Dunnett returns to the small town of Moosetookalook, Maine, with her fourth Scottish-themed Liss MacCrimmon mystery. After a body is discovered in the midst of a blizzard, Liss has to sort out the facts before another body goes cold.
Can there be such a thing as too many men in kilts? Normally Liss MacCrimmon, proprietor of Moosetookalook, Maineβs one and only Scottish Emporium, would say no. But thatβs before one of them turns out to be murderousβ¦
The bagpipes are blaring at The Spruces, Moosetookalookβs finest hotel, reopened just in time to host the Burns Night Supper, an annual celebration of Scotlandβs beloved poet, Robert Burns. In the midst of the long Maine winter, the festivities are just the thing to give the hotel a much needed boostβand to bring fresh business to Lissβs shop.
But when the Scottish Heritage Appreciation Society arrives on the scene, they bring more than a hunger for haggis and a passion for plaid. The quarrelsome group harbors their share of long held grudges, and the animosity only grows as the whiskey flows. Then a fierce blizzard hits, trapping everyoneβangry Scotsmen, hapless hotel staff, and Liss herselfβinside.
Itβs a situation with all the makings for mayhem, and sure enough, it isnβt long before a body is discovered, face down in a storage room, covered in tartanβand blood.
Lucky for Liss, sheβs got some good friends alongside her to help sort out the facts: local police officer Sherri Willett, and Dan Ruskin, the man whoβs got Liss all tied up in Celtic knots. But theyβll have to work fast, before another body goes as cold as the snowstorm keeping them cooped up with a killer.
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