KILTER and
HOOKED
ON EWE first. I have a feeling these will be books
I want to delve into again and will have a proud spot on
my keeper shelf. Hannah Reed has also written the Queen Bee
mystery
series. Under the name Deb
Baker she has written the
Dolls to Die For, Gertie Johnson and Gretchen
Birch
mystery series.
SUMMARY
The national bestselling author of Hooked on Ewe
is back with a mysterious murder that leaves the Scottish
village of Glenkillen shaken and stirred... Winter is leaving the residents of Glenkillen snowbound, but
Eden isn’t about to let the weather dampen her spirits. With
only a little time left in Scotland, she’s determined to
make the most of it—starting with attending a fancy whisky
tasting with local looker Leith Cameron. But her classy date
turns into a major party foul after a woman is found drowned
in one of the vats of alcohol. Eden immediately steps in as a Special Constable to help
solve the case, but her investigation turns sour when she
realizes that the killer could be somehow connected to her
own Scottish heritage. Now, in order to find the proof she
needs to put the murderer behind bars, she’ll have to take a
shot at unearthing her family’s past—before she herself
winds up buried...
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