Fleeing an academic scandal and a broken marriage, Jean
Fairbairn has come to Scotland to work for an Edinburgh-
based history and travel magazine. Writing about the
Scottish national pastime of playing illusion off reality
is just the quiet, scholarly pursuit she needs to soothe
her burned-out emotions.
But when Jean heads for the Highlands to investigate the
18th century mystery of Bonnie Prince Charlie's lost
treasure, she finds herself involved in a contemporary
murder case--and not as an innocent bystander, either.
Alasdair Cameron, the police detective in charge, has his
own perspective on reality and illusion. The American dot-
com millionaire living out his tartan fantasies in a
restored mansion is the loosest of loose cannons. His
trophy wife isn't necessarily standing by her man. Their
housekeeper knows what's going to happen before it does.
And their youth piper is a kilted daydream, even though
his parents are nightmares.
At Glendessary House, old wounds and old glories aren't
distant memories evoked over a glass of single-malt, to
the skirl of the pipes. Here, they are up close,
personal, and deadly.
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