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Scone cold dead

Title:

Scone cold dead

Author:

Dunnett, Kaitlyn, author.

Series:

Liss MacCrimmon Scottish mystery ;

Series Number:

Summary:

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

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Kensington Pub., c2008.

"A Liss MacCrimmon mystery"--Cover.

Physical Description:

300 p. ; 17 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Scottish Americans -- Fiction.

Women merchants -- Fiction.

Women dancers -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Dance companies -- Scotland -- Fiction.

Folk dancing, Scottish -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Maine -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Kensington Books,

Publication Date:

2009

2008

ISBN:

9780758216465

Publication Information:

New York : Kensington Books, [2009], c2008.

Call Number:

DUNNETT

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002279720	Adult Fiction	DUNNETT	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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After a knee injury forces professional Scottish dancer, Liss MacCrimmon to give up her life of performing strathspreys, reels, jigs and Highland flings she returns to her hometown of Moosetookalook, Maine, where she runs a Scottish Emporium. With one solved murder case under her dance belt, Liss has no idea she's about to spiral into another. . .
Liss still misses the life of a professional dancer with Strathspey, the Scottish dance company she belonged to. So she arranges a reception for the troupe when they're on tour, complete with a Scottish theme that includes a new spin on the classic Scottish Scone.
Liss soon realizes that life in the group isn't all happy jigs and fancy stepping. Victor Owens, the company manager, has been making life miserable for everyone. But she has no idea how miserable until Victor bites into one of Liss's prized cocktail scones, collapses and dies. When the police set their sights on Liss and her best friends, it's up to Liss to find out whodunit before this culinary killer makes an encore. . .

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