Respectable Murders: A Scottish Castle Cosy Mystery (The Highland Mysteries)

Easy To Fall In Love With Scotland. Harder To Survive The Fall. Part of the Highland Mysteries series, which can be read in any order. Each case Joana and Brian take on stands on its own. Joana has just about managed to unpack her kettle in her new Aberdeenshire cottage when DCI Fraser appears in need of a favour. Nothing straightforward, naturally. Someone is quietly murdering guests at Lord Montgomery's blue-blooded Highland matchmaking events, and Fraser wants Joana and Brian to ask awkward questions without upsetting the Scottish aristocracy. Or at least, not more than usual. Brian insists on calling it the 'Toff Killer' case, a name Joana refuses to endorse, though he is insufferably pleased with it. The chase takes them through crumbling castles, affronted Highland cows, tartan-heavy soirées, and the most passive-aggressive tea rooms in the British Isles. Joana and Brian bicker. They blunder. They occasionally border on brilliant. As the bodies pile up and the suspects become ever more blasé, their 'small favour' starts to look suspiciously like actual danger. Typical. Respectable Murders is Book 4 in the Highland Mystery series, which can be read in any order.