Scone cold dead : Liss MacCrimmon mysteries #2 / Kaitlyn Dunnett.

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Title:

Scone cold dead : Liss MacCrimmon mysteries #2 / Kaitlyn Dunnett.

Author:

Dunnett, Kaitlyn

ISBN:

9780758216458

Publication Information:

New York : Kensington Books, c2008.

Physical Description:

266 p. ; 22 cm.

Series:

Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries #2

General Note:

"A Liss MacCrimmon mystery"--Jacket.

Abstract:

When the Scottish dance troupe she once had belonged to arrives in Moosetookalook, Maine, Liss MacCrimmon, throwing a reception in their honor, finds herself among the suspects in the sudden death of the despised company manager, Victor Owens.

Subject Term:

MacCrimmon, Liss (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Scottish Americans -- Fiction.

Women merchants -- Fiction.

Women dancers -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Dance companies -- Scotland -- Fiction.

Folk dancing, Scottish -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Maine -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

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Summary

Ever since Liss MacCrimmon was forced to leave her Scottish dance company, Strathspey, because of a Knee injury, she has missed life on the road. Now the dance troupe is visiting Moosetookalook, Maine, where Liss has been living for the past seven months, and she decides to throw a reception in their honour.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

The pseudonymous Dunnett's enjoyable second Scottish-themed mystery (after 2007's Kilt Dead) finds ex-dancer Liss MacCrimmon, co-owner of a Scottish gift shop in her hometown of Moosetookalook, Maine, eagerly awaiting a visit from her old dancing company, which she had to leave following a knee injury. The reunion goes smoothly until Victor Owens, the company's manager, dies after eating a scone, and his demise is ruled a murder. Determined to uncover who wanted Victor dead, Liss digs deeper into the dance troupe she thought she knew so well, much to the annoyance of her local boyfriend, Dan Ruskin. Vivid descriptions of Maine during mud season and a quirky cast of characters lift this cozy from Dunnett, best known for her historicals featuring Lady Appleton (Face Down o'er the Border, etc.) written under her real name, Kathy Lynn Emerson. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved