Plaid and Plagiarism by Molly MacRae | 279 pages, Hardcover
Una Graham, aka Ugh, has been murdered in a shed, and there are as many motives as characters in this book. A genre-conforming cozy mystery set in a bookshop in the Scottish Highlands town of Inversgail.
The pros: Instead of one protagonist, the role is filled by 4 female friends all working together on a restart to life. 3 Americans and 1 Inversgail native; all met in Illinois and are in the process of moving (or moving back) to Scotland. I love this setting and their big ideas. And who doesn't like a book about books!
The cons: There are far too many characters, all of whom are suspects. I found my mind wandering and losing track of who is who. The book is fine but didn't catch me the way MacRae's Haunted Yarn Shop series did.
